Egypt
Egypt 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: LUMMAC (25% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts fell by 43.2% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Egypt4,011
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodAug 1, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026
Risk score
28-30vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 4,011
- Android devices
- 2,084
- Domains
- 23,752
- Employee accounts
- 838
- Customer accounts
- 178,353
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1LUMMAC1,001
- 2PUREV4819
- 3VIDAR578
- 4STEALC348
- 5REMUS301
- 6REDLINE300
- 7ACREED252
- 8META89
- 9SHAPESHIFTER28
- 10ELYSIUM STEALER2
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender520
- 2Reason Cybersecurity27
- 3Avira2
- 4Malwarebytes2
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education45organizations10.9Krecords–Ransomware victims214employee accounts
- 2Technology33organizations52.3Krecords–Ransomware victims75employee accounts
- 3Finance4organizations5.3Krecords–Ransomware victims18employee accounts
- 4Telecommunications4organizations3.2Krecords–Ransomware victims18employee accounts
- 5Logistics and transport2organizations904records–Ransomware victims17employee accounts
- 6Entertainment and lifestyle2organizations1.5Krecords–Ransomware victims14employee accounts
- 7Retail and e-commerce9organizations8.4Krecords–Ransomware victims13employee accounts
- 8Manufacturing and industry6organizations616records–Ransomware victims11employee accounts
- 9Government7organizations18.5Krecords–Ransomware victims10employee accounts
- 10Professional services3organizations535records–Ransomware victims5employee accounts
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