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Apple has released a pair of security-related updates for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. This represents a change from the company's previous practice of providing such updates for the current and immediately preceding versions of its operating system.

One of the questions asked about the Flashback malware is "what does it actually do?" The answer: make money for the bad guys.

Sophos reckons as many as one Mac in five holds at least one file containing at a piece of malware, although the news isn't as bad as it sounds.

One security vendor is bucking the trend, suggesting there has only been a modest reduction in the number of computers infected with the Flashback malware.

The number of Macs infected with the Flashback malware continues to fall.

Apple has released a standalone version of its Flashback removal tool - but only for Lion.

Apple has released new Java security updates that remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware.

For the first timer ever, the Flashback malware has forced Apple to respond before their solution was complete.

The estimated number of Macs infected with the Flashback malware has risen.

A Russian security software developer has estimated that the Flashback trojan has infected more than 550,000 Macs, and more than 32,000 of them are in Australia.

A new version of the Flashback Trojan targeting Mac OS X is just that bit more insidious than its predecessors.

Are Mac malware writers getting smarter? A recently discovered Trojan deactivates a popular security tool.