A newly discovered email worm dubbed OSX/Tored-A once again puts the spotlight on the potential worm-ability, and malware spreading tactics targeting Apple s OS X. The worm propagates through emails harvested from infected hosts, and has a backdoor functionality allowing its author to perform the following actions if a successful remote connection is established attempts to create a botnet, has keylogging functionality, and can also perform DDoS attacks as well as send spam. Noted Apple security expert Patrick Wardle discusses how cybercriminals are stepping up their game in targeting Apple users.
Source: https://threatpost.com/mac-os-x-e-mail-worm-squirming-050709/72699/