Understanding the modern cybercrime landscape
Governments are the top global cybercrime target - but this item offers general market framing rather than APS-specific actionable guidance.
Key points
- HPE Threat Labs found governments were the most frequently targeted sector globally in 2025.
- AI-augmented cyber threats are a real and growing concern, but this article is primarily vendor-positioned content.
- Limited direct APS governance or policy signal - included for contextual awareness only.
Implications for Australian agencies
- Monitor Agencies tracking AI-augmented cyber threat trends may want to note the HPE Threat Labs report as a secondary source on government sector targeting rates.
Implications are AI-generated. Starting points, not advice — see methodology for how they're framed.
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"Understanding the modern cybercrime landscape"
Source: MIT Technology Review – AI
Published: 19 May 2026
URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1136925/understanding-the-modern-cybercrime-landscape/
This MIT Technology Review piece, drawing on HPE Threat Labs research, outlines five structural drivers of the modern cybercrime landscape: digital transformation, data proliferation, complex multivendor IT environments, geopolitical uncertainty, and evolving cyber threats. It notes governments were the most targeted sector globally in 2025. The article advocates AI-driven network platforms and zero-trust architectures as countermeasures, though the framing is broadly vendor-adjacent and pitched at enterprise CISOs rather than government policy or governance audiences.
Implications for Australian agencies:
- [Monitor] Agencies tracking AI-augmented cyber threat trends may want to note the HPE Threat Labs report as a secondary source on government sector targeting rates.
Retrieved from SIMS, 18 July 2026.