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Latest Apple Text-Bomb Crashes iPhones via Message Notifications
Apple devices are vulnerable to a “text bomb” attack where simply looking at messages or posts containing characters in the Sindhi language can crash devices. Sindhi is an official language used in Pakistan. The bug affects iPhone, iPad, Macs and Apple Watches, and arises from macOS and iOS faili...
Apple Patches iMessage Bug That Bricks iPhones with Out-of-Date Software
Apple patched a high-severity iMessage bug found by Google Project Zero that can be exploited by an attacker who sends a specially-crafted message to a vulnerable iOS device. Those iPhones receiving the malicious message are rendered inoperable, or bricked. Apple patched the bug with the release ...
Apple Preps ChaiOS iMessage Bug Fix for Next Week
UPDATE The so-called ChaiOS message bug identified this week in Apple iOS devices will receive a fix with the rollout of the update for iOS 11.2.5, expected next week. The update will address a flaw software developer Abraham Masri publicly identified in a tweet earlier this week, according to...