Cell Phone Security

Cell Phone Security

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Over the years, cell phone security has improved greatly. Even though there are still many accounts that are hacked, they are doing things to prevent this is they have created a face and voice recognition. They also have this new features to cell phones have lessened the amount of hacked phones.

According to Cell Phone Hacking: More Serious Than you Think, it says “During this year over a billion cell phones were hacked because of lack of a secure password or no password at all.” This proves that people need better security on their devices.

There are four main ways to figure out that your phone/or other devices are being hacked.
1. If your phone lights up on its own even if you're not on it.

2. If it makes weird sounds during a phone call.

3. If your phone gets super hot.

4. If you are charged double or triple for every call/text you make.

 

The longer or more complex the better. You should avoid your password being a common street name, common last name, or 1 or 2 numbers or using easy-to guess passwords. A way to prevent people getting into your account is by changing passwords frequently.

Another way to prevent hacking is not to download any sketchy apps. It’s tough to tell the difference between a good and bad app. Since so many people are creating mobile apps, sometimes we see unsophisticated apps that could leak your online privacy through bad privacy practices or careless coding. Only download applications from sites you trust, and you should only download apps after checking their ratings and reviews.

There are many ways to prevent getting your phone hacked. Starting with, don’t click on unknown websites or staying off of unknown websites. Don’t use public wifis and especially don’t purchase anything on public wifis. If you put your password in on anything while using public wifi, you are more likely to get hacker.

Cell phone hacks can majorly affect our society. Now with new advances in technology people put their credit cards and personal information stored on their phones. So with one hack someones credit can be used however they want. Your personal information can also be hacked such as your social security number so your identity could be faked. So your entire life could be taken over by a hacker. Fortunately, security has improved over the years and it has helped prevent most hacking.

This also affects society because if someone gets your security/credit card number, they might use all the money and nothing will be left for the things you need. Such as groceries, gas, etc. So in other words with one hack, it can change the rest of your life.

There many ways your cell phone can be hacked including the simplest way a phone camera hole.  For example, clicking on unknown websites can lead to someone hacking your account. If you send a link in a text message and the person you send it to clicks on it, the person who texts them can see through their camera hole. If your cell phone is being hacked, one way you can stop that progressing is by installing anti-virus applications.

Here are 5 steps to hack from the website “Cell Phone Hacking: More Serious Than you Think.” “Hacking most phones is completed in simple, easy to understand steps. However, there are Spy mobile programs that do all the work in less time.”

1. “Acquire the cell phone iPhone IP address. Use the content configuration information to connect to a sftp. Host name is (sftp), username (root) and password is (alpine). This is the most crucial step in setting up the hacking platform.”
2. “Chances are an unknown host key might pop up. This is to be expected. The message reads something like this: You have no guarantee the server is the computer you believe, trust this host and carry on connecting? Do not worry though, just ignore the message and press ok or enter to proceed.”
3. “This step brings up the entire directory listing. Once inside the directory, everything on the phone is visible. What programs are listed, their root extensions, the sizes of the files and more.”
4. “In this step, try to locate the directory which contains the SMS data. This may read something like: /private/var/mobile/library/SMS. Now once the file is in clear view proceed to downloading the phone’s SMS file, which reads: sms.db.”

5.“This is where the hard work pays off. In this step, commence to opening the iphone's sms database. This is accomplished by using a popular SQLite browser. Now select the message on the table that says “HOPP.”