A pair of Android vulnerabilities in ever version prior to KitKat could give an attacker the ability to make and end phone calls and send USSD codes using a malicious application. A pair of ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting USSD codes, disguised as delivery agents, to activate call forwarding on unsuspecting citizens' ...

Participants at the Nigeria Fintech Week in Lagos on Tuesday said telecommunications, banks and Fintech stakeholders needed to partner to make USSD short codes free to all users to boost financial ...

Participants at the Nigeria Fintech Week in Lagos on Tuesday said telecommunications, banks and Fintech stakeholders needed to partner to make USSD short codes free to all users to boost financial ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a fresh warning to the public after detecting a new cybercrime pattern ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to introduce an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code for verification of capital market operators. SEC said the move is part of its ...

A security research team at the Ekoparty Security Conference has demonstrated a single line of USSD code that can be used to completely reset a Samsung S III handset and ‘kill’ the owners SIM card in ...

Short codes for Android smartphones can be used in several way, from pulling up information about the device, to communicating with the network service provider, as well as quickly accessing functions ...

This code displays the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number of your Android phone, a unique identifier essential for identifying your device. This code shows the Specific Absorption ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration. This, it said, ...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has introduced a new Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code, *829#, designed to enhance taxpayer satisfaction and streamline tax-related services ...

A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones, ...