The success of a group of hackers in compromising the security of Apple s iPhone may set the stage for more malware for the popular handset. The same kind of vulnerabilities and exploits that allowed a team of hackers to jailbreak iPhones and iPads could be used to push rootkit-style malware onto those devices and intercept credit card data from an iPhone-based transaction. The vulnerabilities in question were patched by Apple in early August. The biggest threat posed by mobile phones may be the false sense of security that users and enterprises have about mobile device security.
Source: https://threatpost.com/iphone-jailbreak-tool-sets-stage-mobile-malware-102310/74602/