Apple mounted the iPhone’s Flipper Zero downside

Apple has blocked a Bluetooth assault carried out with the Flipper Zero that despatched a barrage of pop-ups to iPhones, inflicting them to lock up and crash. Whereas Apple hasn’t formally introduced the change, it seems the corporate has rolled out a repair in iOS 17.2, based on checks from ZDNET and 9to5Mac.

Till now, the one technique to stop the assaults was to fully disable Bluetooth on the iPhone, nevertheless it seems like Apple has lastly addressed the vulnerability. When making an attempt to lock up an iPhone working iOS 17.2 with the Flipper Zero, each ZDNET and 9to5Mac discovered that just a few pop-ups appeared on the gadget. Happily, the variety of notifications wasn’t sufficient to trigger the gadget to crash.

We nonetheless don’t know precisely what Apple did to make the repair, however The Verge reached out to Apple with a request for extra data, and we’ll replace this text if we hear again. For now, although, it’s a good suggestion to replace your iPhone to iOS 17.2 for those who haven’t already.