iPhone Hacks: What Took Them So Long?

Although there are no known active exploits for this vulnerability, just wait. As we already talked about here it was only a matter of time before these vulnerabilities were made public and a short time after that before we had little armies of iBots dotting the Apple landscape.

My question is: What took them so long?

I honestly expected this type of story to come out within a week of the initial release of the phone (yes, I am somewhat ignoring David Maynor's allegations that he had already found bugs for the iPhone prior to its release. He certainly may have done so, but he has basically been radio silent since). I certainly have nothing against Apple or their products (I own an iPod myself and use it every day), but I have to admit that there is a part of me that is hopeful that some of the fallacy that you are "invulnerable to malware" if you own a Mac finally starts to wane in light of some of these latest findings.