Stadia RAT: StealC’s Comeback Brings Hidden Desktop Control and Browser Theft to Windows PCs
The StealC operation that law enforcement disrupted this summer has not disappeared — it has evolved. Researchers recently identified a rebuilt strain, marketed as Stadia, that fuses credential theft with a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) feature set designed to give operators secret, persistent control over infected Windows machines. While the takedown seized infrastructure, surviving code and a ready customer base appear to have enabled the seller to rebrand and relaunch…