Even though the iPhone has strong security protocols, it is not immune to attacks by hackers. For this reason, it is important that you know how to detect the signs that indicate that your iPhone has been compromised.
In this article, you will learn the signs that show whether your smartphone has been hacked by a hacker. This way, you can act in time to prevent the theft of important personal information, such as your bank details, social network access, etc.
Signs of a hacked iPhone
If any of these situations happen to you, it could be that your phone has been hacked:
– Strange apps and advertising spam: The appearance of malicious applications without your having installed them is a common occurrence when your iPhone has been hacked. These types of apps are known as “adware” and their objective is to collect data so that the cybercriminal can access your social networks, banks, messaging platforms, etc.
As for advertising, you will see floating windows that will open at any moment without your authorization so that you can purchase any type of product or service. This is something that only happens when your smartphone has been tapped.
– Battery drain and overheating: If you charge your phone and the battery runs out in a matter of a couple of hours or less, this could be a malfunction, as this means that the phone is losing power due to the huge amount of background processes it is running.
Overheating is also a sign, if your phone is always running hot, it could be due to malware running in the background.
– Strange messages: You will receive suspicious SMS with a series of codes, digits and characters, which means that the hacker is trying to steal your phone number. This usually happens when you have a fraudulent app installed on your phone, the hacker will try to give you instructions through random messages that you will receive on your iPhone.
Another possibility is that the malicious software is trying to contact the cybercriminal through the messages to send them data from your device.
– Excessive mobile data consumption: When your data usage is increasing dramatically compared to your monthly average, the cause could be a hacker intercepting your messages. The cause could also be a corrupted app that uses your data to send the information it has collected to the hacker.
– Websites with abnormal interface: A malicious app can change the appearance of the sites you visit frequently. This happens because the app acts as a proxy that intervenes in the communication between your iPhone and the site in order to redirect you to a fake domain or track your activity.
This problem poses a huge risk if you use online banking platforms or any portal that asks for passwords, as pirated software will try to steal that information.
– Decreased performance: Since the malicious app will saturate the phone with background processes, the iPhone’s performance will be affected. You will have to deal with slowdowns, system freezes, black screens, excessive loading time to open an app, etc. If the poor performance is recurrent, your iPhone could be compromised.