'Phantom' hack sends your iThings into a tailspin of torpor
A vulnerability fixed in this week's Apple patch run can easily brick iPhones, researchers say. The flaw (CVE-2015-1118) dubbed "Phantom" allows attackers who can trick users into changing their iDevice proxy settings to tap into multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities. Doing so causes constant ubiquitous app crashing including the system platform. Rebooting sends affected devices into a "coma" state. FireEye bods Zhaofeng Chen; Hui Xue; Tao Wei, and Yulong Zhang, say attackers could set up larg...