Infostealer

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ResearchEducation & AcademiaHigh
Attackers impersonated hundreds of brands on GitHub to push malware through search results
A campaign beginning in late June 2026 built hundreds of fake brand repositories on GitHub and used SEO to place them at the top of software download searches.
Mei-Lin Chen4 Sep 2026, 12:45 IST6 min read
ThreatsBanking & FintechHigh
Infostealers harvested 1.7 billion credentials in six months as Vidar and Lumma dominate
Researchers logged 7.4 million infected devices between January and June 2026 — a 27% jump — as the infostealer market matured into a fully automated criminal supply chain.
Mei-Lin Chen3 Sep 2026, 18:40 IST7 min read