Apple blocked a Bluetooth attack carried out with Flipper Zero that sent a barrage of pop-ups at iPhones, causing them to freeze and crash. Although Apple has not officially announced the change, it appears that the company has rolled out a fix in iOS 17.2, according to testing by ZDNET And 9to5Mac.
Until now, the only way to prevent attacks was to completely disable Bluetooth on the iPhone, but it appears Apple has finally patched the vulnerability. When attempting to lock an iPhone running iOS 17.2 with Flipper Zero, both ZDNET And 9to5Mac found that only a few pop-ups appeared on the device. Fortunately, the number of notifications was not enough to cause the device to crash.
We still don’t know exactly what Apple did to make the fix, but The edge has contacted Apple to request more information, and we will update this article if we receive a response. But for now, it’s a good idea to update your iPhone to iOS 17.2 if you haven’t already.
