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Crypto theft, Vercel breach, Mastodon attack, North Korean IT in US & cyber negotiator guilty [316]

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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.

How Do AI Agents Create Data Exfiltration Risk?

AI agents create data exfiltration risk by combining three capabilities that are dangerous together: access to private data, exposure to untrusted content, and the ability to communicate externally. When all three exist in one agent, an attacker can hide instructions inside an email, document, or webpage the agent processes and trick it into sending sensitive data out. No software vulnerability is required. The attacker doesn't need to break in. They just need to talk to your agent.

New Partnership With Friends Against Scams: Together Against Cybercrime

We're excited to announce our new partnership with Friends Against Scams, a National Trading Standards initiative working to protect people from scams across the UK. Together, we've created a cybercrime factsheet to help individuals understand the threats they face online, who is most at risk, and where to turn for support.

Privacy in Enterprise AI: Why It's the Foundation, Not a Feature

Last week, OpenAI released Privacy Filter, an open-weight model for detecting and redacting PII in text. It is a thoughtful release: Apache 2.0 licensed, able to run locally, designed for high-throughput workflows, and built to go beyond regex-based detection. This is good news for everyone building enterprise AI. Privacy at the model layer is getting real attention. What we liked most was how clearly OpenAI described the role of the model.

BlueNoroff Uses ClickFix, Fileless PowerShell, and AI-Generated Fake Zoom Meetings to Target Web3 Sector

Arctic Wolf has identified a targeted intrusion against a North American Web3/cryptocurrency company, which we attribute with a high confidence level to BlueNoroff, a financially motivated subgroup of DPRK’s Lazarus Group.