News, partnerships and explainers
What we learn on the criminal marketplaces, who we work with, and where Passguard shows up in the news.
Passguard announces partnership with UK cybersecurity firm S-RM
Passguard partners with S-RM, bringing infostealer intelligence into S-RM's incident response, managed security and offensive security services.
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Passguard announces partnership with UK cybersecurity firm S-RM
Passguard partners with S-RM, bringing infostealer intelligence into S-RM's incident response, managed security and offensive security services.
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The S-Unit expands pentesting and red teaming with infostealer data via Passguard
The S-Unit and Passguard partner to bring infostealer intelligence into penetration testing and red teaming, using stolen credentials and session tokens.
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Passguard is a finalist at the GITEX AI Europe Supernova Challenge
Passguard is one of ten finalists selected from over 750 startups for the GITEX AI Europe Supernova Challenge in Berlin, and the only Dutch finalist.
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NEH and Passguard protect housing associations against infostealers
Infostealer protection for Dutch housing associations: NEH now offers Passguard to detect stolen credentials before they lead to breaches.
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Passguard CEO Tom Leijte interviewed in Cuccibu's first podcast
Passguard CEO Tom Leijte joins Cuccibu's Patrick Venderbos in the first episode of Cuccibu | In Control to talk about infostealers and stolen access.
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Passguard featured in FD coverage of BCD Travel cyber incident
Passguard dark web analyst Jordy Bovenschen provided expert commentary in Het Financieele Dagblad on the cyberattack against BCD Travel.
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Passguard named #2 Cyber Start-up of Europe
Passguard named runner-up for Tech & Cyber Startup of the Year at Cybersec Europe and the Computable Awards 2026, one of Europe’s top cybersecurity events.
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Passguard nominated for Tech & Cyber Start-up of the Year
Passguard is nominated for Tech & Cyber Start-up of the Year at Cybersec Europe 2026, announced by Computable Belgium as part of the annual awards.
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Passguard featured on the Cyber Security District podcast
Infostealer malware and stolen session data: Tom Leijte joins the Cyber Security District podcast to discuss today’s fastest-growing cyber threats.
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NFIR and Passguard join forces against infostealers with three-tier protection
NFIR and Passguard announce a partnership against infostealers, offering an integrated three-tier approach to one of today’s fastest-growing cyber threats.
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Stratech & Passguard partnership: stronger against infostealers
Stratech and Passguard partner to tackle infostealers, a growing but often invisible threat designed to steal account access and sensitive data.
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Vos Logistics selects Passguard for infostealer monitoring
Vos Logistics, a leading Dutch logistics company with 2,400 employees and 35 locations across Europe, selects Passguard for infostealer monitoring.
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Passguard and Connect2Trust announce strategic partnership to advance infostealer monitoring in Europe
Passguard and Connect2Trust announce a partnership at Forum InCyber in Lille to make infostealer monitoring a core cybersecurity capability across Europe.
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New partnership to strengthen healthcare cybersecurity in the Leiden region
Passguard partners with Sleutelnet, a cooperative of 37 healthcare providers in the Leiden region, to add structural detection of infostealer infections.
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Why we moved our infrastructure away from Azure to European providers
Passguard’s core infrastructure - servers, storage and DNS - now runs on European providers, under European law. Here’s why, and what it means in practice.
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Passguard CEO in interview with Computable: give people real insight into their leaked data
Computable interviews Passguard CEO Tom Leijte on data breaches: telling customers that categories of data may have been leaked is not enough.
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Tesorion selects Passguard as partner: first MSSP to integrate infostealer monitoring
Tesorion becomes the first Dutch MSSP to integrate infostealer monitoring, appointing Passguard as its specialist partner for detecting infected devices.
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Passguard CEO Tom Leijte to speak at webinar on infostealers and human behaviour
Passguard CEO Tom Leijte speaks on 5 March at a webinar with Awareways on infostealers and the role of human behaviour in cyber attacks.
