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Digging deeper into the Leap-A malware

Posted in: Security

Rob Griffiths writes: "To get to the bottom of how serious a threat a piece of malware truly is, sometimes you have to take drastic steps—like deliberately infecting your own Mac to gauge the scope of potential damage. That’s what I did with the Leap-A malware that emerged Thursday, and I’ve learned that the program—while tricky—is not nearly as malicious as it could have been."