Ever wondered about those USSD codes used by your phone company? Here's the complete list for Vodacom, MTN and Telkom.

One major way to achieve this is the use of USSD codes for different Nigerian banks. USSD, which means Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, is a communications protocol used by mobile phones to ...

The Android ecosystem got a jolt yesterday with the revelation that simple links — something you might merely open online — could trigger a complete wipe of some Android devices. Researcher Ravi ...

The USSD technology is prone to fraud, slow and laborious. Technologists believe it is time for Uganda to shift to better technologies and this will require a collaborative effort from the innovators, ...

Consumers have expressed deep concerns over the planned disconnection of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services for nine banks by telecommunications companies (telcos) starting ...

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 ...

A rising trend of USSD scams taking place across the country where scammers take control of a user’s call and messaging systems, the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit under the Indian ...

Access Bank Plc has launched a special Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code *901*11#, a strategic tool for the recently-launched Payday Loan product by the bank. The code is the ...

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 ...