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Characters Crash Macs – Daily Security Byte

February 25, 2018 By Corey Nachreiner

Last week, an Italian blog found an iOS vulnerability that allowed a special Indian character to crash your Messenger app. Turns out this flaw, which involves Telugu script, affects all of Apple’s operating systems. This week, Apple released updates to fix this flaw. Watch the video for a few more details and an example, and be sure to get the updates if you are an Apple user.


Episode Runtime: 1:45

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TMZaqsLMzc

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • iOS and macOS flaw allows character to crash phone apps – The Verge
  • Apple’s security page for February updates – Apple

—Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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