The Curious Engineer

Graham Cluley

1999–2026

161 posts

2026 52

October 2026

  1. Tiktok
  2. Jacaranda Jim - retro text adventure game. Free download
  3. Humbug - text adventure game for MS-DOS
  4. GCHQ: Cybersecurity newsletter from Graham Cluley
  5. Games written by Graham Cluley
  6. Blox - retro DOS Tetris-style game
  7. Sponsorship
  8. Video
  9. Humbug - reviews of classic text adventure game
  10. Humbug solution
  11. Reviews of Jacaranda Jim
  12. Jacaranda Jim - walkthrough solution
  13. Wibbling Wilf - retro DOS Pacman-style game by Graham Cluley
  14. Cookies
  15. Reviews of Wibbling Wilf
  16. Smashing Security podcast #489: How a brand new crypto wallet came with a spy inside
  17. Smashing Security podcast #488: How a ransomware negotiator ended up arrested at his own conference
  18. Smashing Security podcast #487: Clippy’s crypto comeback

September 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #486: Vibe-coded shops, and hackable Flock cameras
  2. Smashing Security podcast #485: These researchers got drunk to hack an LG TV
  3. Smashing Security podcast #484: How websites are tracking you with silence
  4. Smashing Security podcast #483: This AI helps thieves steal your iPhone

August 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #482: This hacker leaked GTA 6 - and launched their own cryptocurrency
  2. Smashing Security podcast #481: Never say this to a robot dog
  3. Smashing Security podcast #480: This is the AI service you should never sign up to
  4. Smashing Security podcast #479: How a fake police officer nearly stole Graham’s cryptocurrency

July 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #478: This job interview could destroy your company
  2. Smashing Security podcast #477: How 14 orders of chicken McNuggets helped nail a suspected Russian hacker
  3. Smashing Security podcast #476: Remote-control rickshaws and rogue book marketers
  4. Smashing Security podcast #475: JadePuffer - the AI that ran a ransomware attack all by itself
  5. Smashing Security podcast #474: Polymarket can predict the future. So how did it miss this hack?

June 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #473: How a hacker could have Rickrolled the entire World Cup
  2. Smashing Security podcast #472: AI gets hacked, and BitLocker gets bypassed
  3. Smashing Security podcast #471: This AI worm just rewrote its own rules
  4. Smashing Security podcast #470: This AI security flaw might be impossible to fix

May 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #469: What your Oura ring won’t tell you
  2. Smashing Security podcast #468: High-speed train hacks and homicidal lawnmowers
  3. Smashing Security podcast #467: How ShinyHunters hacked the world’s biggest universities
  4. Smashing Security podcast #466: Meta sees everything, Copy Fail, and a deepfake gets hired

April 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions
  2. Smashing Security podcast #464: Rockstar got hacked. The data was junk. The secrets it revealed were not
  3. Smashing Security podcast #463: This AI company leaked its own code. It’s also built something terrifying
  4. Smashing Security podcast #462: LinkedIn is spying on you, and you agreed to nothing
  5. Smashing Security podcast #461: This man hid $400 million in a fishing rod. Then it vanished

March 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #460: Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie
  2. Smashing Security podcast #459: This clever scam nearly hijacked a tech CEO’s Apple ID
  3. Smashing Security podcast #458: How not to steal $46 million from the US government
  4. Smashing Security podcast #457: How a cybersecurity boss framed his own employee

February 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #456: How to lose friends and DDoS people
  2. Smashing Security podcast #455: Face off: Meta’s Glasses and America’s internet kill switch
  3. Smashing Security podcast #454: AI was not plotting humanity’s demise. Humans were

January 2026

  1. Smashing Security podcast #450: From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild

2025 10

September 2025

  1. Smashing Security podcast #434: Whopper Hackers, and AI Whoppers

June 2025

  1. “The cloud is just someone else’s computer”
  2. many awards
  3. “Smashing Security”
  4. Testimonials

March 2025

  1. Webinar: “Anatomy of a Breach: The Human Factor”
  2. “Night of the Living Threats – A Halloween Cybersecurity Special”
  3. “AI Changed the Attacker’s Playbook. Do We Stand a Chance?”

