Stop SIM Swappers Cold: 7 Ways to Protect Your Phone Number

With SIM-swapping attacks, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to your accounts. These tips can help you ...
Android Authority

eSIM vs physical SIM: What are the pros and cons of each?

If you’ve ever upgraded your phone, you likely know what a SIM card is and what it’s for. In short, a SIM card is a small chip that lets you connect to your carrier’s network. These days, physical SIM ...
The Straits Times

18 arrested, 6 to be charged over their involvement in fraudulently registering SIM cards

SINGAPORE – Six people – three men and three women aged between 28 and 39 – will be charged in court between Oct 27 and 31 over their involvement in fraudulently registering SIM cards. In a statement ...
Indiatimes

Auto driver siphons 95k after stealing passenger’s sim card

Pune: Loni Kalbhor police are searching for an autorickshaw driver for cheating a woman passenger (29) by siphoning off Rs95,000 from her bank account after stealing her SIM card on July 6.The victim, ...
Homeland Security Today

Homeland Security Uncovers Massive Expansion of Telecom Plot — 300,000 SIM Cards Seized, Triple Initial Discovery

A plot to cripple the telecommunications infrastructure – discovered in New York City as world leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly – has proven far more extensive than initially ...
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Agents seize 200K more SIM cards linked to foreign network: CBS

Federal agents have discovered an additional 200,000 SIM cards connected to a communication network in the New York Tri-State area. US updates travel warnings for two countries—'Keep a low profile' ...
CBS News

Feds find 200,000 more SIM cards in N.J. after disrupting network that threatened U.N. General Assembly

Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations discovered an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a location in New Jersey, law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. Agents were first tipped off ...
Ars Technica

US uncovers 100,000 SIM cards that could have “shut down” NYC cell network

The US Secret Service announced this morning that it has located and seized a cache of telecom devices large enough to “shut down the cellular network in New York City.” And it believes a nation-state ...
Tom's Guide

iPhone 17 and iPhone Air are latest phones to push eSIM — here's why I don't want to give up physical SIM cards

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Should You Buy a Local Sim Card When You Travel?

Posted: August 28, 2025 | Last updated: August 28, 2025 Are you debating whether to get a SIM card for your phone when you go abroad? Well here are some things to consider if you are going to get a ...
PC Magazine

Google's US Pixel Phones Drop Physical SIM Cards for eSIM Only

Google follows in Apple's footsteps by nixing support for physical SIM cards from its US Pixel 10 phones. The company says most US Pixel owners already use eSIM. I’m PCMag’s managing editor for ...