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Passguard joins Dutch Pavilion at InCyber Forum Europe in Lille
Passguard participates in the Dutch Pavilion at InCyber Forum Europe (FIC) in Lille, organised by the Dutch Embassy in Paris and partners.
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AFAS protects customers against infostealers with Passguard
AFAS, one of the largest ERP providers in the Netherlands, engages Passguard to protect its customers against the risks of infostealer malware.
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Royal FloraHolland adds Passguard to Cyber Subscription for its members
Royal FloraHolland expands its Cyber Subscription with a Passguard dark web scan that shows whether stolen credentials are traded on criminal marketplaces.
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Cuccibu and Passguard partner to strengthen infostealer detection
Cuccibu, a risk management consultancy with over 100 consultants, partners with Passguard to strengthen infostealer detection and reduce cyber risk.
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Passguard CEO Tom Leijte interviewed in podcast by RTL journalist Daniël Verlaan
Infostealer malware and its business model: Passguard CEO Tom Leijte joins a podcast hosted by RTL journalist Daniël Verlaan.
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Passguard featured in ITchannelPRO as the European choice for dark-web monitoring
ITchannelPRO features Passguard as the European choice for dark-web monitoring, citing its focus on infostealer threats across criminal marketplaces.
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With Passguard, Vooruit truly helps its customers move forward: inspection and repair
Vooruit pairs Passguard infostealer detection with inspection and repair, so customers are not left alone with reports full of technical findings.
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Vooruit expands security portfolio with infostealer monitoring from Passguard
Vooruit adds infostealer monitoring from Passguard, giving customers visibility into infected devices whose data is traded on criminal marketplaces.
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Infostealer-startup Passguard raises half a million in pre-seed round from angels and cybersecurity experts
Passguard raises half a million euros in a pre-seed round backed by cybersecurity experts Dimitri van Zantvliet, Rogier Fischer and Pieter Jansen.
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Passguard featured in Het Financieele Dagblad
Passguard is featured in Het Financieele Dagblad in an article on cybersecurity innovation in the Netherlands and what’s being done to turn the tide.
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“We were essentially blind to infostealers”
Dimence Groep, a large mental health care provider, was blind to infostealers until a Passguard scan revealed infections on employees’ personal devices.
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Hadrian and Passguard join forces in Dutch cybersecurity partnership
Hadrian and Passguard, two Dutch cybersecurity companies, join forces to secure businesses against the new wave of cyber attacks before they are launched.
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In conversation with Security Innovation Stories: The story behind Passguard
Tom Leijte talks to Security Innovation Stories about infostealers and the story behind the founding and mission of Passguard.
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Why does Passguard recommend Sophos?
Why Sophos? After infostealer coverage on RTL News and AD, many asked why Passguard specifically recommends Sophos. We walk through our considerations.
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Infostealer on your device? Prevent further damage with these 3 steps.
Infostealer infection on your device? Your data is in criminals’ hands. Act fast with these 3 steps to limit the damage and prevent misuse.
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Infostealer at your organisation? Here's how to respond
Infostealer active in your organisation? Attackers can steal credentials and sensitive data, leading to breaches. Here’s how to respond.
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Daniël Verlaan on RTL Z about infostealers: “This is how many organisations get caught”
Infostealers on RTL Z: tech reporter Daniël Verlaan explains how criminals harvest and resell victim data, and how organisations get caught.
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Passguard interviewed by Algemeen Dagblad
Passguard founders Tom and Sanno spoke with Algemeen Dagblad about the dangers of infostealers, following the earlier report on RTL Nieuws.
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Passguard on RTL News
Passguard research with RTL News shows over 40,000 Dutch people infected by infostealers, exposing passwords, private and business data.
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SpyCloud: "Infostealers directly lead to ransomware attacks"
SpyCloud links infostealers to ransomware: 30% of studied organisations were infected before an attack. Passguard rates what this stat is worth.
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“If an infostealer is active on someone's device, misuse can't simply be prevented.”