February 2025

  1. “Data Security for AI: The Breach Stories Every CISO Should Know”

January 2025

  1. Dark Reading Fireside Chat: “Known and Unknown Risks of AI Adoption in 2025”

2024 1

March 2024

  1. Whoops! ACEMAGIC ships mini PCs with free bonus pre-installed malware

2023 1

April 2023

  1. Ukrainian hackers spend $25,000 of pro-Russian blogger’s money on sex toys

2022 2

December 2022

  1. Smashing Security podcast #300: Interplanetary file systems, iSpoof, and don’t delete Twitter

November 2022

  1. YouTube

2021 1

February 2021

  1. Test Amber Alert accidentally sent out warning of Chucky from the Child’s Play horror movies

2019 1

April 2019

  1. Smashing Security podcast: ‘Pick of the thief!’

2017 10

August 2017

  1. Smashing Security podcast: “Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!”

May 2017

  1. Bank robbers exploited SS7 weaknesses to drain 2SV-protected accounts

March 2017

  1. Smashing Security podcast #010: The dolls must be destroyed

February 2017

  1. Smashing Security podcast #009: False flags and hacker clues
  2. Smashing Security podcast #008: ‘I’ll give you my Android when you pry it from my cold, dead paws’
  3. Smashing Security podcast #006: ‘A romantic ransomware hotel break’

January 2017

  1. Smashing Security podcast #005: ‘Upskirt insecurity’
  2. Smashing Security podcast #004: ‘You don’t mess with Brian Krebs’
  3. Smashing Security podcast #003: ‘Alexa! Get me an axe!’
  4. Smashing Security podcast #002: ‘Invest in carrier pigeons’

2016 7

December 2016

  1. Smashing Security podcast #001: ‘One cup, two hotel guests’

November 2016

  1. Are your headphones spying on you?

May 2016

  1. AbbadonPOS malware steals credit card data from retailers

March 2016

  1. How to update Adobe Flash - or uninstall it completely!
  2. Erin Andrews wins $55 million over peephole video
  3. Plugins - yes, they’re handy but they also increase the surface of attack

January 2016

  1. PhantomSquad DDoS group claims credit for PlayStation Network downtime

2015 1

February 2015

  1. Targeted Attacks for Dummies

2014 1

October 2014

  1. Alleged leaked Emma Watson video leads to malware

2013 5

August 2013

  1. Facebook (finally) turns on HTTPS secure browsing by default

July 2013

  1. Emma Watson sex tape scam spreads on Facebook

March 2013

  1. DarkSeoul: SophosLabs identifies malware used in South Korean internet attack
  2. Pope sued over sexual abuse and not wearing seatbelt? Fake CNN and BBC news alerts spread malware

January 2013

  1. Sony fined £250,000 after hackers gained access to millions of gamers’ details

2012 8

November 2012

  1. Facebook Groups privacy glitch - did social network move too fast and break things?
  2. Facebook finally enables HTTPS by default, we give away free T-shirts to celebrate

August 2012

  1. Android SMS malware firm fined £50,000 and ordered to refund victims

July 2012

  1. If you launch a DDoS attack against Amazon, it’s unwise to brag about it..
  2. Angry hacker threatened ISP… with an axe

June 2012

  1. Is this *your* passport being used by email scammers?

April 2012

  1. Porn spam campaign redirects web browsers to hardcore websites

March 2012

  1. Cyber-attack on BBC Persian Service linked to Iranian intimidation

2011 13

December 2011

  1. Russian election ‘cyber attack’ brings down websites

October 2011

  1. Hackers targeted US government satellites, Congressional report claims
  2. Sony suffers another security scare - 93,000 user accounts broken into

