Brazil
Brazil Infostealer Threat Report — April 2026
04/01/2026 – 04/30/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: VIDAR (39.7% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts fell by 52.6% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Brazil18,767
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodApr 1, 2026 - Apr 30, 2026
Risk score
24-56vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 18,767
- Android devices
- 11,252
- Domains
- 115,707
- Employee accounts
- 3,238
- Customer accounts
- 1,039,262
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR7,450
- 2STEALC2,214
- 3REDLINE2,071
- 4ARKEI1,531
- 5PUREV41,393
- 6REMUS1,194
- 7LUMMAC433
- 8SHAPESHIFTER321
- 9ELYSIUM STEALER48
- 10KATZ STEALER37
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender8,016
- 2Reason Cybersecurity49
- 3Kaspersky14
- 4Panda Dome8
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education59organizations41.6Krecords–Ransomware victims328employee accounts
- 2Government65organizations58.3Krecords1Ransomware victims265employee accounts
- 3Technology65organizations233.7Krecords2Ransomware victims245employee accounts
- 4Manufacturing and industry23organizations8.3Krecords1Ransomware victims140employee accounts
- 5Media8organizations41.1Krecords–Ransomware victims78employee accounts
- 6Retail and e-commerce15organizations86.1Krecords–Ransomware victims76employee accounts
- 7Entertainment and lifestyle7organizations7.5Krecords–Ransomware victims37employee accounts
- 8Nonprofit12organizations12.1Krecords–Ransomware victims34employee accounts
- 9Telecommunications10organizations11.7Krecords–Ransomware victims32employee accounts
- 10Professional services10organizations2.9Krecords4Ransomware victims25employee accounts
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Sections and pages of the full report.
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