My guess on published malware flaws is it has been in the wild and exploited prior to publishing. For every hacker claiming a reward there are several more pissed off because their cash cow was found out.
It would take quite rosy outlook to think nobody anywhere is exploiting malware now that this was found.
“It would take quite rosy outlook to think nobody anywhere is exploiting malware now that this was found.”
The malware apps using this have already been pulled and the screening process updated to prevent more. Next version of iOS will likely further plug the hole at the operating system level. The only remaining instances of continuing abuse will likely be those who don’t update iOS when available and continue to use the malware apps (do you really want Apple deleting apps outright?).