What are Infostealers?
Infostealers are a category of malware purpose-built to extract credentials and session data from a device in seconds. Strains like RedLine, Lumma, Vidar, and StealC scrape saved browser passwords, autofill data, active session cookies, MFA tokens, VPN configurations, and SSO logins, and then ship everything to the attacker. Because session cookies are stolen alongside passwords, attackers can frequently bypass two-factor authentication entirely and log in as the victim from anywhere in the world. A single infected laptop, contractor device, or personal phone with corporate access can hand criminals the keys to your CRM, source code, finance systems, or customer data.
Without a single phishing email being opened by an admin.
Why infostealers slip past standard defenses
Most infostealer infections begin somewhere outside the perimeter your security stack actually watches: a cracked tool installed on a contractor's personal laptop, a fake browser update on a family member's home device, a malicious Google ad, or a poisoned YouTube tutorial. Modern infostealer families rotate code constantly, live only minutes on a device, and exfiltrate data before signature-based defenses can react. Even mature organizations with EDR, MFA, and SSO routinely show up in stealer logs, usually through unmanaged devices, BYOD scenarios, and third-party access. The breach is rarely detected by traditional tooling; it's discovered after credentials are already being resold on dark web marketplaces.
How Passguard helps
Passguard operates from inside the criminal marketplaces and Telegram channels where infostealer logs are traded. The moment a device with credentials or active sessions tied to your domain appears for sale, we surface the compromised device, the exact accounts at risk, and the specific sessions you need to revoke to shut down the attacker's window of opportunity. There are no agents to deploy, no endpoints to instrument, and no integrations to maintain. Passguard works entirely from the outside in, monitoring the same channels the attackers use. Security teams use Passguard to detect infections on managed and unmanaged devices alike, prioritize response, and stop credential theft from turning into a full incident.
What you cover Today
Regular dark web monitoring
Credentials dumps from old breaches like Dropbox and LinkedIn
Corporate laptops with EDR agents
Only your managed endpoints are protected
Suspicious logins flagged by IAM/MFA
Blocked when risk indicators are detected.
What you also cover
with Passguard
Exclusive stealer marketplaces
Real-time trade of infected devices and compromised sessions
Infections on unmanaged devices
BYOD endpoints like personal laptops & contractors remain unprotected
Stolen valid sessions
Hijacked tokens and cookies that bypass MFA and appear legitimate.






