Demystifying Myth Stealer: An ‘InfoStealer’ that targeted video games | Trellix

During regular proactive threat hunting, the Trellix Advanced Research Center identified a fully undetected infostealer malware sample written in Rust code that targeted games. Upon further investigation, the team at Trellix discovered that it was Myth Stealer which was being marketed on Telegram since late December 2024. Trellix put out a report dubbed “Demystifying Myth Stealer: A Rust Based InfoStealer,” written by Niranjan Hegde, Vasantha Lakshmanan Ambasankar and AdarshS. Infostealers are a type of malware that infiltrates computer systems and has the functionality to collect passwords, cookies, credit card information, autocomplete data, browsing history, and file download history from browsers. A sample written in Rust means that the malware has been written using a specific programming language known as “Rust” diverging from common programming languages such as C/C++ in which previous malwares have been written. It is more widely understood and analyzed by threat researchers ... Read full article.