A Virgin Mobile-branded phone distributed by Assurance Wireless to low-income U.S. citizens has a trojan pre-installed that can download additional malware. Government-funded, low-cost cell phones are ...

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Assurance Wireless, a Lifeline Assistance program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund, launches service in the San Francisco metro area to begin ...

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today Assurance Wireless, a Lifeline Assistance program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund, launches service in the San Francisco metro area to begin ...

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Assurance Wireless introduces its services in Arizona, including providing a wireless phone and 250 free voice minutes and 250 free text messages monthly to ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A company that provides Lifeline wireless phone and internet services to lower-income customers in 39 states now has permission to offer the federally subsidized program in much ...

Budget Android smartphones offered through a US government initiative for low-income Americans come with preinstalled, unremovable Chinese malware, researchers report. These low-cost smartphones are ...

Some Android phones that are sold to low-income people who participate in the federally subsidized Lifeline program come laden with two types of potential malware, according to a new report by ...

A government program designed to help low income individuals own a smartphone might be dealing participants more than they bargained for. Or more specifically, security researchers warn that the ...

Number of eligible residents rises by more than 1.2 million since 2009; program can help more than 1.8 million Michigan residents stay connected to family, medical services and jobs More than 417,000 ...