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April 27, 2026 Emerging Threats Weekly

This week’s briefing covers: The attack chain invokes two preparatory batch scripts before the final wiper stage. Those scripts disable services, enumerate users, change passwords, log off sessions, disable network interfaces and begin destructive actions with diskpart, robocopy and fsutil before the final payload is launched. Dive deeper.

Darling Ingredients Consolidates Vendors, Increases Agility, and Saves $750K+ Annually with Cato

As Darling Ingredients expanded, so did the opportunity to modernize how its global operations are connected and secured. With the Cato SASE Platform, the Darling Ingredients’ IT team replaced complexity with consistency, reduced costs, and gained the agility to support smarter growth, elevating IT as a strategic partner to the business.

How AKRF Orchestrated a Network Shift, Optimizing IT to Drive Expansion

The consulting firm wanted a secure, reliable network to better manage resources for modern applications so employees could work more effectively. With the Cato SASE Platform, they got that and much more: centralized visibility, control, and the foundation for secure growth.

The Silent Data Problem in Hospitals

We’ve all been there: a temporary file created for a claim gets saved and forgotten. Ten years later, that "temporary" file is a massive liability. Stephen Bader from Powers Health shares how they are tackling sensitive data sprawl. It’s not malicious; it’s just how work happens. But identifying and securing that PHI is a multi-year project every healthcare system needs to start today. Hear how Powers Health is cleaning up their data footprint with Josh Howell.

[Webinar] How to Detect Privileged Access Misuse Early | Syteca

Privileged accounts are one of the most common attack paths, yet misuse often goes unnoticed until serious damage is done. As identity becomes the new security perimeter, cybersecurity leaders face a growing challenge: privileged misuse often looks like normal administrative activity until real damage has already occurred. Watch this webinar to explore how organizations can move beyond traditional privileged access management and build an effective early detection strategy for privilege-based threats.

SecurityScorecard Weekly Brief: The Cyber Risk and Policy Edition - Amanda Smith

In this week’s Weekly Brief: The Cyber Risk and Policy Edition, SecurityScorecard’s Director, Public Sector Channel Amanda Smith breaks down why the U.S. war with Iran is more than just what takes place on the physical battlefront. In 2026, as conflict unfolds in the Middle East, the digital battlefield has a direct impact on the homeland and U.S. critical infrastructure, too. “It's a global digital confrontation that hits a lot closer to home than a lot of people realize.”

The Deep Dive | The New AI Workforce: Governing Agentic Access with JumpCloud 04.24.2026

Join us for a look into Agentic IAM: treating AI as visible, governed workforce access. We’ll discuss our MVP focus on provisioning MCP servers through JumpCloud to register actors, control access to data, and audit activity—a secure starting point for agentic growth.