United States of America
United States of America Infostealer Threat Report — February 2026
02/01/2026 – 02/28/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: VIDAR (48.2% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education. Leaked accounts rose by 17% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in United States of America42,509
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodFeb 1, 2026 - Feb 28, 2026
Risk score
58+8vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 42,509
- Android devices
- 15,514
- Domains
- 181,855
- Employee accounts
- 6,636
- Customer accounts
- 1,563,204
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR20,475
- 2MACSYNC STEALER5,579
- 3REDLINE3,289
- 4STEALC2,867
- 5LUMMAC2,271
- 6UNKNOWN2,035
- 7ARKEI1,930
- 8PUREV41,218
- 9SANTA STEALER644
- 10SHAPESHIFTER185
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender18,158
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education521organizations85.3Krecords11Ransomware victims1,639employee accounts
- 2Technology140organizations410.7Krecords52Ransomware victims511employee accounts
- 3Telecommunications25organizations18.5Krecords–Ransomware victims287employee accounts
- 4Retail and e-commerce35organizations118.4Krecords23Ransomware victims153employee accounts
- 5Government54organizations68.6Krecords15Ransomware victims120employee accounts
- 6Manufacturing and industry21organizations9.8Krecords57Ransomware victims88employee accounts
- 7Healthcare35organizations15.2Krecords51Ransomware victims69employee accounts
- 8Logistics and transport11organizations11.6Krecords14Ransomware victims63employee accounts
- 9Finance24organizations93.7Krecords40Ransomware victims58employee accounts
- 10Nonprofit16organizations12.4Krecords–Ransomware victims57employee accounts
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