Malware variants are competeing for Podium spots each quarter with the overall trend in activity growing.
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1st Quarter 2026 Vidar were the most successful Information Stealer malware we witnessed in the first quarter of 2026 by far. |
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2nd Quarter 2026 Vidar remained easily the most successful for the 2nd quarter though the margin decreased with Acreed stealer closing in. Acreed first started being seen around May 2025 and has been slowly moving up. Also of note is the sudden appearance of Remus stealer a new 64-bit infostealer, which is regarded as having emerged from the take down of Lumma. |
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3rd Quarter 2026 As expected, Acreed has moved into the top spot seen for New Zealand users. Remus continues to push forward with Vidar dropping down significantly. Interestingly reports of vidar in online analysis sites is easy where samples of Acreed are few and far between Overall infostealer activty has surged this quarter, almost doubling from the previous two quarters.
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