Brazil
Brazil Infostealer Threat Report — May 2026
05/01/2026 – 05/31/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: VIDAR (29% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts fell by 6.2% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Brazil13,496
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodMay 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026
Risk score
47+23vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 13,496
- Android devices
- 6,659
- Domains
- 113,450
- Employee accounts
- 2,766
- Customer accounts
- 975,248
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR3,914
- 2REMUS2,255
- 3LUMMAC2,129
- 4PUREV41,755
- 5REDLINE1,383
- 6ARKEI550
- 7STEALC350
- 8SHAPESHIFTER210
- 9ELYSIUM STEALER32
- 10ACREED12
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender2,934
- 2Reason Cybersecurity107
- 3Norton 360 for Gamers18
- 4Malwarebytes17
- 5Kaspersky14
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education66organizations39.1Krecords1Ransomware victims302employee accounts
- 2Technology73organizations220.4Krecords1Ransomware victims157employee accounts
- 3Government63organizations56.9Krecords1Ransomware victims135employee accounts
- 4Manufacturing and industry26organizations8.0Krecords3Ransomware victims97employee accounts
- 5Media4organizations40.7Krecords–Ransomware victims69employee accounts
- 6Retail and e-commerce18organizations86.5Krecords1Ransomware victims32employee accounts
- 7Nonprofit7organizations11.8Krecords–Ransomware victims31employee accounts
- 8Telecommunications9organizations12.5Krecords–Ransomware victims22employee accounts
- 9Professional services8organizations2.6Krecords2Ransomware victims21employee accounts
- 10Finance10organizations42.6Krecords–Ransomware victims18employee accounts
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