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Security Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder, Europol warns Criminals are exploiting the home routing loophole By Alfonso Maruccia, July 8, 2024, 12:29 PM 16 comments
Mobile Hardware This "super SIM card" features a built-in RISC-V CPU for increased storage, faster transfers, and better security 10x better than your standard SIM By Zo Ahmed, June 28, 2024, 6:15 AM 7 comments
Mobile Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC features iSIM silicon to replace SIM cards and eSIM chips Saving space and money for manufacturers, removing portability for users By Alfonso Maruccia, March 6, 2023, 1:29 PM
Apple Mobile Apple's iPhone 14 might be the first to ship without a physical SIM card slot iPhones without SIM card slot could land in 2022 By Shawn Knight, December 27, 2021, 1:51 PM 19 comments
Security Hacker receives 10-year plea deal for $5 million SIM-swapping scam Authorities say this is the first conviction for the crime of SIM swapping By Cal Jeffrey, February 4, 2019, 2:42 PM
Security A 20-year-old college student hacked 40 phones and stole $5 million He was reportedly about to board a plane to Europe when he was nabbed By Cal Jeffrey, July 31, 2018, 1:21 PM
Mobile Apple Apple could be planning to include dual-SIM support in the next iPhone Because one SIM card just isn't enough By Cohen Coberly, July 31, 2018, 1:04 PM
Mobile Electronics New 'iSIM' technology could combine your smartphone's processor and SIM card into one component The iSIM could free up space for more RAM or bigger batteries By Cohen Coberly, February 21, 2018, 2:54 PM 8 comments
Microsoft Mobile Microsoft will soon offer pre-paid data plans for Windows 10 devices By Shawn Knight, January 8, 2016, 7:00 PM
Mobile Electronics Apple and Samsung are preparing to kill the SIM card By Tim Schiesser, July 17, 2015, 12:00 AM 17 comments
Security Mobile Gemalto acknowledges breach but denies massive SIM key theft, 3G and 4G networks not affected By Jose Vilches, February 25, 2015, 11:30 AM
Security Mobile NSA and GCHQ have had access to SIM card encryption keys for years, latest Snowden documents reveal By Shawn Knight, February 19, 2015, 6:30 PM 10 comments
Apple Mobile AT&T will lock universal Apple SIM if you activate on their network By Shawn Knight, October 24, 2014, 4:15 PM 11 comments
Security Mobile Carriers rush to fix SIM card vulnerability affecting millions of users By Jose Vilches, August 2, 2013, 11:00 AM
Security SIM card flaw could put nearly half a billion phones at risk By Shawn Knight, July 21, 2013, 6:03 PM 8 comments
Apple Industry European carriers stockpiling nano-SIMs ahead of iPhone 5 launch By Lee Kaelin, July 17, 2012, 12:30 PM
Industry RIM, Motorola aim to meet Apple halfway with revised nano-SIM By Lee Kaelin, May 18, 2012, 2:30 PM
Industry Mobile Apple offers nano-SIM design free of royalties, but there's a catch By Rick Burgess, March 26, 2012, 6:00 PM 12 comments