With the launch of iOS 17.2, Apple has fastened an exploit that allowed the Flipper Zero digital multi-tool to lock up iPhones, stories ZDNET.
The Flipper Zero is a tool that may work together with different electronics. It could emulate, learn, and replica RFID and NFC tags, digital entry keys, remotes, and extra. Its capabilities permit it to unlock vehicles, skim RFID chips, and do different nefarious issues, similar to spamming iPhones.
Working third-party firmware from Xtreme, the Flipper Zero was in a position to make use of a BLE Spam app to create an enormous variety of Apple TV Keyboard popups on an iPhone, inflicting the machine to lock up. As ZDNET places it, Flipper Zero was in a position to carry out a denial of service (DoS) assault on all iPhones in a 30-foot radius of the attacker.
Restarting the iPhone was in a position to repair the problem, but it surely was nonetheless an annoyance. Following the iOS 17.2 replace, ZDNET discovered that an iPhone working the software program was not in a position to be exploited by the Xtreme firmware. Popups nonetheless seem, however not a deluge of popups able to disabling an iPhone.
iOS 17.2 was launched earlier this week and is beneficial for all units able to working iOS 17. It contains the Journal app and a number of new options for Messages, Apple Music, Climate, and different apps.
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