The first SMS was sent in 1992, when an engineer of an IT service company based in the U.K. sent it to his colleague to wish him a Merry Christmas. One year later, Finnish company Nokia released the ...

Messages can now only be sent as standard SMS or MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), which require airtime or SMS bundles.

Unless you’re still running 2020’s OxygenOS 11, your phone is likely vulnerable. Unless you’re still running 2020’s OxygenOS 11, your phone is likely vulnerable. is a news editor with over a ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, has completed an-in-country first-of-its-kind direct-to-device (D2D) ...

An internet security company has published its findings on an Android app that contained spyware controlled via text messages. Researchers at Zscaler have determined an app suspiciously titled “System ...

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