Apple appears to have fixed a bug in iOS 17.2 that could cause the iPhone’s Flipper Zero multitool to crash. This was done by flooding phones with Bluetooth pop-ups.

The Flipper Zero, with external firmware Flipper Xtreme, enables it to use the built-in Bluetooth radio to quickly send a barrage of Bluetooth connection notifications to devices within a radius of about 10 metres. Due to the large number of pop-ups, iPhones froze, after which they restarted automatically. The attack also worked on Android and Windows devices, but they were more resistant to such a pop-up tsunami. Many people have reported such a case in recent months Denial of service-attacks. This also happened in the Netherlands, Manifested from An article from ArsTechnica in which iPhone user Jeroen van der Ham was interviewed. According to him, the Flipper Zero attack was used several times on the train.

The only way iPhone users can prevent such an attack is to completely disable the Bluetooth function. Of tests Znet And 9to5Google However, this issue now appears to have been resolved with the iOS 17.2 update, which was released earlier this week. A mechanism has been added to eliminate the possibility of sending a torrent of pop-ups to the device in a short period of time. Now, when users run the Flipper Zero attack, only a few pop-ups appear and the iPhone does not crash. Apple itself has not announced that it has fixed this bug.

Flipper Zero is a multi-tool for pen testers and geeks. The device supports various radio protocols and can be used to scan or test devices. The device can read, write, and simulate RFID and infrared signals, among other things. Until recently, the gadget was still available on Bol.com and Amazon, but the Flipper Zero has now been removed from the market on both online stores.