Infostealer risk at Graafschap College: CISO Rob Gerritsen shares how Passguard gave the vocational school insight into its dark web exposure.
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Kaspersky: “Number of infostealer infections has increased sevenfold”
Kaspersky counted nearly 10 million infostealer-infected devices in 2023, up sevenfold from 2020. Passguard rates what this statistic is worth.
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CIO: “The decisive factor for me was that Passguard is an independent organisation”
CIO of a large Dutch healthcare organisation explains why Passguard’s independence was decisive in choosing it to help map vulnerabilities.
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Passguard: No-nonsense solutions against infostealers at Royal FloraHolland
Royal FloraHolland uses Passguard against infostealers. CISO Bas Wevers explains why the floriculture marketplace chose our no-nonsense approach.
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How are infostealers created?
Infostealers are sold as Malware-as-a-Service: subscriptions that give criminals without deep technical knowledge access to advanced malware.
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Why is the infostealer risk growing so quickly?
Infostealer risk is rising fast: with networks better secured and phishing less effective, cybercriminals are turning to infostealers instead.
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How do I prevent infostealer infections?
Infostealer prevention comes down to two steps: well-secured managed devices, and no access from unmanaged devices to internal environments.
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SpyCloud: "50% of dark web credentials originate from infostealers"
SpyCloud reports that 50% of dark web credentials originate from infostealers, fresher and far more valuable to hackers than old breach dumps.
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Infostealer infection? Follow these 5 steps.
Infostealer infection in your organisation? Act quickly and decisively. Follow these 5 steps to regain control and prevent further damage.
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The four steps of an infostealer attack.
Infostealer attacks on organisations like Uber and EA Games reveal a four-step plan. Learn how attackers work, step by step.
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How do devices get infected with infostealers?
Infostealer infections are almost always the result of user behaviour. We compare them to dog poop: they don’t come to you, you step into them.
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Why is the infostealer risk so difficult to manage?
Infostealer risk is hard to manage: the malware is stealthy and versatile, and infections often occur on unmanaged personal or supplier devices.
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Passguard pitches at ECSO Cyber Investor Days
Passguard was one of ten startups selected from nearly thirty applicants to pitch at the ECSO Cyber Investor Days in The Hague.
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Why are infostealers dangerous for organisations?
Infostealers give attackers the same access to internal systems as the infected employee, even on unmanaged devices, risking breaches and hacks.
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What is an infostealer?
An infostealer is malware that steals files, login credentials and session cookies from a device, bypassing even MFA via hijacked sessions.
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5 key quotes from the new Cyber Security Centre report on infostealers
Infostealers rarely get government attention, but the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s report The Silent Heist changes that. The 5 key quotes.
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IBM & Intezer: "Infostealers make up the most unique malware samples targeting Microsoft Windows"
IBM and Intezer research shows infostealers make up 17.8% of unique malware samples targeting Microsoft Windows, the largest share of all.
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NordVPN: "154 million Dutch cookies stolen"
NordVPN research: 54 billion cookies stolen worldwide, largely via infostealers like Redline and Vidar. 154 million came from the Netherlands.
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“A dark web scan was a no-brainer for me”
Dark web scanning at Omnia Wonen: advisor Gerben Naaktgeboren explains why it was a no-brainer for the mid-sized housing corporation.
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Deep dive into infostealers at the Association of Public Libraries
Infostealers took centre stage as Passguard’s Tom Leijte spoke to 50+ library security professionals about the hidden economy behind the malware.
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KennisBite: Dark web risks – the real-world story of Omnia Wonen
Dark web risks in practice: Passguard’s Tom Leijte and Omnia Wonen’s Gerben Naaktgeboren shared the housing corporation’s story at a CorpoNet KennisBite.
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“We can't afford to miss infostealer infections”
Infostealer detection at Damen Shipyards: CISO Hans Quivooij explains why the largest Dutch shipbuilder maps dark web data with Passguard.
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