iPhone Wi-Fi Crushed by Weird Network
#1
Information 
Quote:FUD is spreading about a weirdly named personal network that a reverse engineer stumbled across and which he said “permanently” wrecked his iPhone’s Wi-Fi.
 
TL;DR version: The twitching inflicted on his iPhone, which he demonstrated in the 4-second Tweet below, wasn’t permanent. As replies to the initial post pointed out, an iPhone’s Wi-Fi can be restored by resetting network settings (Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings).
 
It’s a painful action to take, given that it will wipe out all of a device’s Wi-Fi passwords, but it’s a lot better than the prospect of an iPhone’s Wi-Fi having been “permanently” barbecued.

Having said that, the glitch is triggered by a string format bug that will inspire threat actors to dig “deeper into the inner workings of Apple’s Wi-Fi stack” to find out “what, exactly, causes the behavior and how to exploit it,” predicted security expert Dirk Schrader, global vice president at New Net Technologies.
 
On Friday, the reverse engineer, Carl Schou, said that hsi clip shows his iPhone Wi-Fi stuttering – trying to connect, then disabling the device’s Wi-Fi – when he joined his personal Wi-Fi network, named with the SSID “%p%s%s%s%s%n”. “My iPhone permanently disabled it’s [sic] WiFi functionality,” Schou wrote. “Neither rebooting nor changing SSID fixes it :~)”

Read more: iPhone Wi-Fi Crushed by Weird Network | Threatpost
[-] The following 1 user says Thank You to silversurfer for this post:
  • harlan4096
Reply


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
[-]
Welcome
You have to register before you can post on our site.

Username/Email:


Password:





[-]
Recent Posts
GFYI [Official] EaseUS Christmas 2024 B...
Merry Christmas and ...zevish — 08:07
AirVPN Christmas Sale 2024!
AirVPN CHRISTMAS SAL...jasonX — 07:52
ON1 Software
ON1 Photo RAW 2025.1...jasonX — 06:29
QOwnNotes 19.1.6
24.12.4 The wel...Kool — 12:56
INTEL Arc Graphics 32.0.101.6325/6253 dr...
Highlights Fix...harlan4096 — 11:06

[-]
Birthdays
Today's Birthdays
No birthdays today.
Upcoming Birthdays
No upcoming birthdays.

[-]
Online Staff
There are no staff members currently online.

>