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iOS Crash Text – Daily Security Byte EP.89

May 27, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

High schoolers around the nation likely woke up to randomly rebooting iPhones due to pranksters exploiting a mysterious new flaw triggered by a simple text message. The news of this malicious text started on Reddit, but quickly spread as security researchers and the press jumped on the issue. Learn more about it in today’s video.

 

(Episode Runtime: 2:20)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td8mOon5nVw

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Original (now removed) Reddit post on the mysterious iOS crash flaw – Reddit
  • Additional Reddit post on the iOS text issue – Reddit
  • Tweet of iOS crash message – Twitter
  • Media article on the iOS text hack – Wired
  • iOS text bug likely affects OS X too – Forbes
  • OS X exploit of Core Text flaw – Github
  • Old article about 2013 Arabic text iOS flaw – Ars Technica

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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