iPhone rooted by just visiting a website ping!
I think this qualifies as an “OH SH*T” type of security hole, and it’s been known for quite a while. Who knows what’s been done to iPhones over the last few years when visiting compromised websites. This one does good (jailbreaks AND patches the exploit), but other ones? You’d never know, because if you get malicious code at the root level you can completely cover your tracks...
I have worked in security for over 20 years. I have only seen one device that a remote root level hack has not been able to compromise and cover their tracks - tThe old syslog printer.
Of course, it required someone to actually READ the logs ... but that is another story.
But how do you know it doesn’t also turn your iPhone into a sleeping zombie node of a botnet?