iBotnet is the fair name for the first bot under Mac Os X

The first botnet was discovered, the computers of which are running the Apple Mac OS X operating system, reports eWeek, citing data from Symantec, a computer security company.
This network of zombie computers is called iBotnet. Its formation began a couple of months ago.

IBotnet includes computers infected with the OSX.iServices Trojan. It is distributed under the guise of a program that removes protection from Photoshop CS4 and iWork'09.

According to Symantec, iBotnet currently includes several thousand computers. They have already been used for DDoS attacks. It is possible that iBotnet will be involved in spamming.

The Trojan OSX.iServices was discovered in January 2009. According to the estimates of the company Intego, which is developing anti-virus programs for Apple computers, together with the pirated iWork'09 and Photoshop CS4, this trojan hit 20 thousand computers running Mac OS X.