The latest iOS hack won’t steal your data, but it will annoy you.
Fifteen short lines of code on a webpage can restart your iPhone or iPad. Alternatively, visiting it on a Mac can cause the Safari window to freeze.
As reported by TechCrunch, this exploit can easily be transmitted and sent to unsuspecting iOS users. Since it’s a short snippet of code, it can hide on almost any webpage. It will restart your device by actually enabling a fail-safe that is built into iOS.
The code tries to use all available resources, which results in a kernel panic. In response, the iPhone will then power cycle off and power cycle on to prevent any damage. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Annoying iOS web attack will forcibly restart your iPhone, but not much else
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