iPHONE ZERO-CLICK WI-FI EXPLOIT FIXED!

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A memory corruption bug in the iOS kernel gave attackers remote access to the entire device over Wi-Fi with no user interaction was fixed after an iOS update. It worked by exploiting a buffer overflow bug in a driver for AWDL, an Apple mesh networking protocol that makes things like Airdrop work. The researcher said they have no evidence the vulnerability was ever exploited in the wild, although he noted that at least one exploit seller was aware of the critical bug in May.

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