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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:

Submitted via IRC for Fnord666

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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 18 2018, @04:07PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 18 2018, @04:07PM (#736575)

    I would argue that an OS meant to run on a smallish battery has particular tradeoffs.
    You can't ignore computing overhead like you can on a big laptop or desktop. Keeping it leaner is more justifiable.
    And for what it's worth, my iPhone has never brought down the OS from a bad webpage. It has always been the browser crashing and restarting *the browser*. This is an amazing stability record. The CSS bug is the only bug of its type I have heard about.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 18 2018, @06:20PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 18 2018, @06:20PM (#736634)

    Whenever there's a problem, you fanbois evoke the SJRDF, and spin it has a the exception that proves the INSANELY GREAT nature of Apple products.

    Come on, man. Just say it: This is a terrible bug; Apple screwed up, and will hopefully do better in the future.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 19 2018, @02:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 19 2018, @02:02AM (#736884)

      It is a critical bug that must be fixed immediately.
      That does nothing to negate the very stable experience I have had with my iPhone.