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Updated: This single text message is crashing people's iPhones – here's the fix

Update: An Apple spokesperson has now responded, saying: “We are aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update.” Original story: Apple’s iMessage platform has been subject to a new bug that shuts down your entire iPhone after receiving the message “effective. Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗”. The second half is Arabic and

Updated: This single text message is crashing people's iPhones – here's the fix

Update: An Apple spokesperson has now responded, saying: “We are aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update.” Original story: Apple’s iMessage platform has been subject to a new bug that shuts down your entire iPhone after receiving the message “effective. Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗”. The second half is Arabic and

Yes, that is a Moose taking control of your Instagram

Home routers, cable and DSL modems have been exploited by hackers using malware that can be implemented to botnets to take control of Twitter, Instagram and a range of other social media accounts. A report penned by security researchers Olivier Bilodeau and Thomas Dupuy found that the Linux/Moose malware has been targeting consumer routers and modems that have weak credentials, not exploiting any kind of vulnerability. Once the moose is

Yes, that is a Moose taking control of your Instagram

Home routers, cable and DSL modems have been exploited by hackers using malware that can be implemented to botnets to take control of Twitter, Instagram and a range of other social media accounts. A report penned by security researchers Olivier Bilodeau and Thomas Dupuy found that the Linux/Moose malware has been targeting consumer routers and modems that have weak credentials, not exploiting any kind of vulnerability. Once the moose is