iPhone being controlled remotely

Submitted by spothedog1 t3_zy3xsp in iphone

My brothers iPhone seemed to have been hacked and is being controlled remotely. It started when his flashlight was randomly turning on and has evolved into someone completely swiping and opening apps while he is using it. Video link included at the bottom, the controller tries to open Duo Mobile, presumably to get a MFA code for a login.

Additionally for my iPhone 14 pro the flashlight issue is happening but no one has been able to take full remote control. For context we are from the United States, but are currently visiting India and have been here for 4 days, we’ve connected to our rental apartments WiFi which we believe may have been responsible.

Ive searched Apple forums and no one believes remote control is possible, but the video speaks for itself.

Is it possible we’ve found a major security hole?

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Bagranti t1_j23o3gn wrote

Touch screen doesn’t work properly and is registering false presses, that’s all that’s happening. If the flashlight is coming on unexpectedly too then it’s likely the phone is liquid damaged because having both of those things fail at the same time is unlikely.

Edit to add: the forums are right, this is not someone remotely using the phone.

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Interesting-Dish8894 t1_j23n4tb wrote

Unless you are some important political figure or a targeted journalist nobody’s phone is getting taken over by anybody

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Soace_Space_Station t1_j23r5io wrote

Okay so when people that know about stuff tell you it isn't possible,you ignore them and say it is possible l?

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jp3297 t1_j23rhx0 wrote

To be fair, it IS possible. Just because some iPhone fanboy says it's not, doesn't make it so. Unlikely, but possible.

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TP_blitz t1_j24148h wrote

It indeed is possible, but it's extremely hard, because iPhone's have 2 different "buckets". 1 for third party files and one for system files. Which makes it really hard to influence something in the system files bucket. iPhones with iOS 16 have something you can enable called "lockdown mode", which completely locks off the system files "bucket" from everything, making it impossible to get hacked.

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jp3297 t1_j24194d wrote

Thank you for validating and agreeing with me.

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Lunafreya_NoxF t1_j23w8iw wrote

Your touchscreen has issues, that’s all.

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_Suspended_Account_ t1_j24rkdo wrote

People hack things so they can get money or personal information, not to say "haha lets keep opening this app and turning on the light". I can't imagine some dude in Pakistan sitting at his desk and saying "it's working boss, we hacked it. what now? Flashlight? OKAY"

It's 100% not hacked.

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DeLaArapaklas t1_j23m6xj wrote

Did you install any configuration profiles on it? It’s the only way an iOS device can be compromised. Check under Settings > General > VPN & Device Management. Delete any installed profiles you see there.

Otherwise it’s probably a faulty screen.

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spothedog1 OP t1_j23myx5 wrote

Hmm yes he had a VPN configured and probably had a configuration profile installed to make it work. Will try that out.

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