India
India 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 (69.3% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts fell by 15.4% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in India68,109
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodMay 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026
Risk score
42-4vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 68,109
- Android devices
- 37,803
- Domains
- 114,650
- Employee accounts
- 5,103
- Customer accounts
- 1,392,773
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR47,217
- 2ARKEI7,511
- 3LUMMAC4,776
- 4PUREV42,805
- 5REMUS2,137
- 6REDLINE1,297
- 7STEALC850
- 8SHAPESHIFTER145
- 9ELYSIUM STEALER33
- 10ACREED19
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender4,889
- 2Reason Cybersecurity67
- 3Quick Heal Total Security24
- 4Quick Heal IS Essentials11
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education237organizations100.4Krecords1Ransomware victims1,111employee accounts
- 2Technology164organizations391.8Krecords3Ransomware victims600employee accounts
- 3Nonprofit7organizations11.2Krecords–Ransomware victims370employee accounts
- 4Healthcare28organizations4.1Krecords1Ransomware victims114employee accounts
- 5Government36organizations216.0Krecords–Ransomware victims108employee accounts
- 6Travel and hospitality8organizations6.8Krecords1Ransomware victims104employee accounts
- 7Finance41organizations64.3Krecords–Ransomware victims99employee accounts
- 8Retail and e-commerce23organizations56.3Krecords–Ransomware victims77employee accounts
- 9Manufacturing and industry38organizations6.7Krecords2Ransomware victims74employee accounts
- 10Media12organizations43.0Krecords–Ransomware victims30employee accounts
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