Graham Cluley Blog

1 week ago | grahamcluley.com | Graham Cluley

A GCHQ intern forgets the golden rule of spy school — don’t take the secrets home with you — and finds himself swapping Cheltenham for a cell. Meanwhile, an Australian hacker flies too close to the sun, hacks his way into a US indictment, and somehow walks free… only to get booted back Down Under. Plus: flow states, Bob Mortimer, and the joys of pretending to carry an owl around on a cushion.

1 week ago | grahamcluley.com | Graham Cluley

In episode 55 of The AI Fix, Gemini thinks a little meth won’t hurt, Mark realises what a terrifying 45mph “robot bird” is really for, Graham finds a surprising number of TikTokers in the bible, an AI discovers dust on Mars, Google forgets what year it is, and Apple finally enters the AI chat. Graham finds out what happened when ChatGPT took on 1979’s Atari Video Chess at his favourite “sport”, and Mark explains why Apple has been raining on the AI reasoning parade.

2 weeks ago | grahamcluley.com | Graham Cluley

Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Government is phasing out its use of Microsoft Office… to switch to open source alternatives like LibreOffice instead. Why? Because relying too heavily on a US tech giant for your nation’s digital infrastructure is starting to feel a bit… well, risky. Denmark’s relationship with the US is under strain, following Donald Trump’s clearly stated ambition to seize control of Greenland, and recent reports of increased spying by the States on Greenland and Denmark.

2 weeks ago | grahamcluley.com | Graham Cluley

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says his country is under attack, after days of hard-hitting DDoS attacks against SVT Sweden’s public TV broadcaster, government websites, and other key organisations. For a while, SVT’s TV stations and news services were knocked offline as a result, in what have been the biggest DDoS attacks it has ever experienced. Sweden joined NATO in 2024, and has seen a dramatic rise in DDoS attacks ever since.

2 weeks ago | grahamcluley.com | Graham Cluley

Cybercriminals are exploiting the growing interest in open source AI models by disguising malware as a legitimate installer for DeepSeek. Victims are unwittingly downloading the “BrowserVenom” malware designed to steal stored credentials, session cookies, etc and gain access to cryptocurrency wallets. How are the bad guys spreading the malware? By buying Google ads… sigh… which point to a fake DeepSeek download page. Google says it has suspended the advertiser’s account.