Flipper Zero can be used to crash iPhones running iOS 17, but there’s a way to foil the attack

The Flipper Zero can accomplish that a lot, nevertheless I wasn’t anticipating it to have the flexibility to be able to lock up an iPhone using nothing larger than Bluetooth.

However it certainly appears it might properly simply do this.

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Now, you’ll have the ability to’t do this with a stock Flipper Zero. If you want to try this out, you could should have a Flipper Zero after which load an early developer assemble of Xtreme third-party firmware onto it.

From there it’s a matter of firing up an app often known as Apple BLE Spam and choosing an assault often known as Lockup Crash.

And it does exactly what it says throughout the title – it’s going to lock up and crash the iPhone.

Principally, it performs a denial of service (DoS) assault on iPhones.

ZDNET has examined this and will affirm that it might properly lock up an iPhone working the latest iOS 17.0.3. The issue doesn’t appear to impact iPhones working iOS 16.

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Nevertheless the Apple BLE Spam app can do further. It might properly moreover provoke an array of pairing assaults which may be further spammy than inflicting crashes, nevertheless are nonetheless annoying to the iPhone client, and at this stage it’s unclear within the occasion that they may be crafted right into a particular assault.

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You might be possibly questioning how best to protect your self. I can solely uncover a way — flip off Bluetooth, each by going into Administration Center and disabling it there (this solely stays off until the next day) or going Settings > Bluetooth and flipping the toggle there.