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Hold Security

Hold Security, led by Alex Holden in Milwaukee, is known for recovering large troves of botnet-stolen credentials. It runs a managed service that alerts companies when their own, their customers' or their suppliers' credentials turn up in non-public criminal sources.

Infostealer specialist Milwaukee, USA holdsecurity.com

Score profile

Each bar is out of 10. The thin line marks the average across all 34 vendors.

Infostealer Specialization 6 +0.6
Machine-Level Infection Context 2 −2.9
Exposure Segmentation 5 +0.1
Session Cookie & Token Coverage 2 −2.4
Collection Freshness 6 −0.8
Infostealer Research & Attribution 5 −1.4
Free Tools & Free API 1 −3.1
API & Integrations 2 −4.7
Pricing Accessibility & Time-to-Value 3 −2.4

Stands out on

No criterion is more than 1.5 points above the field average.

Trails the field on

  • API2 vs 6.7
  • Free Access1 vs 4.1
  • Machine Context2 vs 4.9

At a glance

Best suited to
Organisations that prefer a managed credential-recovery service
Pricing
Pricing not published
Ownership
Independent

Capabilities

0 of 8 infostealer capabilities fully available, based on public product information.

Machine-level infection data No
Session cookies & tokens No
Employee vs. customer split Partial
Third-party / supply-chain exposure Partial
API access No
Free tier / free API No
Self-serve signup No
Public infostealer research Partial

Closest peers

Vendors whose nine scores most closely match Hold Security's — the ones you'd most likely shortlist together.

#33 · 35.9 84% match
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#24 · 44.9 81% match
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#28 · 41.0 81% match
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#18 · 48.1 80% match
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#25 · 43.9 79% match
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Also see Hudson Rock vs Hold Security.

Questions & answers

Where does Hold Security rank in the Infostealer Index?

Hold Security is #32 of 34 overall with 36.4/100, and #9 of 9 in the infostealer specialist category.

Which vendors are most similar to Hold Security?

Based on how closely their nine scores match, the nearest profiles are Resecurity, Searchlight Cyber and ThreatMon.

How is Hold Security priced?

Pricing not published. Check with the vendor for current pricing.

Sources

Public material the scores are based on.

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Scores are Hudson Rock's editorial opinion of each vendor's infostealer intelligence, based on public information (websites, documentation and published research) as of October 12, 2026. Only infostealer-related capabilities are assessed, not a vendor's overall quality or other products. Field averages, peer matches and comparisons are calculated from those scores.

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