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Global VPN downloads surge in 2020, Arab countries lead
Arab Countries like UAE, pictured, are leading the way with VPN downloads According to data based on the VPN Adoption Index by Atlas VPN, Virtual Private Network (VPN) downloads reached 277 million in 2020 worldwide with Arab countries showing the highest levels of growth. A Virtual Private Network hides the…
55% of Americans worry more about getting hacked than murdered
72% of US citizens often or sometimes worry about their personal, credit card, or financial information stolen by cybercriminals. 66% of Americans frequently or occasionally dwell on the possibility of being victims of identity theft. Respondents from the US dwell on cybercrime-related offences at least twice as often as on other crimes. As many as…
Nearly half of firms had data breach in last 12 months
Data breaches continue to dominate headlines around the world. Recent findings analyzed by Atlas VPN reveal that as many as 45% of businesses had a data breach in the last 12 months. The data is based on a survey conducted by Kaspersky and B2B International on September 30, 2020. Researchers interviewed 4,179 businesses globally, with 50 and…