After Hurricane Rita nailed Southeast Texas in 2005, the worst part for residents like the author was the inability to contact friends and family to both make sure they were okay and also reassure ...

Smishing – or SMS phishing – is becoming increasingly common. SMS scams look a lot like traditional email scams, in which a fraudster tries to convince you to click a malicious link or provide ...

Whether you’re using an iPhone or Android device, learning how to forward a text message is pretty simple, and you might be surprised by how useful it is. It’s particularly handy when you need to send ...

You could call Jackie Snyders a bit of a cell phone junkie, though you won't see her constantly holding one to her ear. She's one of a growing number of American teens helping to usher in a form of ...

Viruses and phishing scams are quickly moving to smartphones, meaning consumers have to exercise the same caution when they're mobile that they do at their desk. When you get a text from a source that ...

Text messages that come to your phone as spam messages are a nuisance at best and a risk to your personal security at worst. But somewhere in between lies a unique type of spam text message that ...