RedLine Stealer
¿Qué es RedLine Stealer?
RedLine StealerA subscription Windows info-stealer that dominated 2020–2023 cybercrime markets, harvesting browser secrets, crypto wallets, and FTP/VPN credentials; its infrastructure was disrupted by Operation Magnus in October 2024.
RedLine Stealer is a .NET-based Windows information stealer sold on Russian-speaking forums from around 2020 and the most prolific commodity stealer of 2021–2023. Standard capabilities include extraction of saved browser passwords, cookies, autofill, and crypto-extension data from Chromium and Gecko browsers; cryptocurrency wallet files; FTP/VPN/Steam/Discord/Telegram credentials; system fingerprinting; and an exfiltration channel to operator-controlled control servers, often with logs sold further on 'cloud of logs' marketplaces (RussianMarket, 2easy, Genesis successors). RedLine was distributed via cracked software, malvertising, YouTube/SEO baits, malicious Office docs, GitHub releases, and bundled with loaders such as Smoke or PrivateLoader. Stolen RedLine logs underpinned a sizeable share of credential-stuffing and initial-access broker activity through 2023. In October 2024 the U.S. DOJ, Dutch police, Eurojust, Microsoft, ESET, and others ran Operation Magnus, seizing infrastructure for RedLine and its sibling Meta Stealer, charging the alleged developer Maxim Rudometov, and publishing samples that enabled global cleanup. Activity dropped sharply but did not disappear.
● Ejemplos
- 01
An initial-access broker buys a 'log of logs' on RussianMarket, identifies a corporate VPN credential among the RedLine output, and resells access to a ransomware affiliate.
- 02
Operation Magnus seizes RedLine's control panel domains in October 2024, briefly halting the operation before sellers attempt to re-brand.
● Preguntas frecuentes
¿Qué es RedLine Stealer?
A subscription Windows info-stealer that dominated 2020–2023 cybercrime markets, harvesting browser secrets, crypto wallets, and FTP/VPN credentials; its infrastructure was disrupted by Operation Magnus in October 2024. Pertenece a la categoría de Malware en ciberseguridad.
¿Qué significa RedLine Stealer?
A subscription Windows info-stealer that dominated 2020–2023 cybercrime markets, harvesting browser secrets, crypto wallets, and FTP/VPN credentials; its infrastructure was disrupted by Operation Magnus in October 2024.
¿Cómo funciona RedLine Stealer?
RedLine Stealer is a .NET-based Windows information stealer sold on Russian-speaking forums from around 2020 and the most prolific commodity stealer of 2021–2023. Standard capabilities include extraction of saved browser passwords, cookies, autofill, and crypto-extension data from Chromium and Gecko browsers; cryptocurrency wallet files; FTP/VPN/Steam/Discord/Telegram credentials; system fingerprinting; and an exfiltration channel to operator-controlled control servers, often with logs sold further on 'cloud of logs' marketplaces (RussianMarket, 2easy, Genesis successors). RedLine was distributed via cracked software, malvertising, YouTube/SEO baits, malicious Office docs, GitHub releases, and bundled with loaders such as Smoke or PrivateLoader. Stolen RedLine logs underpinned a sizeable share of credential-stuffing and initial-access broker activity through 2023. In October 2024 the U.S. DOJ, Dutch police, Eurojust, Microsoft, ESET, and others ran Operation Magnus, seizing infrastructure for RedLine and its sibling Meta Stealer, charging the alleged developer Maxim Rudometov, and publishing samples that enabled global cleanup. Activity dropped sharply but did not disappear.
¿Cómo defenderse de RedLine Stealer?
Las defensas contra RedLine Stealer combinan habitualmente controles técnicos y prácticas operativas, como se detalla en la definición.
¿Cuáles son otros nombres para RedLine Stealer?
Nombres alternativos comunes: RedLine, Meta Stealer (sibling).
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