iOS 1970 Bug Is Back, Can Be Exploited Via Rogue WiFi Networks (softpedia.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Back in February iOS users noted that setting your phone/tablet's date to January 1, 1970 would permanently brick their devices. After Apple fixed the issue in iOS 9.3.1, two security researchers have now uploaded a video on YouTube showing how to exploit this bug from a remote location, with no access to the user's phone. The setup involves attackers putting up a Wi-Fi network on which they're running a rogue NTP server. This server tells iOS devices syncing their time that it's December 31, 1969, 23:59:00. Twenty minutes later, if the battery didn't catch fire (which is possible with this new exploit), the iPad or iPhone device is permanently and irreversibly bricked.

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Also Good for Corporate WiFi Networks

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

Forget "rouge" WiFi networks - now IT can finally strike back at BYOD users who insisted on connecting their iPhones into an internal corporate network. :)