United States of America
United States of America 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: LUMMAC (41.1% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts fell by 0.1% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in United States of America25,587
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodAug 1, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026
Risk score
50-13vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 25,587
- Android devices
- 9,940
- Domains
- 163,491
- Employee accounts
- 7,070
- Customer accounts
- 1,737,228
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1LUMMAC10,523
- 2VIDAR7,929
- 3PUREV42,254
- 4REDLINE1,869
- 5REMUS675
- 6ACREED418
- 7STEALC402
- 8SHAPESHIFTER156
- 9MACSYNC STEALER33
- 10ELYSIUM STEALER30
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender1,097
- 2Reason Cybersecurity30
- 3Malwarebytes7
- 4Norton 360 for Gamers4
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education502organizations80.9Krecords–Ransomware victims1,787employee accounts
- 2Technology131organizations469.9Krecords43Ransomware victims380employee accounts
- 3Telecommunications20organizations23.0Krecords–Ransomware victims223employee accounts
- 4Healthcare41organizations20.9Krecords70Ransomware victims208employee accounts
- 5Government42organizations58.3Krecords11Ransomware victims167employee accounts
- 6Entertainment and lifestyle6organizations20.5Krecords–Ransomware victims118employee accounts
- 7Retail and e-commerce41organizations136.3Krecords28Ransomware victims111employee accounts
- 8Logistics and transport13organizations12.7Krecords14Ransomware victims66employee accounts
- 9Finance25organizations125.4Krecords29Ransomware victims56employee accounts
- 10Manufacturing and industry26organizations11.4Krecords66Ransomware victims54employee accounts
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