In 2005, investigations revealed phone hacking activities of the UK tabloid newspaper News of the World, highlighting to the world the vulnerabilities of mobile technology, and the potential for SIM card attack. In 2013, German security researcher Karsten Nohl revealed at the Black Hat conference of hackers in Las Vegas how easy it was to […]

As phones have become smarter, their need to rely on the established mobile network for calls and texts has been reduced. This has been accompanied by an increasing reliance on data. Mobile companies have responded to this by keeping an increasingly tight rein on the amount of data you are permitted to consume, and charging a […]

Recent political turmoil across the globe can have an impact on how much you are likely to pay when using your mobile phone abroad. In this article we take a look at EU data roaming charges, and the potential impact of Brexit. Roaming refers to the act of using your mobile phone abroad to make […]