A security researcher says that a Flipper Zero device can carry out DoS attacks on iPhones running iOS 17 by continuously sending Bluetooth pairing requests
No cure yet for a popular iPhone attack, except for turning off Bluetooth. — One morning two weeks ago, security researcher Jeroen van der Ham …
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- Amazing coincidence, this person happens to be in the same carriage on my way back. I recognized him and asked him to stop fucking around, because it is extremely annoying. @1sand0s@infosec.exchange · Jeroen van der Ham
- This was not just testing this on the train to see if the DoS technique was working, this person had this on for 1,5 hours straight on the train, where everybody around him sees their apple devices rebooting constantly. And he is just coding away at some IoT app, not even paying attention to what is happening. @1sand0s@infosec.exchange · Jeroen van der Ham
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@mishaalrahman
Mishaal Rahman
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You may have seen articles about how the Flipper Zero can be used to easily spam iOS, Windows, and Android devices with bogus Bluetooth device connection requests, which in the case of iOS 17, can crash them. Here's how to protect your Android device from these spam attacks.... […
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@maldr0id
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Flipper Zero is the best thing that has ever happened to the security of all wireless protocols
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@rtehrani
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Scary device can send updated iPhones into a never-ending Denial of Service loop, making them unusable https://arstechnica.com/...
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@daveschroeder
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This same attack also works against Android and Windows devices in the same way, but that isn't as exciting. ;-) This tiny device is sending updated iPhones into a never-ending DoS loop https://arstechnica.com/... #
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This tiny device is sending updated iPhones into a never-ending DoS loop. No cure yet for a popular iPhone attack, except for turning off Bluetooth.