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iOS WiFi Bug Allows Remote Reboot of All Devices In Area

Posted by timothy on from the wardriving-experiment dept.

New submitter BronsCon writes: A recently disclosed flaw in iOS 8 dubbed "No iOS Zone" allows an attacker to create a WiFi hot spot that will cause iOS devices to become unstable, crash, and reboot, even when in offline mode. Adi Sharabani and Yair Amit of Skycure are working with Apple for a fix; but, for now, the only workaround is to simply not be in range of such a malicious network.

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  1. Got to build one of those by jfdavis668 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I can get a seat at my local coffee house.

    1. Re:Got to build one of those by toonces33 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Take it to the airport, or take it on the subway.

      Just for grins, I downloaded all of the sounds that an iPhone makes onto my Android phone. In a quiet room, I can play the 'bing' noise that indicates an incoming message, or the noise that an iPhone makes when the battery is low. And then watch to see what kind of reaction there is from the people who are nearby.

    2. Re:Got to build one of those by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      My time is worthless as well. Plus I too have incredibly low standards for comedy. We should be friends.

    3. Re:Got to build one of those by Jason+Levine · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not that I would do this, but it might be fun to see someone stick something like this in a backpack and walk past an Apple store.

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  2. Literally by grasshoppa · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a literal "work around".

    Heh.

    I'll get my coat.

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  3. Oblig Steve Jobs paraphrase by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're being somewhere wrong

  4. Re:even when in offline mode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're turning WiFi off wrong.

  5. Darn it by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought I was going to get First Post, but then this iPhone kept constantly rebooting.

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  6. Re:How is it working in offline mode by Imagix · · Score: 3, Funny

    But... just hold the phone wrong, and it can't see the wireless anyway!

  7. Re:How is it working in offline mode by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, after giving the article another read-through, I think I got it wrong in the summary.

    Are you sure you're a Slashdot submitter?

    Oh, I see you're new here. Don't worry, after a while you'll stop caring about having anything correct in the summary at all.

  8. Re:How is it working in offline mode by Carewolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, after giving the article another read-through, I think I got it wrong in the summary.

    Are you sure you're a Slashdot submitter?

    Oh, I see you're new here. Don't worry, after a while you'll stop caring about having anything correct in the summary at all.

    If you do manage to get the summary right, you can be sure an editor will fix that mistake.