eBay and Amazon collect the most user data among Android shopping apps

To prepare for the busiest online shopping season of the year, it is important to understand how your data is being used on popular apps.

U.K. shoppers warned of increasing fraud ahead of 2023 holiday season

According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, 27.8K online fraud cases were reported in the U.K. throughout October 2023.

Targeted individuals — most likely victims of social engineering attacks in 2023

According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, 31% of all social engineering attacks were aimed at targeted individuals in 2022 and 2023.

A day without the internet in the world would cost $43 billion

The internet has become such an integral part of our daily lives that we often do not even think about how much we rely on it.

TikTok removed nearly 107 million videos in Q2 2023

According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, TikTok removed 106,476,032 videos for violating its community guidelines in Q2 2023.

Scammers profited over $658 million from social media users in H1 2023

According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, social media scams earned fraudsters $658M just in H1 2023, more than any other contact method.

Patient data breaches doubled, reaching 87M in 2023

As digital health records and connected care continue growing, the healthcare sector struggles to keep pace with modern data protection standards.

Only 17% of the world’s internet users are free

According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, only 17% of internet users have access to a truly free internet.

Microsoft, Paypal among most impersonated brands in phishing attacks in 2023

According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, Microsoft was the most impersonated brand in 2023, accounting for 4.31% of phishing attempts.

Oppenheimer and Indian films lead August internet trends

In August 2023, Wikipedia pageview data provided insight into some of the hottest online trends.