Global technology consulting firm Accenture released their Cyber Threatscape Report 2018. The report highlights five key areas influencing the cyber threat landscape, including the expectation of Iran-based threat actors and groups to continue their malicious activity and increase capabilities for the foreseeable future, they also suggest the increased repurposing of popular malware could lead to the use of ransomware for destructive purposes by Iranian state-sponsored organizations. Other concerns discussed are the continuation of supply chain attacks, greater focus on IT-OT convergence priorities for critical infrastructure organizations, and the ongoing surge of cryptocurrency mining into 2019. In light of these threats, Accenture encourages organizations to operate on a continuous response model - always assume you have been breached - and use your incident response and threat hunting teams to look for the next breach. Accenture