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gcluley, 7 months ago to random

I'm thinking of blocking access to content on my site to anyone not running an ad blocker.

Thoughts?

gcluley, 7 months ago to Cybersecurity

One of the world's largest online travel agencies, Booking.com, is being used by fraudsters to trick hotel guests into handing over their payment card details.

How do I know? The fraudsters tried the trick with me.

https://grahamcluley.com/fraudsters-target-booking-com-customers-claiming-hotel-stay-could-be-cancelled/

#cybersecurity #phishing

gcluley, 7 months ago to random

Hi folks. Anyone got a security contact at booking.com?

gcluley, 2 months ago to ilaughed

Great news! Amazon has got back to me about the £700 iPhone they failed to deliver (and wouldn't refund or replace) Bad news: what they told me...

Based on this experience, why would anyone buy anything expensive from Amazon ever again? Please share, like and comment if you agree.

Watch my #video.

#amazon #delivery #scam #jeffbezos #cybersecurity

Cybersecurity expert Graham Cluley ordered an iPhone 15 from Amazon for £700. Amazon failed to deliver it to him... but also refuse to refund Graham or send him a replacement. You can probably guess how that makes him feel...

gcluley, 11 months ago to random

I just saw an ad on TV offering me a cut-price cremation.

One of the selling points they mention is that I will get a money-back guarantee (presumably if I'm unhappy with my cremation...?)

gcluley, 7 months ago to random

Taking my girlfriend out to see "The Shining" tonight.

She's never seen it, so I've sent her this trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6QgNuZcxTw

gcluley, 7 months ago to random

Well, what do you know... I just (like two minutes ago) received a new scam message via Booking.com's app.

Here it is... Read more about this problem in my article from last week:
https://grahamcluley.com/fraudsters-target-booking-com-customers-claiming-hotel-stay-could-be-cancelled/

gcluley, 1 year ago to php

WordPress plugin vulnerability puts two million websites at risk.

https://grahamcluley.com/wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-puts-two-million-websites-at-risk/

#cybersecurity #xss #wordpress #vulnerability

gcluley, 9 months ago to random

In summary:

42% (65.3 million) of Elon's followers have no followers.

41% (62.5 million) have no tweets.

Over 25% (38.9 million) created their accounts on or after the date Musk acquired Twitter.

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-follower-data

gcluley, 11 months ago to random

Am I correct in thinking Thames Water is suffering a liquidity problem?

gcluley, 2 months ago to random

Kicking up a stink about Amazon's failure to deliver a £700 iPhone to me (and then refusing to refund/replace) has - I'm delighted to say - resulted in the money being returned to me today. 🥳

What I've learnt:

★ Exploiting social media and video to complain can get the attention of AmazonUK's PR team

gcluley, 1 year ago to random

Years ago, back in the late 90s, I was working for a cybersecurity company, and found myself being headhunted by another very well-known security firm.

1/4

gcluley, 8 months ago to Cybersecurity

Yikes! My sex video has been uploaded to YouPorn!

https://grahamcluley.com/xxx-video-youporn-warning/

#cybersecurity #scam #spam #youporn #sexvideo

gcluley, 8 months ago to Cybersecurity

iOS 17 update secretly changed your privacy settings; here's how to set them back.

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/ios-17-update-secretly-changed-your-privacy-settings-heres-how-to-set-them-back/

#cybersecurity #privacy #ios #iphone #apple

gcluley, 9 months ago to random

Never had this CAPTCHA before...

gcluley, 8 months ago to Cybersecurity

Careful with that exhaust, Eugene… Car companies are collecting data on your sex life, and apparently you’re fine with that.

https://grahamcluley.com/car-companies-are-collecting-data-on-your-sex-life-and-apparently-youre-fine-with-that/

#cybersecurity #privacy #nissan #kia #sex

gcluley, 10 months ago to Cybersecurity

Google blocks staff's internet access to reduce attacks - but will it work?

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/google-blocks-staffs-internet-access-to-reduce-attacks-but-will-it-work/

#cybersecurity #malware #hacking #google

gcluley, 11 months ago to Cybersecurity

Diablo IV video game hit by DDoS attacks.

https://grahamcluley.com/diablo-iv-video-game-hit-by-ddos-attacks/

#cybersecurity #ddos #blizzard #diabloiv

gcluley, 6 months ago to random

"I am the Master... and you will obey me".

Having fun chairing the executive summit at Black Hat Middle East. Day 2 of 3!

#BHMEA2023

Roger Delgado, The Master in Doctor Who.

gcluley, 11 months ago to random

Apparently Facebook is developing a Twitter-rival which may be called "Threads".

Seems apt.

gcluley, 23 days ago to Cybersecurity

I've given over 300 talks at events across Europe, America, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia, but somehow have never got around to making a showreel. Here you go then.

Let me know if you'd like me as a #cybersecurity #keynotespeaker at your event.

https://grahamcluley.com

Graham Cluley, jibber-jabbering about why you should hire him as a keynote speaker.

gcluley, 4 months ago to random

Someone asked me if I would beat @briankrebs in an arm wrestle or not, so I asked CoPilot with GPT-4.

gcluley, 4 months ago to Cybersecurity

The toothbrush DDoS attack: How misinformation spreads in the cybersecurity world.

Tooth factor authentication couldn’t stop journalists from reporting this nonsense.

https://grahamcluley.com/the-toothbrush-ddos-attack-how-misinformation-spreads-in-the-cybersecurity-world/

#cybersecurity #hysteria #ddos #botnet #fortinet #iot #toothbrush

gcluley, 4 months ago to Podcast

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? A company in Hong Kong suffers a sophisticated deepfake duping, be one your guard from pig butchers as Valentine's Day approaches, and spare a moment to feel sorry for poor ransomware gangs.

https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-358/

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" #podcast by yours truly, Carole Theriault, and special guest Lianne Potter from the "Compromising Positions" podcast.

gcluley, 24 days ago to random

I made my debut on the BBC's "Points of View" today, grumbling about Doctor Who's cringeworthy dance sequence and that god-awful wink.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001zh3f/points-of-view-2024-episode-1

#lifegoals