Mac Malware

We've been expecting this for a long time, and at last Mac OS X trojan was found in the wild by a security research company Intego. OSX.RSPlug.A (name of the trojan) is a simple one and was hosted by several pornographic web sites. It requires user interaction - disguises itself as a multimedia codec installer and asks for admin password, so nothing new in terms of technology. Welcome to real world, mac users :).

Also in Macworld.

UPD: SANS ISC, SecurityFocus

UPD: Symantec Security Response Blog:

Symantec Security Response has also confirmed this, and added detection for the threat as OSX.RSPlug.A. It appears that the Mac is becoming popular enough that the "bad guys" think it is worth spending time and effort in developing malware for the Mac OS. If we see a rise in Mac malware, then we will have to assume that there are profits to be made in malware for Macs as well. Stay tuned.