Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week

Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days – it's weekly roundup time.

Monday 21 October 2019

• Don’t look now, but Pixel 4’s Face Unlock works with eyes closed
• Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint reader beaten by $3 gel protector
• Mind your own business! CEOs who misuse data could end up in jail

Tuesday 22 October 2019

• US nuclear weapons command finally ditches 8-inch floppies
• Storing your stuff securely in the cloud
• Vatican launches smart rosary – complete with brute-force flaw
• Woman ordered to type in iPhone passcode so police can search device
• Google chief warns visitors about smart speakers in his home

Wednesday 23 October 2019

• Alexa and Google Home phishing apps demonstrated by researchers
• Hacker breached servers used by NordVPN
• Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran
• Travel database exposed PII on US government employees

Thursday 24 October 2019

• S2 Ep14: Samsung fingerprint fail, mystery black boxes and invisible Android apps – Naked Security Podcast
• 5 tips for better cybersecurity
• Vulnerability in content distribution networks found by researchers
• Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots
• IBM tears into Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ claim
• Stalker app maker Retina-X settles FTC charges

Friday 25 October 2019

• Firefox Privacy Protection makes website trackers visible
• Keylogging data vampire pleads guilty to bleeding two companies
• Phishers strike at mobile wellness app company

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