Historically, iOS has never been completely free of malware, but it has mostly been limited to one of two scenarios: Either you jailbroke your device, hacking it to remove the security restrictions and installing something malicious as a result, or you were the target of a nation-state adversary. These sites, which see thousands of visitors per week, were used to distribute iOS malware over a two-year period. According to Beer, a small set of websites had been hacked in February and were being used to attack iPhones, infecting them with malware. A post by Ian Beer of Google Project Zero released late yesterday evening sent the security community reeling.
