Infostealers: The Silent Smash-and-Grab Driving Modern Cybercrime
SecurityWeek, Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Competition among malware-as-a-service developers has transformed infostealers into refined, accessible tools for cybercriminals worldwide.
Infostealers have become the fulcrum of modern cybercrime. They enter silently, steal in stealth, and vanish.
The evolution of this malware over the last ten years is a feature of the increasing professionalism of the criminal underground and the rise of cybercrime-as-a-service. The logs they provide are the starting point for many of today's breaches, identity theft, and fraud.