The FBI is warning phone users to encrypt their text messages, especially if you send messages between Apple and Android users. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ...

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...

The hacking campaign is one of the largest compromises of intelligence in United States history. After an unprecedented cyber attack on telecommunications companies like AT&T and Verizon, officials ...

Apple joined the RCS bandwagon last year, giving its users the ability to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. The only problem? Those messages are not encrypted, exposing them ...

Hackers could be after your text messages. Especially vulnerable: texts between Android and Apple devices. Three weeks ago the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ...

It looks like end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages on iPhones might be arriving sooner than expected. Code spotted in early iOS 26 betas suggests Apple is already testing the secure protocols ...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messaging between iPhone and Android users is coming soon via the new Universal Profile 3.0 specifications from GSMA. The new standard supports the Messaging Layer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Republished on December 6 as new cybersecurity regulations are ...

RCS 3.0 was officially unveiled by the GSMA, an association representing mobile network operators. On the face of it, it’s fairly boring news. However, this one is special because it’ll finally fix ...

Hackers could be after your text messages. Especially vulnerable: texts between Android and Apple devices. Three weeks ago the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ...