the Vidar stealer has become increasingly common. This particular malware is highly effective at stealthily infecting devices to steal a wide range of information and relaying it back to the attacker.
RedLine, MetaStealer, Raccoon Stealer, and Vidar are just a few popular types of infostealer malware families SpyCloud has observed on the darknet recently. What is a Malware Log? When malware exfiltrates data, it creates a log of all the files and information stolen from the infected devi...
Pony malwareis the most commonly used malware for stealing passwords and credentials. It is sometimes referred to as Pony Stealer, Pony Loader or FareIT. Pony malware targets Windows machines and collects information about the system and the users connected to it. It can be used to download othe...
Pharming(fromphishingandfarming). The victim is automatically redirected to a phishing site, for example, using special malware orDNS poisoning. Phishing can also be eithermassive in scale (and untargeted)ortargeted(also known asspear phishing). Mass phishing is sent to any and all addresses avail...
malware applications and other security tools. The rootkit may contain any number of malicious tools, such as a keystroke logger, a password stealer, a module for stealing credit card or online banking information, a bot for DDoS attacks or functionality that can disable security software. ...
This section provides a quick introduction of malware (Malicious Software), which can be divided into sub categories like: Adware, Spyware, Trojan, Virus, etc.
Members of this family also substitute the browser’s default search engine, but that is not the most unpleasant thing about these extensions. FB Stealer’s main function is to steal session cookies from users of the world’s largest social network, hence the name. These are the same cookies...
This section describes a free malware protection tool, Windows Defender, from Microsoft for Windows 7 systems. © 2025 Dr. Herong Yang. All rights reserved. If don't want to buy Forefront Client Security or Download Security Essentials, you can use Windows Defender, which is also free and ...
Meanwhile,IceID is a banking trojanthat uses man-in-the-browser attacks to steal financial data, take over banking accounts, and automate fraudulent transactions. Mobile spyware or malware is another type of trojan. Since 2019,APT (advanced persistent threat) groups connected to North Korea, Iran...
DarkOwl has observed an increase in stealer log data available on the darknet. This blog breaks down what stealer logs are and how they work.