Your world revolves around your phone therefore it makes your phone an ideal target for identity theft and financial fraud. Watch out for signs that you have been hacked, you need to have an adequate knowledge of the collection of data on your device. Our phones and computers are the major sources of communication in everyday life. If your phone gets hacked the Hacker will most likely have access to your:
- Emails
- Contact list
- Pictures
- Videos
- Documents
- Text messages.
The Hacker is able to monitor every keystroke you type on your phone’s keyboard if the hacker uses a key logger. This also means access to your:
- Password
- Personal information
- Credit card information
- Bank information
- As well as any other vital information
In addition the Hacker will be able to track every website that you visit as well as the information you enter into such websites.
Security Messages
If you’re getting constant security messages, there are chances that your phone has been hacked. It could be a message saying your account has been accessed from a new device. This could mean that the Hackers move your details to another device and starts accessing your account from this device.
Emails are getting blocked.
Emails getting blocked is another red flag which means you’re unable to send and receive legitimate emails. Furthermore, you will also receive lots of spam mostly phishing emails that will look legitimate. If you’re not aware that your phone has been hacked and you react to any of these emails, it will compound your problem.
Transactions
Do you get regular alerts from your bank and credit card companies? If you don’t, it’s advisable that you set up these alerts. You will get a notification every time a transaction takes place. It’s one thing to have safeguards against your phone being hacked, it’s another to be aware that your phone has been hacked so that you can do damage control. The worst thing will be for your phone to be hacked and you’re not aware but believing that everything is okay.
This is why it’s quite important that you’re aware of these signs. If you think that your smartphone has been compromised, then the best thing to do is to quickly change all your passwords. You shouldn’t do it from the phone that has been affected if not the Hacker will have access to the new passwords. On the other hand try factory setting restoration, but you have to be sure that all your data are back up. The Hacker will lose control, but you still have more work to do, you need to ensure that your data has not been compromised.