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  1. W

    Potential Security Issue on iPhone: Unusual Activity and Sounds Post Website Visit

    Hello All, I am currently dealing with a situation regarding my iPhone that is causing me some concern, and I'm hoping that someone here might be able to shed some light on the issue. The problem began on Friday, 23rd June, when I visited a tech-related website via the Safari browser on my...
  2. hyperbolic

    Background Processing: Messages, Calendar, Home Accessories, Flashlight

    There is one other potentially related post on this, but it only covers the Messages app. I do think this post is important I hope the mods leave it up… I find that for every hour I have messages app in the foreground it’s accompanied by 20-30 minutes of background processing. Not crazy about...
  3. Alvin777

    Calendar App Subscribed to a March Holiday called 'Holi'?

    Hi Apple friends. I'm not sure if I accidentally put this on the calendar but on March 8, 2023, I seem to be subscribed to a US holiday called 'Holi'. Is this a way for hackers to tell me, they've breached my Mac (it has a lot of malware protection)? Thank you. Have a blessed 2023- give it...
  4. Gustavo Pereira

    iPhone 12 mini Can someone hack my phone and access my apps and photos?

    Someone on instagram said they could access my phone and all its content. They then proceeded to post photos that were only on my phone. Some of me and my then gf. Nobody has access to my iphone at home. I dont even have photos on icloud. Could this all be my ex gf or could I have been hacked?
  5. B

    Rooted

    Hi all, I opened this account because I couldn't find answers (easy ones anyway) on how to completely nuke a macbook, including firmware any any piece of preboot software that could be tampered with on a 16.2" MBP M1 2001. It came with Monterey but it doesn't seem to matter, it seems to target...
  6. S

    iCloud Keychain has odd websites

    A few months ago I had noticed a strange website in my iCloud Keychain labelled as “share2Dlink” and another one called “page.link”. After a few days of conversing with people on Reddit I had just decided to delete the two off my keychain entirely. It wasn’t until today I had noticed they had re...
  7. M

    Possible i’ve been hacked?

    So, the last few days i’ve noticed when im on my phone it suddenly starts doing wierd stuff without me touching the screen myself. For example i was watching a youtube video and all of a sudden it started fast forwarding the video without myself touch the screen. The other day i was victim of...
  8. L

    Hacked MBP - reinstall firmware

    Hello, I recently acquired a MPB 2017 13' function key - ( non touchbar) from Craigslist from a Shady character. I suspect it to be hacked for many reasons. I have reinstalled big sur and still feel the machine is compromised. How do I reinstall/ flash the firmware ? I suspect the firmware...
  9. theramajor

    fds

    Hi. Do Console logs have emojis? Am I hacked? When I opened Console I noticed the processes for CalNCServer, my task manager and my calendar making weird database names. I say weird because I don't use the attached emojis. I think someone is spying on me and creating databases of my stuff. My...
  10. PinkyMacGodess

    Was Garmin hacked again? 20210913, down most of the afternoon.

    I was on their site earlier, 6-eastern time, and it worked, but a half hour later, and nothing. And now, 4 hours-ish later, and nothing. Someone is going to have some explaining to do if it's down again like before. Ouch...
  11. christianxroman

    Am I Being Spied on Remotely?

    I opened Finder to look for a file in my Downloads folder when I noticed this under Locations to the left... I can't find anything online about what it is, but it asks if I want to connect to this server when I click on it. Any idea if this is bad, anyone?
  12. alexstrider18

    Is my warranty gone

    Hi, just got the M1macbook pro and downloaded a 3rd party app that totally crashed my whole system ! Luckily I was able to erase and reinstall the softwear and it’s working relatively ok now apart from apps closing and forgetting passwords ! But I got a warning that it was (jail broken or rooted...
  13. T

    Annoying double iPhone icons on airplay option.

    Hey guys, can anyone help me. My iPhone 12 Pro Max airplay options is showing 2 iPhone icons. I have this same problem on the previous iPhone 11 Pro Max when it was with ios13. I didn’t restore the new iPhone 12 pro max with the previous iphone 11 Pro Max backup. The double icon only appear...
  14. theramajor

    Is a hacker inside my Mac?

    I recently had an incident where a hacker got access into my Google Authenticator app and into a financial account. He's very savvy and now I think he's remoting into my Mac. I reinstalled the OS and changed my passwords yet I noticed Dashlane, my password manager was using 27% of the CPU. I...
  15. Christian Lembourn

    Huawei hacked my settings?

    The other day I got a message on my iMac with something like: "Can't open Mac with Apple Watch because screen sharing is on". I didn't have any screen sharing on... So I opened up preferences and saw something strange."Other users can access your computer's screen at vnc://huawei_p20-[letters...
  16. B

    PerfPowerServices Webcam Access

    Why would PerfPowerServices process tries to access webcam repeatedly? Using Kaspersky. Webcam access is blocked from settings and through Kaspersky.
  17. emaytea

    Been hacked, attempted email, remote keylogger?

    I received this email: i am awärę wr!4769+ ōne of yōur passwords. i placed a software ōn the X videos (sęx sites) sİtę and yōu know what, yoū visİted this website to experięnce fun (yoū knōw what İ mean). Whęn you were viewİng vİdęō clips, your web browser started out functioning as ä Remōte...
  18. Red Fuji

    Hacked Mac ?

    did my Mid 2014 Retina Macbook A1398 get hacked ?? (missed it by two years; its a 2014 vice 2012) i am on a continuous error loop of some sort. 1. I turn on the Mac. 2. I get a full screen with nothing but this attached message (several languages): " YOUR COMPUTER RESTARTED BECAUSE OF A...
  19. T

    Have I been hacked?

    I belive someone is hosting a webhost server or something to change website content. Also, if i google certain words the first meaning of the word is often wrong. I had someone over who did an badusb attack on me. i think someone is hosting a mirror server to mirror my whole computer.. here is...
  20. iMacGuru

    Installed Mojave - Receiving Unsolicited Emails

    Ever since I installed Mojave I have been barraged with emails from web-sites around the world (over 400) thanking me for signing up or requesting that I confirm my email address. For some reason these emails are not being filtered by the gmail junk routines. Please help! Inundated Mac User