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Chiara Castro

2024 saw a surge in malicious free VPN apps

Malware.

Increasingly more people have encountered malicious free VPN apps in 2024.

This is what unveils security software firm Kaspersky's new research. Experts have found that, between July and September, VPN users worldwide may have downloaded malware and malicious programs 2.5 times more than in the three months before when trying to get a free service. This surge has continued for the rest of the year.

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