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 ...

President Trump was reacting to a video that reminded members of the military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders. By Shawn McCreesh Reporting from Washington President Trump accused a ...

A new Android banking trojan named Sturnus can capture communication from end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram, as well as take complete control of the device.

Senate Democrats are requesting an investigation into what they say is "partisan messaging" that the Trump administration used on official government websites during the longest government shutdown in ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia's coast.

Google Messages is testing a long-awaited trash folder feature, enabling users to easily recover accidentally deleted texts. This significant update, found in the latest beta, will eliminate the ...

The U.S. Postal Service is alerting consumers about “smishing” scams that start with fake text messages for tracking packages. “Smishing” is a form of “phishing” where scammers use unsolicited text ...

Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general, expressed his regret for the graphic and violent language directed at a colleague in text messages in his opening statement in Thursday ...

Why is this important? Scammers are increasingly turning to text messages for phishing and fraud. These new features aim to help users avoid scams by automatically flagging fishy texts and verifying ...