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

How to steal PGP encryption keys (using radio waves and pita bread)

How to steal PGP encryption keys (using radio waves and pita bread)

How to steal PGP encryption keys (using radio waves and pita bread)

An ingenious team of Israeli security researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered a way to steal secret encryption keys using a gadget so small it can be hidden inside some pita bread.

Graham Cluley23 Jun 20152 min. read


Top US baseball team accused of hacking rival

Top US baseball team accused of hacking rival

Top US baseball team accused of hacking rival

The St. Louis Cardinals, one the United States's top major league baseball teams, is being investigated for allegedly hacking into the computer systems of sporting rivals.

Graham Cluley17 Jun 20153 min. read


US Army website defaced by Syrian Electronic Army hackers

US Army website defaced by Syrian Electronic Army hackers

US Army website defaced by Syrian Electronic Army hackers

Hackers, supportive of the Assad regime in Syria, have successfully compromised content displayed on the US Army's website, popping up messages to visitors

Graham Cluley09 Jun 20153 min. read


Is your GoPro camera secretly spying on you?

Is your GoPro camera secretly spying on you?

Is your GoPro camera secretly spying on you?

Poor choices of passwords can lead to your privacy being breached, after researchers revealed just how easy it could be for hackers to break into GoPro cameras.

Graham Cluley01 Jun 20152 min. read


IRS hacker attack puts US tax payers at risk

IRS hacker attack puts US tax payers at risk

IRS hacker attack puts US tax payers at risk

The IRS has admitted that for more than two months malicious hackers targeted its systems, and managed to gain access to information about more than 100,000 tax payers.

Graham Cluley26 May 20154 min. read


Moose - the router worm with an appetite for social networks

Moose - the router worm with an appetite for social networks

Moose - the router worm with an appetite for social networks

A new worm is infecting routers in order to commit social networking fraud, hijacking victims' internet connections in order to "like" posts and pages, "view" videos and "follow" other accounts.

Graham Cluley26 May 20152 min. read


MMORPG hacker stripped to his underwear and executed online, watched by almost a million people

MMORPG hacker stripped to his underwear and executed online, watched by almost a million people

MMORPG hacker stripped to his underwear and executed online, watched by almost a million people

Guild Wars 2's security team serves tough justice on teleporting hacker.

Graham Cluley11 May 20152 min. read


Hackers blamed for Bridezilla post on photographer's Facebook page

Hackers blamed for Bridezilla post on photographer's Facebook page

Hackers blamed for Bridezilla post on photographer's Facebook page

Is a hacker really to blame for unflattering comments posted on a wedding photographer's Facebook page?

Graham Cluley05 May 20153 min. read


Thirty Meter Telescope website falls over in hacktivist DDoS attack

Thirty Meter Telescope website falls over in hacktivist DDoS attack

Thirty Meter Telescope website falls over in hacktivist DDoS attack

Hacktivists have launched a distributed denial-of-service attack against the website of TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope), which is planned to be the Northern hemisphere's largest, most advanced optical telescope.

Graham Cluley27 Apr 20152 min. read