In a press memo, Mac security specialist Intego announced the discovery of a spyware application connected by a few freely available Mac OS X applications. This application is apparently capable of activities from “scanning files to recording user activity, as well as sending information about this activity to remote servers and opening a backdoor on infected Macs.” Labeled as high risk, this malware has been existent in a different form on Windows since 2008 and is usually installed via misleading text about a “market research” program.

Yes, we’re all aware that the Mac is pretty solid against viruses, but it’s not impervious. Evidence of this comes from a report at 9to5Mac in which they state, “Security researchers at Symantec have uncovered what they suspect may be the first Mac OS X botnet launching denial-of service attacks.” Of course, to get it, you have to bypass Apple’s warnings and break the #1 rule of downloading content from the web, but you know, malware nonetheless.

It happened last year, and it happened again this year. The tech sector of the internet is seeing a fair share of headlines to the tune of “Safari hacked in 10 Seconds!” At the Pwn2Own conference this year, Charlie Miller, who hacked Safari last year to much the same media explosion, used Safari to gain control of a MacBook in under ten seconds. Sounds like we should be worried, right?