TrendLabs SM engineers Alvin Bacani and Jayson Pryde recently spotted a new spyware (detected by Trend Micro as OSX_OPINIONSPY.A ) that came bundled with screensavers , according to Intego , in sites that host free applications and software updates like MacUpdate, Softpedia, and VersionTracker. The said screensavers were found to be nonmalicious but did download information-stealing spyware, which robbed users of their email addresses, iChat message headers and URLs, as well as other personal data like user names, passwords, credit card numbers, and Web browser bookmarks and histories.

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Mac Sniffer Monitors IM Chats and RMTP Data Packets