{"id":392701,"date":"2018-01-18T14:11:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T14:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=392701"},"modified":"2018-01-18T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T12:15:40","slug":"text-bomb-latest-apple-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=392701","title":{"rendered":"‘Text bomb’ is latest Apple bug"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new “text bomb” affecting Apple’s iPhone and Mac computers has been discovered.<\/p>\n

Abraham Masri, a software developer, tweeted about the flaw which typically causes an iPhone to crash and in some cases restart.<\/p>\n

Simply sending a message containing a link which pointed to Mr Masri’s code on programming site GitHub would be enough to activate the bug – even if the recipient did not click the link itself.<\/p>\n

Mr Masri said he “always reports bugs” before releasing them. Apple has not yet commented on the issue.<\/p>\n

On a Mac, the bug reportedly makes the Safari browser crash, and causes other slowdowns.<\/p>\n

But users should not be alarmed.<\/p>\n

Security expert Graham Cluley\u00a0wrote on his blog that the bug\u00a0does not present anything to be particularly worried about – it’s merely very annoying.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/span><\/figure>\n

“Something about the so-called ChaiOS bug’s code gives your Apple device a brainstorm,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

“Ashamed about the mess it gets itself in, Messages decides the least embarrassing thing to do is to crash.<\/p>\n

“Nasty. But, thankfully, more of a nuisance than something that will lead to data being stolen from your computer or a malicious hacker being able to access your files.”<\/p>\n

After the link did the rounds on social media, Mr Masri removed the code from GitHub, therefore disabling the “attack” unless someone was to replicate the code elsewhere.<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to re-upload it,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I made my point. Apple needs to take such bugs more seriously.”<\/p>\n

Bugs in Apple’s software have been a recurring problem of late.<\/p>\n

In November it apologised to its customers for a glaring password flaw which meant its latest Mac operating system could be accessed without a password.<\/p>\n

Less serious but highly frustrating was a bug that autocorrected the letter “I” into a strange symbol.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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