If you regularly use Tor to ensure your privacy while browsing, you’ve probably noticed that you frequently meet a Cloudflare ‘challenge’ when trying to access certain websites.   Sites that use Cloudflare have been automatically rerouting Tor users to these CAPTCHAs to ensure that traffic is genuine and not malicious.   But for many users, […]

By Mark Phillips ¦ Updated 26th October 2017, 05.12 EDT In what is becoming yet another startling addition to a year plagued by numerous high-profile cyber attacks, Europe has been hit by a new wave of ransomware. The malicious software, which has been branded ‘Bad Rabbit’, follows the same modus operandi of other strains before […]

By Mark Phillips ¦ Blog.TotalAV.com ¦ Updated 20th April 2017, 07.31 EDT Like many of the world’s leading streaming services, Netflix has a hugely popular app available to its many users. But hackers have been preying on users who are quick to download and install apps without double-checking for developer authenticity. Cyber security professionals have […]

By Mark Phillips ¦ Blog.TotalAV.com ¦   Why is this happening again? That pesky pop-up message telling you to update your OS software is staring at you, begging for you to make a choice: “update now” or “remind me later”. What do you do? You choose the ever-tempting “remind me later” option, but we all […]