Infostealers fueled cyberattacks and snagged 2.1B credentials last year

Flashpoint reports that infostealer malware massively escalated in 2024—capturing 2.1 billion credentials and infecting roughly 23 million hosts—enabling account takeover, ransomware initial access, and large breaches (including Snowflake-related exposures). Key strains like Redline (9.9M hosts) dominate, stealers are cheap and widely sold on underground markets, and common vectors include phishing and malicious downloads.