The HomeKit iOS Bug Can Crash Apple Devices And Reboot Them Indefinitely

Apple’s home app accessories perform a good job making a smart home for a device user. Trevor Spiniolas recently spotted a flaw in the iOS which through the Homekit bug, could restarts your mobile phones endlessly.

An iOS device user uses its Homekit, which allows them to control and arrange the accessories that automate the home appliances. Many users prefer Siri, control centers, and Apple watches, and storage device sync makes it easier because any change occurs on one device, the other one follows the same. As per a report, the technology many users use is vulnerable even in the latest version of iOS 15.2 because a harmful bug keeps attacking it. And if your iOS version is old, then the malicious party can also approach this bug. According to research, it identified that when a user accepts an unknown link through a kit which name is consists of almost half a million characteristics the bug starts playing its game and the device starts rebooting plethora of times and suddenly phone become completely off.

One year ago, many reports regarding another bug was spotted for battery draining and overheating problems in the prior version of an iOS. This time, it becomes more serious because now it is about the whole device, not only a specific thing. Now it’s time to take prevention that only affects your home app, not crashes the whole system if it faces some exploitation. Otherwise, a user has to pay off for this, which will lose the credibility of the Apple market. Firstly go to the home app and close your iCloud sync because no data is shared among other Mac books, Apple phones, and iPads. A mobile will never accept a long name that causes damage through this. And by removing the home controls, a user can save its device as well.

The tech giant admitted its negligence and will fix the flaw soon. Remember that good prevention is not waiting for bad things to happen. That’s why do not accept the unnecessary links coming from different sites or from whom you do not know; it is the best way to protect your device from any harmful thing, and upgrading your iOS version is also a better option.


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