SnakeStealer: How it preys on personal data – and how you can protect yourself

SnakeStealer is an infostealer malware family first seen in 2019 that resurged to dominate infostealer detections in H1 2025. Distributed via phishing, malicious attachments, pirated software, and cloud/Discord hosting under a malware-as-a-service model, it offers modular features—credential theft (browsers, email, databases, Wi‑Fi), clipboard capture, screenshots, keylogging, process termination for evasion, persistence via boot configuration changes, and multiple exfiltration channels—making it effective at scale; the article highlights its prevalence, threat model, and practical mitigations (patching, MFA, caution with attachments, and reputable security software).