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 282 Episodes.
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249: Devious licks, Netflix, and sensitive hackers
October 28th, 2021 | 47 mins 6 secs
big data, conti, darkmatter, netflix, ransomware, tiktok
Ransomware attackers have got hurt feelings, what does Netflix know about you, and why are schoolkids stealing lavatory seats?
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248: Press F12 to hack
October 21st, 2021 | 45 mins 31 secs
amazon, data breach, facial recognition, missouri, responsible disclosure, ring, vulnerability
A journalist is threatened with prosecution after choosing to "View Source" on a public webpage, Amazon Ring owners might be in line for a hefty fine if their neighbours complain, and is the school lunch queue a good place for facial recognition?
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247: Rickrolling submarine secrets
October 14th, 2021 | 49 mins 49 secs
data leak, espionage, facebook, instagram, nick clegg, rick astley, submarine, us navy
A married couple are accused of selling nuclear sub secrets, Facebook continues to make young lives a misery, and a school hacker lets loose one heck of a prank.
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246: Facebook has fallen
October 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
facebook, hospital, instagram, malware, ransomware, ryuk, whatsapp
Facebook suffers a massive (and very public) failure, Britain announces plans for counter-attacking nation states in cyberspace, and there's a tragic story related to ransomware.
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245: The Julian Assange assassination plot, and IoT toilets
September 30th, 2021 | 36 mins 42 secs
cia, ecuador, iot, julian assange, russia, toilet, wikileaks
While Julian Assange was killing time in the Ecuador's embassy in London, the CIA were trying to dream up ways to kill him, and urine trouble if you put your trust in an IoT lavatory.
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244: Facebook Ray-Bans, VPN spies, and AI camouflage
September 23rd, 2021 | 51 mins 22 secs
darkmatter, espionage, expressvpn, facebook, facial recognition, google glass, iphone, ray-ban, spyware, vpn
How much do you trust the people who work at your VPN provider? How are folks fighting facial recognition? And what on earth is Ray-Ban thinking getting into bed with Facebook?
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243: Breaking news, Apple zero-clicks, and bad blood
September 16th, 2021 | 48 mins 26 secs
apple, cryptocurrency, litecoin, malware, nso group, spyware, theranos, vulnerability, walmart
A Walmart press release says it's jumping aboard the cryptocurrency bus - but is it true? Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes goes on trial, and have you updated your Apple gadgets to protect against the latest NSO Group spyware attack?
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242: ProtonMail privacy questioned, and Banksy blunder
September 9th, 2021 | 56 mins 50 secs
banksy, encryption, facebook, france, nft, privacy, protonmail, switzerland
ProtonMail finds itself in a privacy pickle, the big problem with Facebook's algorithmic amplification, and strange things are happening on Banksy's website.
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241: Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals
September 2nd, 2021 | 47 mins 40 secs
afghanistan, biometrics, bitcoin, bumble, cryptocurrency, dating apps, privacy, stalking, taliban
How to find your match on the Bumble dating app, convicted criminals make money out of cryptocurrency, and there are concerns about data in Afghanistan.
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240: 3D printer hijacks, crypto fails, and a tech billionaire’s revenge
August 26th, 2021 | 51 mins 7 secs
3d printing, cracker, cryptocurrency, divorce, hacking, spaghetti detective, vulnerability
A bug unravels 3D printer security, cryptocurrency sites can't stop getting hacked, and hear our special guest spill a cup of tea while inhabiting his wife's knicker drawer.
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239: TikTok vigilantes, sloppy IoT, and Wikipedia woe
August 19th, 2021 | 51 mins 56 secs
iot, nazi, realtek, swastika, the great londini, tiktok, vigilante, vulnerability, wikipedia
The Great Londini has gathered a two million strong army to out TikTok trolls, there's a bad supply chain vulnerability in many IoT devices, and how did Wikipedia pages end up covered in Nazi swastikas?
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238: Fashion captain, fraud family, and DEF CON. D'oh!
July 29th, 2021 | 53 mins 30 secs
def con, fraud family, idor, netherlands, petitpotam, police, privacy, vulnerability
Pygmy hippopotamus bugs, DEF CON's data slip-up, and phishing fraudsters have their collars felt.
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237: NuNa, NuNu, NaNa
July 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
freedom phone, iphone, malware, nso group, pegasus, ransomware, spyware
Spy software known as Pegasus has been used to carry out surveillance on the smartphones of journalists, activists, and political leaders. Can a "Freedom Phone" be trusted? And a ransomware-hit law firm demonstrates how not to keep its customers informed.
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236: Stingrays, soccer, and smart homes
July 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 36 secs
columbo, facebook, football, iot, privacy, racism, romance scam, smart homes, stingray, twitter
How did investigators ask a romance scammer out on a date, smart homes continue to play dumb, and is it time for social media sites to do more about racist football fans?
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235: REvil returns, TikTok grows, and Gettr defaced
July 8th, 2021 | 59 mins 9 secs
gettr, kaseya, malware, privacy, ransomware, revil, tiktok, vulnerability
A ransomware gang has exploited a security hole in software used by many businesses, and are demanding $70 million for a decryption tool. Plus we take a close look at TikTok, and a website which seems to have entirely ripped-off Twitter.
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234: Cozy Bear, dildo scams, and robo hires and fires
July 1st, 2021 | 56 mins 26 secs
amazon, cozy bear, data breach, dildo, flex, malware, microsoft, nobelium
Microsoft warns about a hacking gang that is far from cuddly, algorithms rather than managers are firing people, and our guest receives a surprising email from "Amazon"...