How to Protect Your Password and Device From Getting Hacked

There is a bunch of malware out there ready to attack your device and steal your information such as contacts, passwords, private files, and other crucial info. So, a person must keep his personal information safe so that nobody can harm him. If you are not aware of what you are browsing or installing on your smartphone, then you are going to face a big problem.

Hackers generally invite you on various websites to click malware links, and once you do that, they will get access to your entire phone. The main purpose of hacking anybody’s phone is to get the bank account details, or login information so that they can steal your money.

How to Deal With It

So, how can we protect our smartphones from getting hacked? Well! The most common answer is – get antivirus on your smartphone.

To protect your smartphone from malware, make sure that you never install any Android application from outside the Google Play Store. Avoid clicking the pop-ups or links that are shown on the screen while browsing a website. Never share your passwords with anyone because they can get access to your phone and can do a lot of things within seconds. And the most important thing is that never give the administrative permissions to any random apps.

Nowadays the Alien malware has modified a lot, and many countries are its target, including the USA, Spain, Germany, Turkey, etc. Alien malware generally captures the passwords you have set on your device to open various apps, especially banking apps. It generates fake screens that entirely mimic the app’s login page so that whatever you type, the Alien malware can send it to the hacker without even coming to your notice.

Some of the Alien malware’s targeted apps are Bank of America, Citibank, Capital One, Fifth Third, Chase, SunTrust, BMO, TD Bank, CIBC, US Bank, Wells Fargo, National Bank of Canada, TD Canada, RBC, HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Bank, TSB, NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, and a few cryptocurrency apps.

The Alien malware has no limitations, and you need to take extra precautions if you use some very popular apps such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Amazon, eBay, AT&T, Gmail, Netflix, Google Play, Outlook, Google Play Games, PayPal, Snapchat, Skype, Telegram, USAA, Yahoo Mail, Viber.

What the Alien malware can do if it gets access to your device

There is a bunch of things that the Alien malware can do once it enters your phone, and the list is given below:

Alien malware can install some apps on your phone, including TeamViewer or other screen-sharing apps, and can monitor your activity entirely. It can do various other things such as Keylogging, read SMS or OTPs, hack your contacts, send SMS, call forwarding, lock your device’s screen, etc. It can even hide apps after installing them on your phone so that you will never know about them.

As the above list shows, once the Alien malware infects your phone, it is almost impossible to save your data or anything available on your phone. It can do anything with your phone, and you won’t get any chance against it. Well,

as the threat of getting your phone hacked increases, various companies are trying to find multiple ways to make your device more protected and safer. But you need to take extra precautions until they make an absolute security system to protect your device from any kind of malware. So stay aware and keep yourself safe from getting hacked. Thank you!

Everleig is a Blog expert and has been working in the technology industry since 2003. As a technical expert, Everleig has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as peerny.com

Source: Getting Hacked