Group-IB High-Tech Crime Trends 2026

Cybercrime is no longer defined by isolated breaches. By compromising upstream vendors, SaaS platforms, open-source projects, and managed service providers, attackers inherit trusted access to hundreds of downstream organizations, transforming single intrusions into cascading, multi-victim incidents.

The High-Tech Crime Trends Report 2026 reveals how this shift has industrialized cybercrime, exposed the limits of perimeter-based defenses, and elevated identity and trust as the new primary attack surfaces.

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