Apple iOS 11 kills wi-fi backdoor exploit

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Apple iOS 11 kills wi-fi backdoor exploit

Similar to "Broadpwn" vulnerability.

Apple's recently-released iOS 11 mobile operating system addresses a vulnerability in Broadcom chipsets that left iDevices open to silent, remote exploitation by attackers. The CVE-2017-11120 vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in wi-fi chips that, if exploited, could have ...

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