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Trend Micro Research

Fast, Broad, and Elusive: How Vidar Stealer 2.0 Upgrades Infostealer Capabilities

Junestherry Dela Cruz · 2025-10-21 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

6 predictions
T1555.003Credentials from Web Browsers
99%
"computer specifications. it scales its operations by creating more worker threads on powerful systems and fewer threads on weaker machines, ensuring optimal performance without overwhelming the target system. this approach allows the malware to steal data from multiple sources si…"
T1555.003Credentials from Web Browsers
99%
"data, including credentials from browsers, cloud services, cryptocurrency wallets, gaming platforms, and various communication apps such as discord and telegram. - trend vision one™ detects and blocks the specific iocs referenced in this article, while providing customers with ac…"
T1555.003Credentials from Web Browsers
89%
"fast, broad, and elusive : how vidar stealer 2. 0 upgrades infostealer capabilities malware fast, broad, and elusive : how vidar stealer 2. 0 upgrades infostealer capabilities trend™ research examines the latest version of the vidar stealer, which features a full rewrite in c, a …"
T1555.003Credentials from Web Browsers
55%
"and other chromium - based browsers. among its traditional credential extraction techniques, the malware employs a tiered approach that includes systematic enumeration of browser profiles and attempting to extract encryption keys from local state files using standard dpapi decryp…"
T1588.002Tool
47%
"& c ) infrastructure that includes telegram bots and steam profiles as communication channels. the malware employs different operation modes to categorize stolen data and uses specific authentication tokens and build identifiers for tracking and victim management. execution concl…"
T1555.003Credentials from Web Browsers
35%
"analysis environments. these checks must all pass for execution to continue, with any failure resulting in immediate termination to evade sandbox detection. intelligence gathering and data theft ( phases 3 - 6 ) : following successful evasion, the malware conducts thorough system…"

Summary

Trend™ Research examines the latest version of the Vidar stealer, which features a full rewrite in C, a multithreaded architecture, and several enhancements that warrant attention. Its timely evolution suggests that Vidar is positioning itself to occupy the space left after Lumma Stealer’s decline.