Egypt
Egypt Infostealer Threat Report — January 2026
01/01/2026 – 01/31/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: VIDAR (58.5% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education.
Ransomware victims in Egypt13,781
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodJan 1, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026
Risk score
50
- Infected devices
- 13,781
- Android devices
- 6,546
- Domains
- 33,154
- Employee accounts
- 1,181
- Customer accounts
- 268,741
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR8,063
- 2PUREV42,145
- 3STEALC1,494
- 4LUMMAC1,264
- 5REDLINE315
- 6UNKNOWN216
- 7META74
- 8KATZ STEALER48
- 9SHAPESHIFTER26
- 10ARKEI23
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender5,068
- 2Norton Security2
- 3Avast Antivirus1
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education58organizations17.8Krecords–Ransomware victims217employee accounts
- 2Technology31organizations75.8Krecords–Ransomware victims95employee accounts
- 3Retail and e-commerce11organizations13.7Krecords–Ransomware victims86employee accounts
- 4Telecommunications7organizations5.4Krecords–Ransomware victims51employee accounts
- 5Government2organizations24.2Krecords–Ransomware victims35employee accounts
- 6Professional services4organizations955records–Ransomware victims20employee accounts
- 7Finance6organizations8.4Krecords–Ransomware victims11employee accounts
- 8Healthcare4organizations1.3Krecords–Ransomware victims10employee accounts
- 9Manufacturing and industry3organizations845records1Ransomware victims7employee accounts
- 10Nonprofit2organizations2.5Krecords–Ransomware victims5employee accounts
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