As reported by Zach Whittaker at ZD Net’s Zero Day (http://www.zdnet.com/article/coldroot-nasty-mac-trojan-went-undetected-for-years/) Macs have been targets of the “Bad Guys” for years. Only recently has a very old Trojan seen the light of day: Coldroot.
These types of Trojans can act as key loggers (logging everything you type) and even act as the user with full remote control.
Antivirus vendors should be scanning for this in the near future.
Read the full article here: http://www.zdnet.com/article/coldroot-nasty-mac-trojan-went-undetected-for-years/