Pakistan
Pakistan 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: VIDAR (32.7% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts fell by 16% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in Pakistan9,527
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodOct 1, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026
Risk score
42-54vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 9,527
- Android devices
- 3,762
- Domains
- 62,839
- Employee accounts
- 1,645
- Customer accounts
- 427,423
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infectionsTop 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender1,240
- 2Reason Cybersecurity28
- 3ESET Security1
- 4Malwarebytes1
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education81organizations25.5Krecords–Ransomware victims244employee accounts
- 2Technology51organizations119.3Krecords–Ransomware victims84employee accounts
- 3Government15organizations35.1Krecords–Ransomware victims41employee accounts
- 4Retail and e-commerce10organizations18.0Krecords–Ransomware victims24employee accounts
- 5Manufacturing and industry3organizations1.7Krecords–Ransomware victims22employee accounts
- 6Telecommunications4organizations1.5Krecords–Ransomware victims21employee accounts
- 7Healthcare4organizations1.9Krecords2Ransomware victims19employee accounts
- 8Nonprofit3organizations5.4Krecords–Ransomware victims10employee accounts
- 9Finance7organizations14.8Krecords–Ransomware victims9employee accounts
- 10Gaming and betting4organizations9.9Krecords–Ransomware victims8employee accounts
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