My iPhone 14 Pro Max with iOS 17.1 crashed in less than three minutes with zero flipper. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
All eyes are on iOS 17.1 to fix many of the iPhone’s problems, from overheating issues that made iPhones almost hot to the touch (early reports here are positive), to that weird burn-in issue that wasn’t burned in (yes), that problem seems to have been fixed), to more obscure forms of nightly reboots (the jury is out on this one). But there is one bug that has been asked about more than any other.
Can you still hack an iPhone with Flipper Zero?
Umm, yes.
Also: Flipper Zero: Geeky Toy or Serious Security Tool?
The image above might give the impression that the Flipper Zero needs to be placed right next to the iPhone in order for it to work. But it is not. I also accidentally broke my iPad Pro, which was in another room, while taking this photo.
In fact, I tested the range of this attack and found it to be effective up to a 20-30 foot radius depending on how open the space is.
And if you use a modern office space, coffee shop, train station or airport, you can fit a lot of iPhones in that small space.
It takes about three minutes for a Flipper Zero attack with BLE Spam failure—which requires third-party software to be loaded onto the Flipper Zero—to reboot the iPhone. However, before three minutes, the phone may stop responding to touch inputs and other Bluetooth devices connected to the iPhone will have to disconnect and reconnect.
Flipper Zero’s BLE spam lock failure attack isn’t dangerous in terms of damaging hardware or sending a malicious payload, but it’s annoying when the iPhone becomes unresponsive. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
It’s important to note that while Flipper Zero won’t drop malware on an iPhone or cause permanent damage, it’s a desperate DoS (Denial of Service) attack that can seriously inconvenience a user or make them think their iPhone is fine. . defective
Also: How to use the iPhone Security Keys feature to protect your Apple ID
What is your defense? The only defense I can offer is this: if you notice your iPhone doing something weird, disable Bluetooth – which you can do one of two ways. One, go to Control Center and disable it there. (With this method Bluetooth will only be turned off until the next day.) Or log in Settings > Bluetooth And turn the latch there. Then reboot the device, as my testing shows that iPhones tend to flake a bit after this and benefit from a reboot.
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