You’re in the middle of something when your phone pings — a text from an unknown number. Is it real, or another scam? A new Consumer Reports survey finds texting and messaging scams have jumped 50 ...

Text message scam attempts have increased by 50 percent in the past year, with young adults experiencing the sharpest rise of any age group. That’s one of several important findings in the 2025 Cyber ...

Auburn Community Federal Credit Union will never ask for your online banking password, PIN, or full Social Security number by ...

If you’re in multiple text threads with different people in your life - your siblings, your partner, your kid’s teacher - it can be hard to stay on top of all of the messages. Who should you respond ...

Audio recordings are a convenient feature in iMessage that can potentially lead to embarrassing message misfires. Here's how to take control of audio recordings in the app. Messages is a great app for ...

When you receive a text message, you sometimes see special effects, like balloons floating or fireworks exploding across your screen. These special effects can be triggered by using specific words or ...

Apple Messages is your default option for texting on an iPhone or iPad, but it can handle a lot more than that. You can spruce up your messages with photos, videos, emoji, stickers, music, animated ...

If you are or know a federal government employee, you might be newly familiar with the private messaging app Signal. It’s the hottest chat app in President Donald Trump’s Washington. Signal burst into ...