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A New CSS-Based Web Attack Will Crash and Restart Your iPhone

posted by martyb on Tuesday September 18 2018, @09:16AM   Printer-friendly
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MrPlow writes:

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A security researcher has found a new way to crash and restart any iPhone — with just a few lines of code. Sabri Haddouche tweeted a proof-of-concept webpage with just 15 lines of code.

Sabri Haddouche tweeted a proof-of-concept webpage with just 15 lines of code which, if visited, will crash and restart an iPhone or iPad. Those on macOS may also see Safari freeze when opening the link.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/15/a-new-css-based-web-attack-will-crash-and-restart-your-iphone/

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  • (Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Tuesday September 18 2018, @11:56AM

    by nobu_the_bard (6373) on Tuesday September 18 2018, @11:56AM (#736463)

    Apparently the problem is WebKit having a rendering bug, which iOS mandates being used for all browsers and apps. Some older browsers other than Safari display the same bug but typically only the browser crashes. Windows has dealt with similar problems back in the day.

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