If There Are These 5 Characteristics, Beware of Asking Your Cell Phone Is Being Hijacked!

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia Smartphones have now become one of the main needs of modern society. This is a reason for hackers to target and want to hijack the device you are using.

Smartphones are now not only a tool for communicating and exchanging messages. Smartphones are now also used for various activities. For example, for financial activities if the mobile banking application is installed on your cellphone.

Here are 5 signs that your smartphone may have been hijacked by malicious hackers, as quoted from various sources, Monday (14/3/2022):

1. Battery Drained

If you find that your cellphone battery is wasteful even though it has been refilled frequently, it could be a sign that you have been hijacked. Psychsoftpc.com president Tim Lynch said spyware on phones is active around the clock and uses a lot of power and drains the battery.

“If you’re constantly experiencing power loss, chances are you’ve been hacked,” he said. If you haven’t been hacked and the issue persists, this might be a sign that you need a new phone.

2. HP So Hot

Ray Walsh, a digital privacy expert at ProPrivacy, says a phone getting hot is a sign that internet data is being used faster than usual.

“If a consumer notices continuing to exceed their data limit, maybe someone is ‘piggybacking’ on the session,” he said.

3. HP Performance Deteriorating

Phone performance gets worse if it gets hacked. For example, loading a page becomes slower or crashes. According to the advice of security expert and CEO of Safr.Me, Robert Siciliano, you can fix this by turning off your phone. Then see what happens next.

“Phones that have been hacked usually don’t turn off properly or never turn off, even if they did,” he said.

Also pay attention to other functions of the phone, such as sending and receiving texts that become slow. Even making phone calls to checking voicemails is slow because these functions should be done quickly.

“This is the easiest to understand, but the hardest in this day and age in cyberspace because everyone is rushing and multitasking and not paying enough attention to pick up on these fine details,” explains Surviving a Cyberstalker author Alexis Moore.

4. Spam Pop-up Messages

Webber added that the phone had been infiltrated by spam pop-ups or strange screensavers. However, not all pop-up messages are a sign that your phone has been hacked.

“While not all pop-ups indicate the phone has been compromised, a higher number of pop-ups could be a sign that the phone has been infected with a form of malware called adware, which forces the device to view certain sites driving click-through revenue,” explains Webber.

5. Lost Signal

Director of Security and Information Technology at Pensar Development, Kayne McGladrey said the attack was called a ported number attack.

“If you think you have been the victim of a number transfer attack, you should immediately contact the police and tell them that your mobile number has been ported and that you are a victim of identity theft,” Kayne said.

He said users should contact the mobile operator immediately. This includes the need to show the operator about a report to the police to prove that he has been a victim of identity theft.

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