Data breaches once defined cyber risk, but the threats are shifting.
While reported breaches are declining, a quieter danger is growing.
Info-stealers are rising, targeting individuals instead of systems.
Research from NordVPN and NordStellar shows breaches dropped 36% between 2024 and 2025.
Meanwhile, info-stealer activity jumped 35%.
This signals a change in attack strategy, not a reduction in risk.
Info-stealers silently extract passwords, cookies, and session data from devices.
They rely less on breaking systems and more on exploiting user behaviour.
Attackers are now focused on efficiency.
As Cloudflare notes, stealing credentials is easier and more scalable than launching complex attacks.
Why hack when you can log in?
The numbers highlight this shift.
Info-stealers captured hundreds of millions of passwords, far exceeding breach totals.
There are no alerts or warnings.
Victims often realize too late.
Security is now behavioural.
Everyday habits like safe downloads, strong authentication, and password management make the real difference.
