The U.S. government is urging the public to rely on encrypted text messages after a Chinese hacking campaign. The FBI, along with the Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), described the hack as ...

The FBI and others are now recommending that Americans send encrypted messages while texting or emailing someone. This comes after officials told NBC News that there was an unprecedented cyberattack ...

The FBI has issued a serious warning to everyone who texts using an iPhone or Android phone, according to NBC. Due to a never-before-seen cyberattack, which analysts are calling “Salt Typhoon,” ...

A new version of RCS is on the way that will allow encrypted messaging between iOS and Android Apple has previously never offered encrypted messaging outside the iMessage standard This follows Apple's ...

Hackers could be after your text messages. Especially vulnerable: texts between Android and Apple devices. Three weeks ago the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The FBI is urging all Android and iPhone users to stop sending text messages to each other after it said Chinese cybercriminals attacked at least eight major U.S. telecom ...

UPDATE (November 25, 2025): Google spokesperson reached out with a comment regarding this situation. Here’s the statement in full: “Based on our current detection, no apps containing this malware are ...

When Apple released Messages with RCS support in iOS 18 last year, it was missing a key security feature: end-to-end encryption. At the time, Apple said it would wait until encryption was part of the ...

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 ...