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https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/21/typing-these-four-characters-could-crash-your-iphone/>
"A newly discovered bug causes iPhones and iPads to briefly crash. All you need
to trigger the bug are just four characters.
On Wednesday, a security researcher found that typing “”:: can cause the Apple
mobile user interface, called Springboard, to crash.
TechCrunch verified that those characters do crash Springboard when typed into
the Search bar in the Settings app, as well as if you swipe all the way to the
right on your home screen and type them into the App Library search bar.
As others noted, all that’s needed is actually “”: and any other character.
Triggering the bug briefly crashes Springboard, then reloads to your lock
screen. In other tests, the bug flashed the screen black for a second.
Apple did not comment when reached."
Via Violet Blue’s
Cybersecurity Roundup: August 27, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-27-110873089
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