My Mouse Cursor is Moving on its Own. Have I Been Hacked?

❓ Occasionally, your mouse cursor may seem to be moving on its own. There are benign and easily resolved causes of this as well as occasionally malicious reasons.

Mystery mouse movement
Mouse pointers most often move on their own because of dirt on the mousing surface or dirt within the mouse itself. Sometimes the surface, even clean, can be ‘confusing’ to mouse electronics, which can manifest as autonomous movement. While malicious movement is possible through traditional remote-access software, bad actors more commonly take steps to hide what they’re doing, thus not moving the mouse pointer at all. As always, if you suspect malware, run up-to-date security scans.

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Chapters
0:00 Mouse cursor moving on its own?
0:33 Why would a mouse move?
0:53 Benign movement (dirt)
2:40 Malicious movement
4:05 Malicious non-movement
5:45 A very quick test for remote access
6:40 Movement or not, stay safe

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