Brazil
Brazil Infostealer Threat Report — February 2026
02/01/2026 – 02/28/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: VIDAR (57.9% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts rose by 7.5% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Brazil36,699
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodFeb 1, 2026 - Feb 28, 2026
Risk score
54+4vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 36,699
- Android devices
- 20,297
- Domains
- 130,178
- Employee accounts
- 4,854
- Customer accounts
- 1,374,576
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR21,245
- 2PUREV47,447
- 3REDLINE1,868
- 4UNKNOWN1,585
- 5STEALC1,528
- 6LUMMAC681
- 7ARKEI613
- 8REMUS375
- 9MACSYNC STEALER303
- 10SHAPESHIFTER135
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender19,651
- 2Reason Cybersecurity19
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education59organizations59.0Krecords3Ransomware victims468employee accounts
- 2Technology101organizations318.8Krecords2Ransomware victims396employee accounts
- 3Government82organizations85.3Krecords1Ransomware victims194employee accounts
- 4Telecommunications15organizations17.8Krecords–Ransomware victims132employee accounts
- 5Manufacturing and industry36organizations12.3Krecords5Ransomware victims114employee accounts
- 6Media9organizations56.5Krecords–Ransomware victims87employee accounts
- 7Nonprofit12organizations18.3Krecords–Ransomware victims69employee accounts
- 8Retail and e-commerce21organizations125.3Krecords–Ransomware victims51employee accounts
- 9Entertainment and lifestyle8organizations9.9Krecords–Ransomware victims47employee accounts
- 10Professional services9organizations4.1Krecords7Ransomware victims43employee accounts
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Report contents
Sections and pages of the full report.
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