Health-ISAC and CI-ISAC Australia joint white paper
As the fusion of espionage, hacktivism, and financially motivated crimes continues to meld together, there are a number of reasons for this trajectory, and many are dependent on the society in which the cybercrime originates.
Key Judgements
Nation-state threat actors have been observed empowering local cybercriminal outfits to
further geopolitical objectives.
A shadow industry of offensive cyber tooling research and development companies has
emerged, widening the R&D capabilities for state-sponsored cyber espionage groups.
Relationships between intelligence agencies and ransomware actors may be present,
increasing the sophistication of financially driven cybercrime gangs.
Criminal elements offer plausible deniability to state-sponsored groups and may be used as
proxies to launch nation-state attacks.
Forward-facing intelligence consumption is essential to the success of organizations trying to
navigate the opaque threat landscape.
