Brazil
Brazil Infostealer Threat Report — March 2026
03/01/2026 – 03/31/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: PUREV4 (44.6% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts rose by 59.5% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Brazil52,014
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodMar 1, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026
Risk score
80+26vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 52,014
- Android devices
- 32,080
- Domains
- 190,515
- Employee accounts
- 7,563
- Customer accounts
- 2,193,207
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1PUREV423,215
- 2VIDAR14,610
- 3REDLINE3,816
- 4ARKEI3,452
- 5STEALC2,474
- 6LUMMAC932
- 7REMUS416
- 8SHAPESHIFTER358
- 9KATZ STEALER241
- 10XFILES94
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender13,492
- 2Reason Cybersecurity19
- 3Panda Dome4
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education124organizations100.3Krecords4Ransomware victims694employee accounts
- 2Government149organizations144.6Krecords–Ransomware victims399employee accounts
- 3Technology122organizations497.3Krecords1Ransomware victims357employee accounts
- 4Manufacturing and industry63organizations19.6Krecords2Ransomware victims254employee accounts
- 5Media14organizations93.6Krecords–Ransomware victims137employee accounts
- 6Telecommunications30organizations30.0Krecords–Ransomware victims100employee accounts
- 7Retail and e-commerce33organizations202.7Krecords2Ransomware victims82employee accounts
- 8Logistics and transport19organizations18.2Krecords–Ransomware victims77employee accounts
- 9Finance23organizations99.1Krecords–Ransomware victims68employee accounts
- 10Nonprofit12organizations29.1Krecords–Ransomware victims66employee accounts
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Report contents
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