Advanced Persistent Threats as we know them will cease to exist in 2016, replaced by deeper, embedded attacks that are harder to detect and trace back to the perpetrators. Cyber-mercenaries will grow in number as more parties seek to gain from online attacks. Alternative payment systems such as ApplePay and AndroidPay, as well as stock exchanges will become growing targets for financial cyber-attack. Ransomware will gain ground on banking Trojans and is expected to extend into new areas such as OS X devices, often owned by wealthier and therefore more lucrative targets.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/the-concept-of-advanced-and-persistent-will-disappear/