The infection chain of an infostealer.
The infection chain of an infostealer.
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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.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.