Graham Cluley

Graham Cluley

Independent security analyst


Graham Cluley is an award-winning security blogger, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by companies such as Sophos, McAfee and Dr Solomon’s. He 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. In 2011 he was inducted into the InfoSecurity Europe Hall of Fame. Follow him on Twitter at @gcluley

217 articles by Graham Cluley

Cybercrime

Bitly hackers stole user credentials from offsite database backup

Bitly hackers stole user credentials from offsite database backup

Cybercrime

Bitly hackers stole user credentials from offsite database backup

If only two factor authentication had been used, maybe the database would never have been accessed by online criminals.

Graham Cluley12 May 20145 min. read


Rolling Stones 14 On Fire Free Tickets Giveaway? It's a Facebook scam

Rolling Stones 14 On Fire Free Tickets Giveaway? It's a Facebook scam

Rolling Stones 14 On Fire Free Tickets Giveaway? It's a Facebook scam

Beware the latest scam spreading on Facebook, claiming to offer free tickets to a Rolling Stones concert.

Graham Cluley09 May 20142 min. read


Privacy

Mystery surrounds Bitly's urgent security warning following security breach

Mystery surrounds Bitly's urgent security warning following security breach

Privacy

Mystery surrounds Bitly's urgent security warning following security breach

If you have an account on link-shortening service Bitly, you should take steps now to protect your account.

Graham Cluley09 May 20143 min. read


Cybercrime

Target's CEO gets the chop, after retailer suffers massive data breach

Target's CEO gets the chop, after retailer suffers massive data breach

Cybercrime

Target's CEO gets the chop, after retailer suffers massive data breach

US retail giant Target has announced that it is parting ways with Gregg Steinhafel, its chairman, president and CEO. If you work in an IT department, and think that your board isn't taking information security seriously enough, then perhaps reminding your executive team about just how badly Target has been affected by its data breach will help focus their minds.

Graham Cluley05 May 20142 min. read


Malware

Fake Facebook app attack can lead to your Android being spied upon, and your bank account being hacked

Fake Facebook app attack can lead to your Android being spied upon, and your bank account being hacked

Malware

Fake Facebook app attack can lead to your Android being spied upon, and your bank account being hacked

Hackers are using a notorious banking Trojan horse to display a bogus message from Facebook, in an aggressive attempt to infect Android smartphones.

Graham Cluley22 Apr 20143 min. read


ESET research

Heartbleed claims British mums and Canadian tax payers as victims

Heartbleed claims British mums and Canadian tax payers as victims

ESET research

Heartbleed claims British mums and Canadian tax payers as victims

The critical security vulnerability in OpenSSL known commonly as “Heartbleed” continues to raise alarms, with websites now warning that hackers have breached their systems by exploiting the bug, and stolen personal information about users.

Graham Cluley14 Apr 20143 min. read


Malware

10 years of Mac OS X malware

10 years of Mac OS X malware

Malware

10 years of Mac OS X malware

The malware problem on Mac OS X is nothing like as bad as it is on Windows, but that doesn't mean it can be ignored.

Graham Cluley10 Apr 20147 min. read


Malware

If you love someone, upgrade them from XP

If you love someone, upgrade them from XP

Malware

If you love someone, upgrade them from XP

It is us, the nerdy geeks who are into computers, who have a moral right to help the great unwashed, and lead them into a bright new future without Windows XP.

Graham Cluley08 Apr 20143 min. read


Malware

Microsoft to fix zero-day flaw that meant just previewing an Outlook email could infect your computer

Microsoft to fix zero-day flaw that meant just previewing an Outlook email could infect your computer

Malware

Microsoft to fix zero-day flaw that meant just previewing an Outlook email could infect your computer

It's one thing to have a security hole that relies upon users visiting an infected website, or opening a dodgy attachment - but it's quite a different level of threat when simply *previewing* a message in your email client infects your computer.

Graham Cluley04 Apr 20142 min. read