There are a ton of ways hackers can compromise your cell phone. The most common is hacking applications.
Spy apps, malware apps and other tools are freely available online, even on legitimate platforms such as the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Then there are other spy apps available on third-party platforms that don’t cost a cent to download and use.
Most of the time, though, hackers first have to find a way to get a spy app on to the target’s mobile phone. In some cases, they don’t even need to be near the device physically.
Once a user downloads a spy app or a spy app makes its way onto the target device, the hacker uses keylogging processes or Trojan viruses to access the victim’s data.
This is where techniques like phishing come into play. Fundamentally, hackers impersonate a legitimate site like Facebook or Gmail and trick you into giving up your login credentials. Hackers can also exploit the SS7 signaling system that all phone networks use to connect devices to each other to record calls, access phone call logs, read messages, forward calls and find users’ locations.
In addition to these methods, hackers can take advantage of Bluetooth and SIM card technologies to get hold of the user’s personal data.