After targeting the online medium, hackers seem to have turned their attention to mobile phones with numerous instances of mobile phones being cracked by tools like spyware and spoofing being encountered offlate.
Hacking experts say that while spyware manipulates SMS thereby allowing them to be read by others, spoofing replaces mobile number of sender’s message.
Experts say that possible symptoms of detecting whether a mobile phone is hit by hackers are in case the phones get hanged or slow down in operations.
Here are a few links, on how to keep yourself safe from cell phone hacking traps.
Cell phones - Hackers Next Target!
Be Prepared for Cell Phone Hacks