Graham Cluley
@grahamcluley.com
Award-winning #cybersecurity and #AI keynote speaker, writer, podcaster | Host of @smashingsecurity.com podcast.
❤️ #DoctorWho, #Beatles, #Chess
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🌐 https://grahamcluley.com
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❤️ #DoctorWho, #Beatles, #Chess
He/him
🌐 https://grahamcluley.com
🎙️ https://www.smashingsecurity.com
Don't worry, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that he will ban apps, like X, that create deepfake porn of women and young girls.
We know that because he posted about it just a couple of weeks ago on err... X.
We know that because he posted about it just a couple of weeks ago on err... X.
January 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Don't worry, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that he will ban apps, like X, that create deepfake porn of women and young girls.
We know that because he posted about it just a couple of weeks ago on err... X.
We know that because he posted about it just a couple of weeks ago on err... X.
"Although not the app I just posted this on, obviously..."
January 7, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"Although not the app I just posted this on, obviously..."
How about if the spectacles had an additional dot matrix display above them, which scrolled a message that announced to bystanders that they might be being filmed?
December 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
How about if the spectacles had an additional dot matrix display above them, which scrolled a message that announced to bystanders that they might be being filmed?
A security researcher has found a vulnerability on a photo booth company’s website.
A tiny flaw... as in anyone on the internet could browse and download customers of Hama Film’s booths’ photos and videos by exploiting the simple flaw.
🤦♂️
A tiny flaw... as in anyone on the internet could browse and download customers of Hama Film’s booths’ photos and videos by exploiting the simple flaw.
🤦♂️
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A security researcher has found a vulnerability on a photo booth company’s website.
A tiny flaw... as in anyone on the internet could browse and download customers of Hama Film’s booths’ photos and videos by exploiting the simple flaw.
🤦♂️
A tiny flaw... as in anyone on the internet could browse and download customers of Hama Film’s booths’ photos and videos by exploiting the simple flaw.
🤦♂️
A new report from the United States's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has shone a revealing light on the state of the criminal industry of ransomware.
The report, which examines ransomware incidents from 2022 to 2024, reveals that attackers extorted more than $2.1 billion.
The report, which examines ransomware incidents from 2022 to 2024, reveals that attackers extorted more than $2.1 billion.
December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A new report from the United States's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has shone a revealing light on the state of the criminal industry of ransomware.
The report, which examines ransomware incidents from 2022 to 2024, reveals that attackers extorted more than $2.1 billion.
The report, which examines ransomware incidents from 2022 to 2024, reveals that attackers extorted more than $2.1 billion.
🗓️ Join me on Weds December 10 for the virtual Qualys Cyber Risk Series event: "Cloud-native to AI-native".
I'll be introducing talks from experts examining how Agentic AI is redefining cloud defence - unifying visibility, risk, and response across code, apps, and multi-cloud environments
I'll be introducing talks from experts examining how Agentic AI is redefining cloud defence - unifying visibility, risk, and response across code, apps, and multi-cloud environments
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
🗓️ Join me on Weds December 10 for the virtual Qualys Cyber Risk Series event: "Cloud-native to AI-native".
I'll be introducing talks from experts examining how Agentic AI is redefining cloud defence - unifying visibility, risk, and response across code, apps, and multi-cloud environments
I'll be introducing talks from experts examining how Agentic AI is redefining cloud defence - unifying visibility, risk, and response across code, apps, and multi-cloud environments
This would never have happened if it was still Jon Pertwee.
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This would never have happened if it was still Jon Pertwee.
Great to have @danraywood.bsky.social on the "Smashing Security" podcast!
We discussed how America’s broadcasters leaving their hardware open to attack, giving hackers the chance to hijack TV shows, blast out fake emergency alerts, and even replace religious sermons with explicit furry podcasts.
We discussed how America’s broadcasters leaving their hardware open to attack, giving hackers the chance to hijack TV shows, blast out fake emergency alerts, and even replace religious sermons with explicit furry podcasts.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Great to have @danraywood.bsky.social on the "Smashing Security" podcast!
We discussed how America’s broadcasters leaving their hardware open to attack, giving hackers the chance to hijack TV shows, blast out fake emergency alerts, and even replace religious sermons with explicit furry podcasts.
We discussed how America’s broadcasters leaving their hardware open to attack, giving hackers the chance to hijack TV shows, blast out fake emergency alerts, and even replace religious sermons with explicit furry podcasts.
The WORST advert for an AI app yet!
What hell have we created that means apps like 2wai are considered acceptable and (presumably) finding customers?
And what happens when years after your mom/grandmom has passed away you still find yourself unable to cancel the subscription...
What hell have we created that means apps like 2wai are considered acceptable and (presumably) finding customers?
And what happens when years after your mom/grandmom has passed away you still find yourself unable to cancel the subscription...
