How to understand that scammers have hacked your phone: 5 signs

02.11.2024 20:54

If your mobile device has suddenly changed its “behavior”, do not ignore this situation.

Perhaps scammers are trying to gain remote access to your gadget or have already done so.

How can you tell if your phone has been hacked (or that hacking attempts are being made)?

Important information for smartphone owners has been published in the Telegram channel "Police of Belarus. We are ON GUARD".

Signs that your smartphone has been hacked

The user should be alerted by the following phenomena:

rapid battery discharge: the operating time of the device is constantly decreasing, although the gadget has not become more actively used;
smartphone overheating: this phenomenon is explained by the fact that malicious programs increase the load on the processor and other components of the gadget;
the appearance of strange pop-up windows (especially in applications that did not have such “bonuses” before);
the emergence of new applications on the smartphone;
sudden requests for two-factor authentication codes: this may indicate that someone is trying to log into your accounts.

Following a number of recommendations will help prevent your mobile device from being hacked. These include the following actions and rules:

Activate two-factor authentication;
regular application updates (various errors have been fixed in new versions of programs);
using complex passwords;
Regularly clearing search histories in browsers;
regular cleaning of the cache (temporary file storage);
deleting cookies.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief