Brazil
Brazil Infostealer Threat Report — August 2026
08/01/2026 – 08/31/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: VIDAR (31.9% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Technology. Leaked accounts fell by 43.6% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Brazil13,618
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodAug 1, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026
Risk score
28-44vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 13,618
- Android devices
- 6,577
- Domains
- 94,782
- Employee accounts
- 2,542
- Customer accounts
- 763,274
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR4,338
- 2REDLINE2,045
- 3PUREV41,933
- 4REMUS1,220
- 5STEALC1,022
- 6ACREED862
- 7LUMMAC785
- 8META167
- 9SHAPESHIFTER149
- 10AURA STEALER9
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender1,451
- 2Reason Cybersecurity40
- 3Kaspersky18
- 4Panda Dome13
- 5Avast Antivirus9
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Technology60organizations177.8Krecords7Ransomware victims226employee accounts
- 2Education53organizations30.3Krecords2Ransomware victims211employee accounts
- 3Government52organizations43.2Krecords2Ransomware victims115employee accounts
- 4Finance10organizations31.3Krecords–Ransomware victims112employee accounts
- 5Manufacturing and industry22organizations6.2Krecords3Ransomware victims87employee accounts
- 6Nonprofit11organizations9.3Krecords–Ransomware victims43employee accounts
- 7Travel and hospitality7organizations7.9Krecords–Ransomware victims43employee accounts
- 8Media4organizations32.8Krecords–Ransomware victims32employee accounts
- 9Telecommunications8organizations9.5Krecords–Ransomware victims24employee accounts
- 10Logistics and transport5organizations6.5Krecords–Ransomware victims19employee accounts
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