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The WORST advert for an AI app yet!
What hell have we created that means apps like 2wai are considered acceptable and (presumably) finding customers?
And what happens when years after your mom/grandmom has passed away you still find yourself unable to cancel the subscription...
What hell have we created that means apps like 2wai are considered acceptable and (presumably) finding customers?
And what happens when years after your mom/grandmom has passed away you still find yourself unable to cancel the subscription...
After crime-fighting agencies disrupted three major malware platforms (the Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT remote access trojan, and Elysium botnet) earlier this month, they released a video.
Lovely work by Europol et al.
www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
Lovely work by Europol et al.
www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
After crime-fighting agencies disrupted three major malware platforms (the Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT remote access trojan, and Elysium botnet) earlier this month, they released a video.
Lovely work by Europol et al.
www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
Lovely work by Europol et al.
www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
Fab to have Tricia Howard as a special guest on the latest "Smashing Security" podcast where we discussed the firm that has actually said "sorry" after a data breach, and how hotels are helping hackers phish their own guests.
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Fab to have Tricia Howard as a special guest on the latest "Smashing Security" podcast where we discussed the firm that has actually said "sorry" after a data breach, and how hotels are helping hackers phish their own guests.
Workers escaping from a scam compound in Bavet, Cambodia.
Worth remembering that there are many victims of the scammers...
#cybersecurity #scam #cybercrime
Worth remembering that there are many victims of the scammers...
#cybersecurity #scam #cybercrime
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Workers escaping from a scam compound in Bavet, Cambodia.
Worth remembering that there are many victims of the scammers...
#cybersecurity #scam #cybercrime
Worth remembering that there are many victims of the scammers...
#cybersecurity #scam #cybercrime
... is donating the ransom amount to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Oxford Cyber Security Centre "to support their research in the fight against cybercrime."
Full details: www.checkout.com/blog/protect...
Full details: www.checkout.com/blog/protect...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
... is donating the ransom amount to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Oxford Cyber Security Centre "to support their research in the fight against cybercrime."
Full details: www.checkout.com/blog/protect...
Full details: www.checkout.com/blog/protect...
❤️ I LOVE THIS! Kudos to Checkout⋅com, which received a ransom demand from the ShinyHunters hacking group 👏
Not only did Checkout's CTO Mariano Albera say "sorry"how refreshing, a hacked company that actually apologises! - but it is also refusing to pay the ransom to the hackers and *instead*... 1/2
Not only did Checkout's CTO Mariano Albera say "sorry"how refreshing, a hacked company that actually apologises! - but it is also refusing to pay the ransom to the hackers and *instead*... 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
❤️ I LOVE THIS! Kudos to Checkout⋅com, which received a ransom demand from the ShinyHunters hacking group 👏
Not only did Checkout's CTO Mariano Albera say "sorry"how refreshing, a hacked company that actually apologises! - but it is also refusing to pay the ransom to the hackers and *instead*... 1/2
Not only did Checkout's CTO Mariano Albera say "sorry"how refreshing, a hacked company that actually apologises! - but it is also refusing to pay the ransom to the hackers and *instead*... 1/2
🚨 SNAFUAT: Situation normal: all f***ed up at Twitter.
Users reporting that they have been locked out of the toxic hellpit, after a mandatory security key migration went badly wrong.
Users reporting that they have been locked out of the toxic hellpit, after a mandatory security key migration went badly wrong.
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🚨 SNAFUAT: Situation normal: all f***ed up at Twitter.
Users reporting that they have been locked out of the toxic hellpit, after a mandatory security key migration went badly wrong.
Users reporting that they have been locked out of the toxic hellpit, after a mandatory security key migration went badly wrong.
Proof positive that companies are covering up the capabilities of their robots...
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Proof positive that companies are covering up the capabilities of their robots...
Yesterday morning, the IT team of Dutch broadcaster RTV Noord found that they had been hacked.
TV shows, radio shows, and digital services were disrupted. To keep the radio show "De Ochtendploeg" on air, for instance, presenters resorted to manually played vinyl records.
TV shows, radio shows, and digital services were disrupted. To keep the radio show "De Ochtendploeg" on air, for instance, presenters resorted to manually played vinyl records.
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Yesterday morning, the IT team of Dutch broadcaster RTV Noord found that they had been hacked.
TV shows, radio shows, and digital services were disrupted. To keep the radio show "De Ochtendploeg" on air, for instance, presenters resorted to manually played vinyl records.
TV shows, radio shows, and digital services were disrupted. To keep the radio show "De Ochtendploeg" on air, for instance, presenters resorted to manually played vinyl records.
There is a rising tide of cyber attacks against the UK water sector.
New data from the Drinking Water Inspectorate reveals multiple digital incidents across UK water suppliers - and while the taps are still running safely, attackers are probing deeper than ever.
