Italy
Italy Infostealer Threat Report — October 2026
10/01/2026 – 10/31/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: ACREED (12.6% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Technology. Leaked accounts fell by 26.6% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Italy3,754
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodOct 1, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026
Risk score
37-8vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 3,754
- Android devices
- 1,873
- Domains
- 49,748
- Employee accounts
- 5,500
- Customer accounts
- 331,505
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1ACREED474
- 2REMUS165
- 3VIDAR157
- 4STEALC114
- 5REDLINE97
- 6ELYSIUM STEALER33
- 7LUMMAC31
- 8MACSYNC STEALER29
- 9AURA STEALER18
- 10GHOSTBUSTERS STEALER7
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender187
- 2Malwarebytes5
- 3Reason Cybersecurity3
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Technology27organizations81.1Krecords2Ransomware victims2,106employee accounts
- 2Education35organizations10.2Krecords1Ransomware victims161employee accounts
- 3Telecommunications6organizations7.6Krecords–Ransomware victims139employee accounts
- 4Finance5organizations12.9Krecords–Ransomware victims111employee accounts
- 5Government17organizations17.3Krecords–Ransomware victims110employee accounts
- 6Nonprofit5organizations3.7Krecords–Ransomware victims17employee accounts
- 7Manufacturing and industry9organizations4.8Krecords11Ransomware victims13employee accounts
- 8Logistics and transport4organizations4.5Krecords–Ransomware victims12employee accounts
- 9Media5organizations17.2Krecords–Ransomware victims8employee accounts
- 10Retail and e-commerce2organizations35.7Krecords2Ransomware victims6employee accounts
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