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Unsealed warrant in Massachusetts adds to growing privacy debate Analysis  A US judge gave the cops permission to force people’s fingers onto seized iPhones to see who could unlock them, a newly unsealed search warrant has revealed.… READ MORE HERE…

Two weeks and counting, and no sign of a proper solution Unlucky Sophos antivirus users face a dilemma: either uninstall the software, or install April’s Windows security fixes. That’s because having both in place at the same time will bork their machines.… READ MORE HERE…

…and here’s a quick summary of what’s been going down in infosec land Roundup  Welcome back, Brits, from your Easter break – assuming you weren’t working or on-call over the four-day weekend.… READ MORE HERE…

‘I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes’ Marcus Hutchins, the British security researcher who shot to fame after successfully halting the Wannacry ransomware epidemic, has pleaded guilty to crafting online bank-account-raiding malware.… READ MORE HERE…

Boffins from Belgium break people recognition software with a colorful placard A trio of Belgium-based boffins have created a ward that renders wearers unrecognizable to software trained to detect people.… READ MORE HERE…

Researcher disturbed at availability of very personal data More than two years of billing records from a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center were made freely available on the internet, a security researcher has discovered.… READ MORE HERE…

Let’s go back… way back The last few months have seen a big increase in malware attacks using PDF email attachments, according to security firm SonicWall.… READ MORE HERE…

Trump predicted he was ‘fucked’ – but he hadn’t reckoned on ██████████ Analysis  It’s 448 pages of which roughly 50 have been blacked out.… READ MORE HERE…

Wham, bam, gee thanks, Instagram While journalists and netizens are distracted digesting the redacted 400-plus-page Mueller report, released within the past few hours, today will be a good day for spin doctors to bury bad news.… READ MORE HERE…

So that’s all OK then Facebook has admitted to harvesting email contacts from 1.5 million people without permission.… READ MORE HERE…