Egypt
Egypt 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 (31.4% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts fell by 5.9% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Egypt4,329
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodMay 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026
Risk score
47+18vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 4,329
- Android devices
- 2,220
- Domains
- 23,410
- Employee accounts
- 683
- Customer accounts
- 192,318
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR1,359
- 2LUMMAC1,153
- 3PUREV4787
- 4ARKEI267
- 5REMUS198
- 6REDLINE194
- 7STEALC82
- 8SHAPESHIFTER43
- 9ELYSIUM STEALER15
- 10ACREED5
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender462
- 2Reason Cybersecurity8
- 3Kaspersky3
- 4Panda Dome2
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education50organizations11.0Krecords–Ransomware victims146employee accounts
- 2Telecommunications4organizations3.1Krecords–Ransomware victims90employee accounts
- 3Technology23organizations52.8Krecords–Ransomware victims56employee accounts
- 4Government7organizations33.5Krecords–Ransomware victims27employee accounts
- 5Healthcare3organizations1.1Krecords–Ransomware victims24employee accounts
- 6Entertainment and lifestyle3organizations1.1Krecords–Ransomware victims17employee accounts
- 7Retail and e-commerce5organizations8.0Krecords–Ransomware victims7employee accounts
- 8Professional services3organizations473records–Ransomware victims7employee accounts
- 9Finance1organizations5.1Krecords2Ransomware victims6employee accounts
- 10Travel and hospitality3organizations1.7Krecords2Ransomware victims5employee accounts
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