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There's a new iOS bug in town, and — like so many times before — it appears to be fairly easy to exploit.
Italian blog MobileWorld first reported its existence, and The Verge noticed and tested the bug, which consists of partially or fully crashing an iPhone just by sending a message.
SEE ALSO: It's not just you: Apple's software is buggier than it used to be — here's how they fix it
The message in question has to contain a single character from the Indian Telugu language (not included here for obvious reasons). When the message is opened on an iPhone running iOS 11.2.5, the iPhone's native Messages app and certain third-party app including WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger will crash. In some cases, the iPhone will simply revert to its login screen and require you to enter your PIN again. Read more...
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