Brazil
Brazil Infostealer Threat Report — September 2026
09/01/2026 – 09/30/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: VIDAR (24.4% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts rose by 73.5% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Brazil17,845
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodSep 1, 2026 - Sep 30, 2026
Risk score
87+59vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 17,845
- Android devices
- 6,777
- Domains
- 136,298
- Employee accounts
- 4,696
- Customer accounts
- 1,324,183
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR4,360
- 2REMUS4,174
- 3ACREED2,950
- 4STEALC1,190
- 5PUREV4689
- 6LUMMAC375
- 7REDLINE269
- 8SHAPESHIFTER106
- 9ELYSIUM STEALER23
- 10ATLANTIDA20
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender4,555
- 2Reason Cybersecurity130
- 3Kaspersky37
- 4Malwarebytes30
- 5Panda Dome26
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education101organizations58.7Krecords–Ransomware victims505employee accounts
- 2Technology86organizations304.6Krecords3Ransomware victims312employee accounts
- 3Government109organizations87.9Krecords2Ransomware victims251employee accounts
- 4Media12organizations56.9Krecords–Ransomware victims113employee accounts
- 5Professional services12organizations3.6Krecords3Ransomware victims89employee accounts
- 6Manufacturing and industry27organizations10.9Krecords8Ransomware victims84employee accounts
- 7Nonprofit16organizations18.3Krecords–Ransomware victims74employee accounts
- 8Retail and e-commerce22organizations118.0Krecords3Ransomware victims46employee accounts
- 9Healthcare14organizations8.8Krecords2Ransomware victims42employee accounts
- 10Logistics and transport14organizations10.9Krecords2Ransomware victims31employee accounts
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