Neowin News Feed for: Infostealer

Login credentials for millions of PayPal accounts reportedly being sold online

Usama Jawad — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:46:02 +0000

A seller claiming to have the credentials of millions of PayPal customers exposed as recently as May 2025 is selling them online for $750. Read more...

Microsoft: Over 394,000 Windows PCs infected by Lumma malware, affects Chrome, Edge, Firefox

Sayan Sen — Wed, 21 May 2025 18:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has released details about Lumma infostealer that infected over 394,000 Windows systems in just two months. Read more...

Google Chrome on Windows will get a new layer of protection for cookies and passwords

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:14:02 +0000

Google Chrome is introducing a new security feature called App-Bound Encryption to protect Windows users from infostealer malware. This type of malware steals sensitive data like cookies and passwords Read more...

Fake CrowdStrike manual delivers malware, not recovery

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:16:01 +0000

Cybercriminals are exploiting the recent faulty CrowdStrike update outage using a fake Microsoft recovery manual Word document to deliver a stealer malware which is now tracked as Daolpu. Read more...

Over 100,000 ChatGPT accounts' data breached by info stealers and sold on dark web

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:28:01 +0000

According to an alarming research, over 100,000 ChatGPT accounts have been compromised and are being traded on illicit dark web marketplaces. Affected regions include the U.S., India, and more. Read more...

Cybercriminals are using AI-generated YouTube videos to spread malware

Justin Luna — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:34:02 +0000

CloudSEK has discovered that threat actors are recently posting YouTube videos that "offer" cracked software downloads. They are even using AI-generated avatars to make the clips look legitimate. Read more...