FBI can't break TrueCrypt

The FBI failed to decrypt a hard disk encrypted under TrueCrypt and another unnamed program. Of course, this is the expected result if AES is secure and the password the suspect had chosen is also secure. Still, this is a nice argument that the whole things worked.

On a side note: this is exactly why authorities want to put trojans into computers of suspected people: The Trojans would be used to "confiscate" the data or the password while the suspect uses them.

Graham Cluley from Sophos claims that Apple have secretly patched their OS against a Tojan. Of course the claim that Apple computers were immune against malware have always been absurd. It is reasonable to expect that more malware will target Macs, and we will see how Apple will deal with that. It will be hard work just like in the case of Windows, not some magical pixie dust.