A bug on iOS disables Wi-Fi on your iPhone

A computer researcher spotted a bug on iOS. The operating system is experiencing a problem with the Wi-Fi connectivity from your iPhone.

It’s always a good idea to remember to be careful about the Wi-Fi networks you connect to. According to the latest discovery by security researcher Carl Schou, your connection to the internet can be compromised if you connect to a particular Wi-Fi. On Twitter, the latter reveals that the malfunction comes from the iOS operating system. To do this, you must connect to a particular network name. This is not the first time that Apple’s OS has experienced problems. A few weeks earlier, it was a battery problem that hit a lot of iPhones.

How to fix the Wi-Fi problem on iOS from your iPhone?

In the Danish researcher’s demo video, Wi-Fi connectivity is cut off from the moment the phone connects to the named network ” % p% s% s% s% s% n ”. Subsequently, the iPhone in question loses its connectivity permanently provided the problem is fixed. Even if there is little chance of this happening to you, it is better to be careful about the security of your device. Especially since this malfunction is exclusive to iOS. This would come from the C programming language, which can lead to memory corruption. In order to find the Wi-Fi here is the complete process.

After joining my personal WiFi with the SSID “% p% s% s% s% s% n”, my iPhone permanently disabled it’s WiFi functionality. Neither rebooting nor changing SSID fixes it: ~) pic.twitter.com/2eue90JFu3

– Carl Schou (@vm_call) June 18, 2021

• Settings on your iPhone
• General
• Reset
• Reset network settings

With this simple but tedious process, your iPhone and iOS will correct the bug. This will allow you to connect to Wi-Fi again, avoiding the public if possible. It will certainly take a few more weeks for the Apple developers to look into the bug and deploy a corrective patch. In the meantime, we renew our advice. To protect the security of your phone, avoid connecting to public Wi-Fi networks as much as possible.

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