I think my Windows PC had an ARP poisoning attack happen to it. After disconnecting from the wi-fi I connected to my iPhone’s hotspot.
Is there any way that my iPhone is infected with an ARP poisoning or is it something’s I don’t need to worry about. I don’t have much knowledge on it so it’s got me somewhat paranoid.
Your phone was never at risk.
No, your phone is not at risk. Note that ARP poisoning infects a router, not a computer, but it allows traffic to be redirected to the hacker’s computer. The “cure” is just to power off your router for a few seconds, and update it to the manufacturer’s latest firmware.
There’s nothing to “cure”, but if it helps you sleep better to restore it won’t do any harm, assuming you have a backup that was made before the incident occurred.
Sorry, I meant does restarting my phone “cure” the poisoning since I was using it like a router with my hotspot connecting it to my PC. Or was the network my phone was connected to never at risk to begin with since it was separate from the one that was poisoned and once I changed networks the poisoning was “cured” that way?
I see. I was worried about my internet traffic being intercepted or something, and that connecting to my hotspot would somehow give an attacker access to my phone/cellular ip, and unfortunately this stuff went far beyond my networking knowledge, but I assume changing networks between the original network and my cellular hotspot as well as restarting my phone mitigated that from the very start so I don’t actually have to worry about it anymore.
Also thanks for the info.
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I see. I was worried cause I read an attacker can get passwords/logins from doing this, and that connecting to my hotspot would somehow give an attacker access to my phone/cellular ip so they could carry out another attack to get passwords or something, and unfortunately this stuff went far beyond my networking knowledge, but I assume changing networks between the original network and my cellular hotspot as well as restarting my phone mitigated that from the very start so I don’t actually have to worry about it anymore since I’m not on the original network.
Also thanks for the info
So since I’m using my cell serving on my phone would restarting my phone have the same effect?
ARP Poisoning on iPhone
