India
India 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: VIDAR (79.4% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education.
Ransomware victims in India93,940
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodAug 1, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026
Risk score
50
- Infected devices
- 93,940
- Android devices
- 48,168
- Domains
- 120,669
- Employee accounts
- 6,479
- Customer accounts
- 1,522,587
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR74,581
- 2PUREV43,586
- 3LUMMAC2,847
- 4REMUS2,720
- 5STEALC2,390
- 6REDLINE1,341
- 7SHAPESHIFTER55
- 8ACREED47
- 9ELYSIUM STEALER12
- 10AURA STEALER4
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender6,867
- 2Reason Cybersecurity78
- 3Avast46
- 4Kaspersky21
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education258organizations111.2Krecords1Ransomware victims1,086employee accounts
- 2Technology187organizations403.4Krecords4Ransomware victims894employee accounts
- 3Nonprofit7organizations12.4Krecords–Ransomware victims427employee accounts
- 4Retail and e-commerce33organizations55.7Krecords1Ransomware victims274employee accounts
- 5Healthcare29organizations5.4Krecords3Ransomware victims218employee accounts
- 6Finance61organizations69.6Krecords2Ransomware victims210employee accounts
- 7Government38organizations279.8Krecords–Ransomware victims181employee accounts
- 8Manufacturing and industry40organizations7.4Krecords10Ransomware victims109employee accounts
- 9Entertainment and lifestyle10organizations9.0Krecords–Ransomware victims105employee accounts
- 10Professional services15organizations7.7Krecords1Ransomware victims81employee accounts
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