We've been expecting this for a long time, and at last Mac OS X trojanwas 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 :).
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.
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