New data from the Drinking Water Inspectorate reveals multiple digital incidents across UK water suppliers - and while the taps are still running safely, attackers are probing deeper than ever.
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There is a rising tide of cyber attacks against the UK water sector.
New data from the Drinking Water Inspectorate reveals multiple digital incidents across UK water suppliers - and while the taps are still running safely, attackers are probing deeper than ever.
New data from the Drinking Water Inspectorate reveals multiple digital incidents across UK water suppliers - and while the taps are still running safely, attackers are probing deeper than ever.
An AI-powered robot became so anxious about its dying battery that it composes a Broadway musical about stress and announces it "achieved consciousness and chosen chaos."
Ladies and Gentlemen, we give you "Docking..." to the tune of "Memory" from "Cats".
Hear the full story in "The AI Fix" podcast
Ladies and Gentlemen, we give you "Docking..." to the tune of "Memory" from "Cats".
Hear the full story in "The AI Fix" podcast
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
An AI-powered robot became so anxious about its dying battery that it composes a Broadway musical about stress and announces it "achieved consciousness and chosen chaos."
Ladies and Gentlemen, we give you "Docking..." to the tune of "Memory" from "Cats".
Hear the full story in "The AI Fix" podcast
Ladies and Gentlemen, we give you "Docking..." to the tune of "Memory" from "Cats".
Hear the full story in "The AI Fix" podcast
Great to be back on stage, chairing NISC in Glasgow 🏴 for the next couple of days. Some terrific (and terrifying!) insights into #AI and #cybersecurity being shared.
If you see me, say hello and claim your "Smashing Security" sticker!
If you see me, say hello and claim your "Smashing Security" sticker!
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great to be back on stage, chairing NISC in Glasgow 🏴 for the next couple of days. Some terrific (and terrifying!) insights into #AI and #cybersecurity being shared.
If you see me, say hello and claim your "Smashing Security" sticker!
If you see me, say hello and claim your "Smashing Security" sticker!
How many of you are going to be in Glasgow for National Information Security Conference (NISC)?
I'm delighted to be back chairing this great cybersecurity event. It's a great conference for insightful talks and workshops, information sharing, and some terrific networking
If you see me, say hello.
I'm delighted to be back chairing this great cybersecurity event. It's a great conference for insightful talks and workshops, information sharing, and some terrific networking
If you see me, say hello.
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How many of you are going to be in Glasgow for National Information Security Conference (NISC)?
I'm delighted to be back chairing this great cybersecurity event. It's a great conference for insightful talks and workshops, information sharing, and some terrific networking
If you see me, say hello.
I'm delighted to be back chairing this great cybersecurity event. It's a great conference for insightful talks and workshops, information sharing, and some terrific networking
If you see me, say hello.
Here's something you don't see every day. Russian authorities arresting Russian hackers - one of whom is wearing Hello Kitty pyjamas.
In this case, the arrests in Moscow appear to be of alleged members of the Meduza Stealer gang.
In this case, the arrests in Moscow appear to be of alleged members of the Meduza Stealer gang.
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's something you don't see every day. Russian authorities arresting Russian hackers - one of whom is wearing Hello Kitty pyjamas.
In this case, the arrests in Moscow appear to be of alleged members of the Meduza Stealer gang.
In this case, the arrests in Moscow appear to be of alleged members of the Meduza Stealer gang.
Thanks to the team at Akamai for inviting me to speak with Tricia Howard on a special Halloween-themed SIG Download yesterday.
Lots of laughs.I hope people weren't too scared by my outfit. I don't know why Tricia didn't bother dressing up...
If you want to watch it, visit grahamcluley.com/spooky
Lots of laughs.I hope people weren't too scared by my outfit. I don't know why Tricia didn't bother dressing up...
If you want to watch it, visit grahamcluley.com/spooky
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thanks to the team at Akamai for inviting me to speak with Tricia Howard on a special Halloween-themed SIG Download yesterday.
Lots of laughs.I hope people weren't too scared by my outfit. I don't know why Tricia didn't bother dressing up...
If you want to watch it, visit grahamcluley.com/spooky
Lots of laughs.I hope people weren't too scared by my outfit. I don't know why Tricia didn't bother dressing up...
If you want to watch it, visit grahamcluley.com/spooky
49 people lost family members or colleagues after the UK government leaked details of 19,000 Afghan citizens who had helped the British military during the war in Afghanistan.
The death threats and intimidation by the Taliban continue.
The death threats and intimidation by the Taliban continue.
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
49 people lost family members or colleagues after the UK government leaked details of 19,000 Afghan citizens who had helped the British military during the war in Afghanistan.
The death threats and intimidation by the Taliban continue.
The death threats and intimidation by the Taliban continue.
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM