France
France 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: PUREV4 (36% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Telecommunications. Leaked accounts rose by 13.2% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in France7,031
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodMay 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026
Risk score
57+16vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 7,031
- Android devices
- 2,643
- Domains
- 68,145
- Employee accounts
- 4,428
- Customer accounts
- 553,366
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1PUREV42,531
- 2REMUS1,342
- 3LUMMAC804
- 4REDLINE718
- 5VIDAR684
- 6SHUB STEALER99
- 7ARKEI73
- 8STEALC55
- 9SHAPESHIFTER54
- 10ELYSIUM STEALER51
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender1,313
- 2Reason Cybersecurity58
- 3Norton 360 for Gamers18
- 4Malwarebytes15
- 5Spybot - Search and Destroy7
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Telecommunications7organizations6.7Krecords–Ransomware victims528employee accounts
- 2Technology50organizations119.2Krecords3Ransomware victims400employee accounts
- 3Education43organizations16.5Krecords1Ransomware victims120employee accounts
- 4Manufacturing and industry13organizations5.5Krecords1Ransomware victims53employee accounts
- 5Government18organizations37.1Krecords3Ransomware victims43employee accounts
- 6Retail and e-commerce10organizations72.3Krecords–Ransomware victims32employee accounts
- 7Travel and hospitality5organizations10.1Krecords–Ransomware victims16employee accounts
- 8Finance5organizations19.2Krecords–Ransomware victims14employee accounts
- 9Professional services8organizations1.7Krecords5Ransomware victims14employee accounts
- 10Entertainment and lifestyle8organizations5.8Krecords–Ransomware victims11employee accounts
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