Our mobile devices have become an integral part of our lives, whether it be to stay connected across the various social media and messaging platforms or as an essential business tool, the importance of these devices has never been greater.
These devices are, however, vulnerable to attacks from hackers and once these keyboard wielding criminals have access to your device the results could be catastrophic for that particular victim.
With the rising vice of hacking in our society, it is important to know about some clear signs that can help you discern if your phone has been tampered with in any way. With all this in mind, Jumia Travel has identified 4 clear signs thar your phone has been hacked.
YOUR PHONE SUDDENLY REBOOTS ITSELF
This can be caused by two main things. The first is that your phone might be experiencing some performance issues, a system breakdown of some sort. The second is that it might of course have been hacked and the sudden reboot is a consequence of your phone being tapped. Other signs that accompany your phone’s sudden reboot is your phone also suddenly dialing numbers and starting applications on its own.
NOISES OR ECHOS DURING YOUR CALLS
If you all of a sudden start to hear noises or echos during your calls, and this has never happened when you’re either calling those number or making the calls at that location, your phone might have been hacked and your calls are probably being monitored or listened in on.
APPEARANCE OF MYSTERIOUS APPS
You can all of sudden notice apps on your phone you don’t remember installing, while this might mean that a friend or relative might have installed it without permission, if you can’t point to anyone of those who have access to your phone as the one responsible for installing the app, then you can at that point consider that your phone might have been hacked. Hackers can plant apps on phones to snoop, perform actions on their behalf, explore calendars, access GPS etc. These ‘hacker apps’ can be even be hidden on your phone and be running in the background, this is why you might notice a rapidly decreasing battery life or your phone getting warm out of the blue without you making calls with it or working with it in anyway. To deal with this, it is best to avoid downloading just any kind of app, especially those that come with pop-up ads.
STRANGE TEXTS
If you notice strange SMS text messages on your phone or texts that appear as a single square or other strange characters, that might be an attempt by hackers to download spyware or malware onto your device. You should take note of this and be careful of it.

Source: http://www.techky.ml/tech-tutorials/4-signs-your-phone-has-been-hacked/


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Nice but I've not encountered this on my TECNO device

bravesoul247:
Nice but I've not encountered this on my TECNO device

That means it has not been hacked

Nice one bro! I would also add that:

+ Battery is draining way too fast
+ Internet usage skyrockets.

https://www.unlockunit.com/blog/how-to-tell-if-your-phone-has-a-virus/

MarkWayne89:
Nice one bro! I would also add that:
+ Battery is draining way too fast + Internet usage skyrockets.
https://www.unlockunit.com/blog/how-to-tell-if-your-phone-has-a-virus/

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