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The Night Zombie Smartphones Took Down 911

6 pointsby robbiet480about 8 years ago

2 comments

mrbabout 8 years ago
Same article without paywall: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.todayevery.com&#x2F;share&#x2F;Syx3xYzv5e?hint=SB12580892754490123402004582622002195546624?responsive=y&#x2F;articles" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.todayevery.com&#x2F;share&#x2F;Syx3xYzv5e?hint=SB1258089275...</a><p>&quot;<i>The bug uses &lt;A HREF=”tel:+911″&gt;Call now&lt;&#x2F;A&gt; link parsed in Safari or other browsers to make the iPhone make repeated calls to 911. The tricks discovered by Mulliner included placing a telephone URL in an IFRAME, using a phone number as the target of a web page refresh or redirect, and altering the URL of an already-loaded page using JavaScript. &quot;</i> Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techworm.net&#x2F;2016&#x2F;11&#x2F;ios-911-bug-forces-iphones-repeatedly-call-911.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techworm.net&#x2F;2016&#x2F;11&#x2F;ios-911-bug-forces-iphones-...</a><p>Technical bug description: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de&#x2F;bugtraq&#x2F;2009&#x2F;06&#x2F;msg00190.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de&#x2F;bugtraq&#x2F;2009&#x2F;06&#x2F;msg001...</a>
mstabout 8 years ago
Loginwalled now, even bouncing via google from an incognito window.