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Title    WiFi Hack Creates No-Go Zone For iOS
Date    Thursday April 23 2015, @07:45PM
Author    cmn32480
Topic   
from the maybe-if-you-hold-it-differently dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/04/23/044256

fleg writes:

The Guardian is reporting on a newly discovered bug in IOS which causes iDevices to continually crash and reboot.

Once the user has entered what its discoverer, security researchers Skycure, dubs the “no iOS Zone”, there’s no way to fix their phone other than escaping the range of the malicious network; every time it reboots, it crashes almost immediately.

The basis of the attack uses a “specially crafted SSL certificate”, typically used to ensure a secure connection, to trigger a bug in the operating system that crashes out any app using SSL.

More info on Skycure's blog.

Links
  1. "fleg" - https://soylentnews.org/~fleg/
  2. "reporting" - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/22/wi-fi-hack-ios-iphone-ipad-apple
  3. "Skycure's blog" - https://www.skycure.com/blog/ios-shield-allows-dos-attacks-on-ios-devices/
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