On June 21, 2025, cybersecurity teams discovered a monumental leak—over 16 billion login credentials, unearthed from 30 combined data dumps. Far from today’s big platforms, this trove was amassed largely via infostealers, an insidious type of malware that quietly harvests saved passwords and clipboard content.
In recent months, the terminal emulation market has entered an unprecedented period of disruption. What was once a relatively stable and predictable corner of enterprise IT has now become a battleground marked by aggressive mergers and acquisitions (M&A), escalating cybersecurity threats, and a worrying decline in vendor support. For IT leaders and infrastructure managers, these shifts are not just technical concerns—they represent real operational and security risks that must be addressed with urgency.
