How do you know that your phone is hacked by hackers?
Smartphones have become a small computer that carries a lot of personal and sensitive information for its user, especially with the presence of e-mail and bank applications and social networking applications.
Thus, these phones have become a valuable catch for hackers, who resort to multiple ways to steal that information for physical or social goals, and so on. Therefore, information security experts advise to pay attention to some of the “symptoms” that tell you that your phone has been hacked, and among these symptoms and cases: - If You started noticing that the battery needs to be charged frequently at short intervals, it may be the result of a successful hacking attempt and that there are viruses and spyware that you have downloaded on the phone, and as a result you may become a victim of an identity theft hack or take over your files- If the performance of the phone is slower than usual, the reason may be due to the presence of malware, which causes the phone to work slowly, as this type of virus can affect the performance of the device, and this malware can be a spyware that pulls your data and files for another device Which affects the work of the main processing unit that will slow down the device.- One of the things to watch out for is, if you notice that your internet data usage has increased or even that you have exceeded the limit of your allocated data package, your phone may have been subjected to a cracking process. It is monitored by some types of malware, and an increase in data usage may indicate that someone is transferring data from your device to another device. Accordingly, delete any new apps you have downloaded and if it persists, do a reset of the phone. If you notice that the device is very hot, it may be because a malicious application is running in the background, which is putting pressure on the CPU. This method is often represented in the form of email messages, and it can be difficult to detect, but there are key indicators that reveal that you are the victim of a scam: spelling errors, grammatical errors, and excessive use of punctuation Like exclamation points, unofficial email addresses are also a sign of fraud, because banks and airlines try to be as official and transparent as possible and use official, verified email addresses on their domain names. Embedded forms, strange attachments, and alternative website links are also suspicious, so ignoring these suspicious emails is a good step to prevent them from achieving their goal. - One of the easiest ways for hackers to hack your phone and access your personal information is by using public Wi-Fi networks to connect to the Internet. Hackers use various techniques to get your sensitive data while connected to the unencrypted public Wi-Fi, where they can present you with a fake website that asks you to enter your data and this may be convincing and difficult to detect at the moment, so we advise you not to use mobile banking or shopping while you are using public Wi-Fi.And always remember to sign out and then terminate your connection to public Wi-Fi because if you leave without doing so, a hacker can follow your web session on the site you used like Facebook or your emails, and they can do so via files Cookies and HTTP packets, so always remember to log out. - One manifestation of a phone hack is that Bluetooth is on even though you haven't turned it on, Bluetooth can allow hackers to access your phone without even touching it. This type of hacking can go unnoticed by the user. It can also infect other devices around you if you connect with them via Bluetooth, according to the Arab Gateway for Technical News. So turn off Bluetooth and be aware of any suspicious downloads or URL links in texts, emails, and messaging services such as Facebook Or WhatsApp, which can disable and harm your phone. If you notice that Bluetooth is on and you haven't turned it on, turn it off and run a phone scan until you find and eliminate the malicious files that do this.