Remus Stealer Sells Searchable Gmail Access for $1,000 a Month
The developer’s claim that access survives password changes, if true, would let attackers intercept password resets and unlock other accounts.
Overview
- Hudson Rock reviewed promotional screenshots and direct messages tied to Remus Stealer’s version 1.3.9 and reported that the malware is being offered as a subscription service with an “Enterprise” tier priced at about $1,000 per month that shows a searchable mailbox dashboard.
- The developer and a user told researchers the tool can keep reading a compromised Gmail inbox after a victim changes their password, closes the browser, or revokes sessions, and the marketing materials advertise shareable links to hand off stolen mailboxes to other criminals.
- Google disputed that a new Gmail vulnerability has been proven and told reporters that the primary remedies are removing malware from infected devices and revoking active sessions and third‑party access to invalidate stolen credentials.
- Independent researchers have not reproduced the developer’s persistence claim and the precise technical method or the scale of real-world abuse remain unverified, so the report rests on marketing materials, screenshots, and developer/user statements rather than controlled tests.
- Security advice for anyone who may be affected includes cleaning the infected device before signing in, changing passwords from a trusted device, reviewing signed‑in sessions, checking forwarding rules and recovery options, and using stronger multi-factor methods such as passkeys or security keys.