United States of America
United States of America Infostealer Threat Report — January 2026
01/01/2026 – 01/31/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: VIDAR (41.1% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Education.
Ransomware victims in United States of America24,093
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodJan 1, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026
Risk score
50
- Infected devices
- 24,093
- Android devices
- 8,752
- Domains
- 134,594
- Employee accounts
- 4,297
- Customer accounts
- 1,337,992
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1VIDAR9,911
- 2LUMMAC4,710
- 3STEALC3,062
- 4UNKNOWN2,177
- 5REDLINE1,512
- 6PUREV4569
- 7KATZ STEALER226
- 8SHAPESHIFTER169
- 9META148
- 10ELYSIUM STEALER100
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender5,481
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Education380organizations65.4Krecords12Ransomware victims1,145employee accounts
- 2Technology91organizations349.4Krecords50Ransomware victims222employee accounts
- 3Government38organizations47.5Krecords17Ransomware victims138employee accounts
- 4Telecommunications19organizations17.9Krecords–Ransomware victims115employee accounts
- 5Logistics and transport5organizations9.5Krecords–Ransomware victims69employee accounts
- 6Nonprofit11organizations10.1Krecords–Ransomware victims63employee accounts
- 7Gaming and betting9organizations70.4Krecords–Ransomware victims50employee accounts
- 8Retail and e-commerce24organizations102.5Krecords25Ransomware victims47employee accounts
- 9Manufacturing and industry16organizations8.8Krecords65Ransomware victims40employee accounts
- 10Healthcare18organizations15.0Krecords30Ransomware victims30employee accounts
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Report contents
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