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61 percent of breaches involve infostealer malware
Tuesday March 26, 2024. 03:52 PM , from BetaNews
A rise in identity-based attacks can be laid at the door of a rapid increase in malware, according to a new report. Analysis by SpyCloud finds that 61 percent of data breaches in 2023, involving over 343 million stolen credentials, were infostealer malware-related. Researchers also report that the average identity had a one in five chance of already being the victim of an infostealer infection. Infostealer malware enables criminals to collect vast amounts of information about the user and the device, including a user's session cookies, API keys and webhooks, crypto wallet addresses, and more. Stolen authentication data enables cybercriminals… [Continue Reading]
https://betanews.com/2024/03/26/61-percent-of-breaches-involve-infostealer-malware/
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