WHAT IF YOUR PHONE CAMERA BECOMES HACKED?! If all of a sudden there are a lot of pop ups suddenly appearing on your phone you most probably have either spyware or malware! ‘Strange behaviour’ apps that are no longer running the way that they should, ones that switch both on and off unexpectedly as well as ones that either crash or fail to load all together!
There are certain malicious processes that will consume your mobile data behind the scenes while they track absolutely everything you do on your device! Mysterious data usage spikes, even though there are no changes on your part. Your phone seems to be using a lot more resources as well as battery power, your phone could even become hotter than usual! If there is any malware on the phone it could reduce its power quite significantly! If you have even been concerned that your phone may be hacked here are a few things to look out for!Īll of a sudden there’s something that you don’t recognise on your phone, for example there are messages that you didn’t send suddenly appearing, there are now apps on your device that you didn’t download, purchases that you didn’t make and even suspicious phone calls too!
It’s even possible for you to download malware from suspicious websites while your downloading apps or it could be the case that you clicked on a malicious link or pop up completely by mistake as this can happen! HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR PHONE HAS IN FACT BEEN HACKED?
Phishingįacebook or even email messages will contain malicious links which will install malware onto your device, this will then snatch your data! 5. Public WiFi networks are so risky, if you connect to them you could possibly get malware, quite surprisingly this can happen via charging stations too! A hacker can quite easily set up fake WiFi networks, these are called ‘ evil twin networks’! What will happen is you will be redirected to a malicious website, or they will steal your data via a USB cable which is located at a charging station! 4. The hacker will be able to remotely monitor all of your phone’s activities! Anyone who gains direct access to your device can install an app like this one! 3. Certain spyware that can collect your data!īelieve it or not there are some spy apps that are really quite easy to get a hold of! Again the person responsible for the attack doesn’t necessarily have to have advanced IT knowledge. This particular attack involves the hacker transferring your phone number over to their own SIM card, meaning they are now in control of all of your accounts! Yes it’s that easy! 2. It’s actually not that difficult for someone to hack your phone! The hacker has several ways in which they can hack it, you don’t have to have advanced tech knowledge in order to do so! 1.
You probably don’t even realise it but you are exposing your phone to all sorts of thieves and data snatchers on a daily basis! You mustn’t fall victim to hackers! Hackers are always on the look out for their next victim! It’s important that you know how to both identify and remove a hacker from your phone! What would we do without our mobiles? Some of us if not most of us dread the thought of anything happening to them but are we actually being careful enough to prevent something happening?!