Hackers can use Snapchat to disable iPhones, researcher says (latimes.com) 3 points by andrewhillman 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] abat 12y ago ↗ Details don't look as interesting as headline suggest. Snapchat doesn't throttle messages, so you can "snapchat bomb" a user with 1000's of messages/sec which will freeze up the phone. [–] taternuts 12y ago ↗ Plus on his page where he describes the attack, he says it's already been patched. Is this the first vuln they've actually been able to fix?
[–] taternuts 12y ago ↗ Plus on his page where he describes the attack, he says it's already been patched. Is this the first vuln they've actually been able to fix?
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