iOS and Android consumers usually receive annoying spam texts from unknown contacts. Although the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is doing its best to protect people from spam texts and calls, ...

Android Messages will soon have an automatic spam protection feature. The optional tool will send phone numbers to Google servers, which raises some privacy concerns. Google is confident the auto spam ...

In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to victims. The trend, spotted by security vendor ...

The stock Google Phone app for Android smartphones was upgraded to block spam calls and send them directly to voicemail, without the user receiving any notification. The new feature, which will work ...

Google has denied claims that handsets running its Android mobile operating system have been infected with a virus that causes them to generate spam messages. On Tuesday (July 3), Microsoft researcher ...

Pretty much all of us are used to robocalls, info-marketers, and spam in our emails—and now scammers are targeting another form of communication: text messages. Here’s how to stop spam texts and ...

If you never want to accidentally pick up a spam call (or a call from anyone you don't know) ever again, follow these simple steps to send calls straight to voicemail on both iPhone and Android ...

A spam-protection feature for the Messages app. Image used with permission by copyright holder Google is reportedly rolling out a spam-protection tool for Android’s Messages app — but the highly ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

A few days ago, a custom third-party firmware for the Flipper Zero was released. The firmware could flood iPhones and iPads with spam Bluetooth messages, and it even had a feature that could cause the ...

The problem of robocalling is getting worse. In April, robocall-blocking service YouMail estimated 3.4 billion such calls were made—900 million more that month than over the same period in 2017. The ...