AppleInsider

'Black Dot' Unicode bug crashes iOS Messages with invisible characters

A malicious message dubbed the 'Black Dot' message has started doing the rounds on iOS following circulation on Android devices, one that takes advantage of a bug in Unicode to crash Apple's Messages ...
Mashable

'Black dot of death' is crashing iMessage, and there's only one way to fix it

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Cult of Mac

‘Black dot of death’ Unicode bug crashes iOS Messages app

Another Unicode text bug has been discovered in iOS, which will repeatedly crash Apple’s Messages app by overloading its memory. The “black dot” message contains an emoji like ⚫, although it’s not ...
9to5Mac

‘Black dot’ bug is the latest Unicode text handling flaw to crash iPhone and iPads, works on iOS 11.3 and iOS 11.4

A new Unicode text bug is being spread around today, popularised by a video by EverythingApplePro. It’s being called the ‘black dot’ bug because of its origins on Android as a bug relating to WhatsApp ...