Bad Android apps frequently sign unsuspecting users up for premium rate SMS services. When you receive your cell phone bill, you get sticker shock because you had no idea the app had signed you up for ...

Europe s wireless Internet has proven a graveyard for hype. WAP was crap, and the dream of lucrative 3G services lured carriers to the brink of bankruptcy. But now there s a service that s actually ...

Any startups out there seeking to build a business by setting out to confuse as many users as possible with overly complex pricing structures, while tricking those who can’t afford the full-fat ...

SEATTLE — Here is something the phone companies got right. U.S. carriers have quietly instituted policies that largely protect American consumers from a teeming industry of cyberscammers who've ...

Just a botched copy-protection feature of the original game… The 'Trojan' SMS dialler infecting mobile phones running pirate copies of the "Mosquitos" game is not actually a Trojan at all but rather a ...

With carriers ending support for premium SMS in mid-January, premium content providers and wireless carriers are exploring alternatives for monetizing mobile users, including direct carrier billing.

Attackers can force mobile phones to send premium-rate SMS messages or prevent them from receiving messages for long periods of time by leveraging a logic flaw in mobile telecommunication standards.

Google has ejected 50 apps from its Google Play store that were harboring mobile malware dubbed ExpensiveWall. Google has ejected 50 apps from its Google Play store that were harboring mobile malware ...

The settlements of the class action suits brought against popular television shows such as American Idol and Deal or No Deal further strengthen the requirement to offer equivalent value when charging ...

A new Android Trojan program that poses as an SMS management application is sending text messages to predefined premium-rate numbers in Europe and Canada, according to security researchers from ...