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Mac malware is still crude, but it’s slowly catching up to its Windows rivals

13 02 2017

Ars Technica

Feb. 2, 2017

DAN GOODIN – 2/8/2017

Malicious Microsoft Word documents that abuse macros have long been the bane of Windows users. Now, security researchers have found what may be the first such real-world attack to infect Macs.

The attack was found in a Word file titled “U.S. Allies and Rivals Digest Trump’s Victory – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.”

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