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Michel Barnich edited this page Apr 20, 2019 · 1 revision

Welcome to the Detector wiki!

Detector helps you find out if your iPhone has been hacked! Find out what the different Indicators mean!

Sandbox Violation

If this Indicator turns red, any App can write to /private on your Device. This means that your Device is no longer secure and unwanted Changes may be made by an App!

/Library/MobileSubstrate/MobileSubstrate.dylib

If this Indicator turns red, a Framework called Mobile Substrate has been installed on your Device. Mobile Substrate is used to make "Tweaks" possible on Jailbroken Devices. Tweaks are small modifications of the iOS System. and can cause harm to your Device/Data!

/bin/bash

If this Indicator turns red, Bash has been installed on your Device. Bash uses Text Files as input and executes them if there are valid instructions in the file. These files are executed with root privileges, this means that Bash can be extremely dangerous!

/usr/bin/sshd

If this Indicator turns red, SSH has been installed on your device. With SSH someone can remotely login into your Device and can run Commands in the command Line and probably archive root privileges!

/etc/apt

If this Indicator turns red, APT has been installed on your Device. APT is a Package Manager, you can install pretty much anything with it.

/usr/bin/ssh

If this Indicator turns red, SSH has been installed on your device. With SSH someone can remotely login into your Device and can run Commands in the command Line and probably archive root privileges!

/private/var/lib/apt

If this Indicator turns red, APT has been installed on your Device. APT is a Package Manager, you can install pretty much anything with it.

/bin/sh

If this Indicator turns red, an App may have access to a shell on your Device. This means it can execute any command on the Device.

/Applications/Cydia.app

If this Indicator turns red, Cydia has been installed on your Device. Cydia is like the Appstore but for Jailbroken Devices. It can install pretty much anything and relies on APT.

can open Cydia Repos

If this Indicator turns red, Cydia (or another package Manager) has been installed on your Device, which can open Repositories which are designed for Cydia.

What to do if some indicators turn red

If you did not jailbreak your Device intentionally, you might have been hacked. This is very uncommon but can be theoretically archived. If so, connect your Device to a trusted Computer and install iTunes. Update/Restore your Device to the newest iOS Veriosn as security Updates are made all the Time by Apple!