September 2011

  1. How to deal with an internet troll
  2. Facebook birthday T-shirt scam steals secret mobile email addresses

August 2011

  1. Spam makes me angry. Do you have a course to help with that?

July 2011

  1. Facebook killer video scam spreads between social networkers
  2. AnonPlus, Anonymous’s social network, is hacked
  3. Google+ suspends Anonymous account, hacktivists announce AnonPlus in response

June 2011

  1. World Cup DDoS blackmailer sentenced to jail
  2. Facebook phishing: Can you spot the difference?

April 2011

  1. WordPress.com suffers hacker attack - how to change your password

March 2011

  1. Don’t fall for Japanese Tsunami charity scams

2010 11

December 2010

  1. Viral Facebook scam: OMG! 92% of the people who watch this will fall asleep instantly
  2. The top 50 passwords you should never use
  3. Passwords compromised at Gawker, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Kotaku, Deadspin and more…

November 2010

  1. Christmas Tree app virus hoax spreads on Facebook
  2. FAQ: Security and Facebook’s new messages system
  3. Delta Air Lines free tickets scam spreads virally on Facebook
  4. JetBlue tickets scam spreads via Facebook, tricks Jezebel

July 2010

  1. Details of 100 million Facebook users were *already* exposed on the net
  2. Hell Pizza security breach: I’ll have extra passwords with that

May 2010

  1. Distracting Beach Babes video attack hits Facebook users

March 2010

  1. Erin Andrews Peephole Video maker jailed, as hackers take advantage

2009 25

November 2009

  1. Ikee worm author gets job at iPhone app firm
  2. Lightning strikes again: iPhone malware gets truly malicious
  3. Tool for hacking jailbroken iPhones discovered
  4. Worm author tells media he initially infected 100 iPhones
  5. First iPhone worm discovered - ikee changes wallpaper to Rick Astley photo

October 2009

  1. Balloon Boy throws up on TV - Sick hackers take advantage

August 2009

  1. Was Twitter denial-of-service targeting anti-Russian blogger?
  2. Gawker blog network suffers denial-of-service attack

July 2009

  1. Why you shouldn’t send Erin Andrews peephole video links to your friends
  2. YouTube snafu! Erin Andrews video clean-up backfires
  3. Erin Andrews peephole video spreads malware
  4. Hacker invitation to Twitter carries malware danger

June 2009

  1. Does the UK attack other countries in cyberspace?
  2. Iranian media falls for Obama BlackBerry hack hoax

May 2009

  1. Jonathan Ross email goof highlights Twitter security issue
  2. Cyberwarfare unit operating out of North Korea?

April 2009

  1. Mikeyy attack hits Twitter users - a bad 24 hours for Web 2.0 security
  2. StalkDaily - Twitter users warn each other of worm attack
  3. StalkDaily attack hits Twitter users

March 2009

  1. Emma Watson condemns Twitter fraudsters
  2. Chatwebcamfree attack hits Twitter users

January 2009

  1. See a Facebook scam in action
  2. Breaking into Twitter accounts with a dictionary password attack
  3. How celebrity Twitter accounts were hacked, and how it can be stopped in future
  4. Twitter: Britney, Barack, Rick and Fox News weren’t phished - they were hacked

2008 10

December 2008

  1. Video of a fake anti-virus attack
  2. Malicious porn Spike spammers lead to malware

October 2008

  1. “How 4 Cybersecurity Companies Protect Against Cloud Vulnerabilities”

September 2008

  1. Sex, spyware and North and South Korea

August 2008

  1. Computer worm strikes International Space Station
  2. Last chance saloon for NASA hacker
  3. Conflict between Russia and Georgia turns to cyber warfare
  4. Video: The e-Ticket email malware campaign

July 2008

  1. HCKAED: Facebook Scrabble application knocked offline by hackers
  2. House of Lords to rule on appeal of “NASA hacker” Gary McKinnon

2002 1

September 2002

  1. “Decoding Cyberattacks – The Vulnerability Connection”

1999 1

October 1999

  1. “Future-Proofing Enterprise Cybersecurity for AI, Vulnerabilities, and Business Risks”