Just opening a webpage will freeze an iPhone or Mac Fraudulent URL spreading

Suspicious URLs that freeze iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads and Macs are spread by SNS such as Twitter and message applications.

Malicious Link Texted to Mac and iOS Devices Can Cause Freezes and Resprings [Updated] - Mac Rumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/16/malicious-link-ios-mac-freezes/

Mainly deals with Apple related newsMac RumorsAccording to the report, this URL is on the page of Github. It causes troubles such as when the terminal opens on an iOS device or Mac, the terminal repeatedly freezes or restarts, and the "message" application can not be used. If it is diffused by SNS such as Twitter, opening the URL will produce an effect, but in the case of the message application, there are cases where problems occur only by receiving a message. This seems to be due to the specification of the application that accesses the URL to preview the page content, making it difficult to avoid.


If it diffuses at SNS, you can take a countermeasure "Do not open URL", but if you open a message with the message application and freeze it, first stop forcibly the application and start up again There is no way to avoid damage only by deleting the message of each thread.

Also, although it is troublesome to set up a bit, it is possible to avoid problems by setting Github as prohibited for each domain in the iOS settings under "General" → "Function restrictions" → "Web site".


By the time of article creation, Github deleted the relevant webpage and the author's Github account has been suspended, but another person may continue to do the same thing in the future, so the suspicious URL is opened It is good to keep in mind that there is nothing.