“Smishing is a form of phishing that involves a text message or phone number ... the text messages appear to come from the United States Postal Service. The link in the text redirects to ...

The new rules require phone providers to block text messages from suspicious sources including phone numbers that appear to be “invalid, unallocated, or unused.” Carriers will also have to ...

FOLLOW, COMING UP, NEWS 8 ON YOUR SIDE NOW WITH AN EXAMPLE OF WHY WE ALWAYS TELL YOU TO NOT CLICK ON LINKS IN SUSPICIOUS TEXT MESSAGES ... WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY A PHONE CALL INFORMING THE VICTIM ...

In an ideal world you'd never need to know why pictures aren't appearing in your iPhone text messages, nor how to fix the problem. By and large, photos sent your way will land in your Messages app ...