Articles by Graham Cluley

About Graham Cluley

Graham Cluley is senior technology consultant at Sophos. The readers of Computer Weekly voted him security blogger of the year in 2009 and 2010, and he pipped Stephen Fry to the title of "Twitter user of the year" too. Which was nice. He was also named "Best Security Blogger" by the readers of SC Magazine in 2011. You can subscribe to Graham's updates on Facebook, follow him on Twitter and circle him on Google Plus for regular updates.

Bredolab: Jail for man who masterminded botnet of 30 million computers

by Graham Cluley on May 23, 2012 | Leave a comment

A man who was in command of a botnet of some 30 million computers worldwide has been sentenced to four years jail in Armenia.

Multiply multilingual - Email scams aren't just from Nigeria

by Graham Cluley on May 22, 2012 | 1 Comment

They used to be called "Letters from Nigeria", but it's not such a good name these days. Because they can come from any corner of the world, in a multitude of languages.

Facebook account cancellation malware poses as Adobe Flash update

by Graham Cluley on May 21, 2012 | 16 Comments

Have you received an email asking you to confirm that you wish to cancel your account?

Be on your guard.

Sophos anti-virus for Android updated - beta now works on tablets too!

by Graham Cluley on May 21, 2012 | 7 Comments

Sophos anti-virus for Android beta updated - now for tablets too!

The beta version of Sophos Mobile Security for Android has been updated to support tablets.

Download a free copy now and tell us what you think!

Backups are good - but don't forget to check your backups work [VIDEO]

by Graham Cluley on May 17, 2012 | 9 Comments

The "Toy Story 2" movie was nearly lost forever because of failing backup software.

Watch the video to find out the story, and how the classic animated movie was recovered.

Call of Duty Trojan horse creator ends up in jail, after drunken college raid

by Graham Cluley on May 17, 2012 | 1 Comment

A British man who spread a spyware Trojan horse posing as a patch for the popular video game "Call of Duty", has ended up with an 18 month jail sentence.

Selena Gomez's Facebook account hacker jailed for one year

by Graham Cluley on May 17, 2012 | 18 Comments

After hacking into the Facebook account of Justin Bieber's girlfriend, and accessing private messages, a 21-year-old British man is jailed.

Fake anti-virus disguises used by Android malware

by Graham Cluley on May 16, 2012 | 1 Comment

The Android malware threat is growing.

And it's no surprise to see similar social engineering tricks that have worked on other operating systems in the past also being used on the Android platform.

Apple issues security updates for Mac OS X Leopard - to fight malware menace

by Graham Cluley on May 14, 2012 | 6 Comments

Are you still running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?

If so, you have some very important critical security patches to install - helping to protect your Mac from malware threats.

DHL malware campaign strikes again, designed to infect Windows PCs

by Graham Cluley on May 14, 2012 | 7 Comments

Received an email from DHL about a failed package delivery?

Be on your guard. Malware authors are up to their old tricks once more.

Adobe's fix for Photoshop CS5 security issue? Buy Photoshop CS6

by Graham Cluley on May 11, 2012 | 31 Comments

Way to alienate a loyal customerbase, Adobe.

Adobe is making users pay of its Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash Professional products pay hundreds of dollars to fix security flaws.

MLT - Suspected member of TeamPoison hacking gang arrested

by Graham Cluley on May 11, 2012 | 3 Comments

A teenage boy, believed to go by the online handle "MLT" and to be a member of the notorious TeamPoison hacking gang, has been arrested by British police.