Graham Cluley
Co-Host of Smashing Security
Graham Cluley is an award-winning security blogger, researcher and public speaker. He has been a well-known figure in the computer security industry since the early 1990s when he worked as a programmer, writing the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows.
Graham has given talks about computer security for some of the world's largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and regularly appears on TV and radio explaining computer security threats.
Graham was inducted into the InfoSecurity Europe Hall of Fame in 2011, and his claim to fame is that he is the originator of the saying that "the cloud is just someone else’s computer” (but he hasn't managed to make any money out of it)
Graham Cluley has hosted 232 Episodes.
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231: Sexy snaps and encrypted chat traps
June 10th, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
an0m, apple, australian federal police, encryption, fbi, privacy, usa today
Criminals are caught in a encrypted chat trap, should you trust Apple's repair team with your sexy snaps, and do you think the FBI should be able to tell who has been reading the USA Today website?
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230: Flash card f-up and energy pipe pilfering
June 3rd, 2021 | 41 mins 18 secs
cryptomining, david berglas, flashcards, magic, nuclear weapons, west cork
The US military has been caught exposing its nuclear weapons secrets, and we explore the world of nerdy miners.
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229: Dating leaks, right to repair, and a stinky bishop
May 27th, 2021 | 1 hr 11 mins
cheese, data leak, dating, encrochat, fingerprints, phishing, right to repair
A big cheese ends up in jail, a Japanese dating site spills the dirt after a hack, and we learn all about the right to repair.
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228: Pipeline pickle, Blockchain bollocks, and Eufy SNAFU - with Rory Cellan-Jones
May 20th, 2021 | 1 hr 12 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, colonial pipeline, cryptocurrency, darkside, dogecoin, elon musk, eufy, ransomware
The Colonial Pipeline attack has shone light on the activities of the Darkside ransomware gang, we take a skeptical look at cryptocurrencies and the blockchain, and Eufy security cameras suffer an embarrassing security failure.
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227: Phishing foul-up, Twitter tip jars, and Facebook's Apple fury
May 13th, 2021 | 49 mins 9 secs
apple, facebook, ios, paypal, phishing, twitter
Facebook says it's sticking up for the little guys as it picks a fight with Apple, there are testing times on the trains, and Twitter takes a tip.
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226: Cryptocrazies and NFTs
May 6th, 2021 | 50 mins 56 secs
ads, cryptocurrency, google, nft, scam, tiktok
How did the SCAM cryptocurrency become a success? Why is Google allowing government rip-off ads to still appear on search results? And why on earth is everyone suddenly spending millions of dollars on NFTs?
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225: Master of your domain, gripe sites, and John Deere Farmergeddon
April 28th, 2021 | 56 mins 36 secs
argentina, combine harvester, domain, google, gripe sites, iot, john deere, tractor, vulnerability
Google loses its domain in Argentina, how do gripe sites make their dough, and has John Deere solved the cybersecurity problem?
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224: The Lazarus Heist, Facebook faux pas, and no-cost security
April 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
data breach, facebook, lazarus, malware, north korea, pisces, ransomware, sony pictures
Facebook has managed to do the seemingly impossible - and had a data breach about its handling of a data breach. Meanwhile, we chat to the host of the brand new podcast about North Korea's hackers targeting the rest of the world, and discuss if an intern can be trusted to monitor your security.
Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault are joined this week by Geoff White of "The Lazarus Heist" podcast.
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223: Booze, nudes, and insurance dudes
April 15th, 2021 | 51 mins 34 secs
alcohol, domain, insurance, malware, motor vehicle, phishing, ransomware, scam, wine
Should insurance companies be banned from helping companies pay ransomware demands? How has malware messed with motorcars in the United States? And how are cybercriminals exploiting alcohol drinking during the pandemic?
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222: Facebook, deepfakes, and April Fools scandals - with Nina Schick
April 8th, 2021 | 55 mins 15 secs
april fools, data breach, deepfakes, facebook, privacy
Deepfake expert Nina Schick joins us as we discuss synthetic media, Facebook's latest data fiasco, and some less-than-brilliant April Fool's tricks.
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221: God bless his hairy palms
April 1st, 2021 | 49 mins 19 secs
conti, data breach, extortion, fatface, identity theft, malware, mobikwik, privacy, property, ransomware
FatFace stumps up $2 million to its ransomware extortionists, an IT administrator is caught with his pants down, Mobikwik blames its users for a data breach, and we burgle a house... virtually.
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220: Ransoms, scandals, and glitter bombs
March 25th, 2021 | 47 mins 39 secs
acer, data breach, facebook, glitter bomb, hoax, password, ransomware, revil, sci hub
PC manufacturer Acer might have received a $50 million ransom demand, a warning spreads on Facebook about a trick being used by hackers, and why are the City of London's police not happy about Sci Hub?
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219: Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR
March 18th, 2021 | 55 mins 54 secs
cheerleaders, crisis, dating, deepfakes, garbo, public relations, tinder
How are cheerleaders being creeped out by deepfakes? What might Tinder tell potential dates about your murky past? And how should companies respond to the press when a security breach occurs?
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218: Microsoft, McAfee, and mayhem
March 11th, 2021 | 49 mins 52 secs
cryptocurrency, hafnium, john mcafee, malware, microsoft, microsoft exchange server, twitter, vulnerability
Is it the end of the road for John McAfee? Is PornHub more legitimate than Facebook? And do you know as much as you think you do about the Microsoft Exchange Server mega-hack?
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217: Would you cuddle this revolting robot? - with Robert Llewellyn
March 4th, 2021 | 54 mins 23 secs
electric vehicle, iot, irobot, kryten, red dwarf, robot, roomba, software update, tesla
Actor, presenter and writer Robert Llewellyn, famous for playing the part of Kryten in the science-fiction comedy "Red Dwarf," joins us as we discuss robots gone rogue, electric vehicle nightmares, and creepy companions.
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216: Playboy, prison, and digital ploys - with Garry Kasparov
February 25th, 2021 | 55 mins 17 secs
chess, playboy, prison, queen's gambit, romance scams, sextortion, snow, texas
World-chess-champion-turned-activist Garry Kasparov returns to the show as we discuss a romance scammer with plenty of time on his hands, the surge in sextortion, and how social media is being swamped with claims of fake snow.