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 ...

UltimaSMS leverages at least 151 apps that have been downloaded collectively more than 10 million times, to extort money through a fake premium SMS subscription service. Threat actors are using ...

Almost one third (32 per cent) of US mobile content revenue – $237m – came from off portal premium SMS revenues in the first quarter of 2007, according to a report from US digital consumer researcher ...

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 ...

T-Mobile today said that it will "terminate all billing for premium SMS, except for charitable and political giving" as soon as feasible. The move is a response to customer complaints about the ...

A heart rate and pulse tracker. A chat translator. A slime simulator. And a fingerprint "defender." Using more than 200 such low-key applications, a cybercriminal group created a platform for ...

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 ...

With AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon all dropping most premium SMS billing, this could open the door to higher opt-in rates for mobile programs and the loosening of regulation around these programs ...

A newly discovered Android Trojan being used in a campaign that tricks victims into subscribing to premium SMS services is believed to have over 10 million victims. Discovered and detailed today by ...

Bad Android apps frequently sign unsuspecting users up for premium rate SMS services. When you receive your cell phone bill, you see unexplained charges from unknown services. Cancelling these premium ...