Watch out: Typing these four characters can cause your iPhone and iPad to crash

In LifestyleTech's tests, the issue has been confirmed on the iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro, with both devices running the latest available version of iOS. — Photo by Daniel Romero on Unsplash

Researchers have discovered a new bug that leads to brief crashes on iPhones and iPads, involving a rather peculiar situation when users type two quotation marks and two colons (“”::) into the search bar of the device’s App Library.

According to a report from online publication TechCrunch, published on Wednesday (Aug 21), iOS security researchers have noted that the bug does not appear to pose a security threat.