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Nikoloz Kokhreidze

Nikoloz Kokhreidze

Fractional CISO & Founder of CybersecTools | Strategic Security Advisor for B2B Scale-Ups & Cybersecurity Vendors

208 Security Leadership Insights

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Brief #145: CISO Liability Hits 78%, Trump Bans Anthropic, Check Point's $150M AI Push

Brief #145: CISO Liability Hits 78%, Trump Bans Anthropic, Check Point's $150M AI Push

Insider risk costs surge to $19.5M per org as shadow AI creates invisible data loss. CISA leadership in chaos during government shutdown.

Mar 1 7 min read
Brief #144: FortiGate AI Attack Hits 55 Countries, Password Manager Vaults Exposed, Zscaler Acquires SquareX

Brief #144: FortiGate AI Attack Hits 55 Countries, Password Manager Vaults Exposed, Zscaler Acquires SquareX

WEF reports 87% of leaders flag AI as fastest-growing risk. Claroty raises $150M at $3B valuation with 2027 IPO planned.

Feb 22 7 min read
Brief #143: Check Point Spends $340M on Four Acquisitions in 60 Days

Brief #143: Check Point Spends $340M on Four Acquisitions in 60 Days

Check Point just dropped $150 million on three Israeli startups in a single earnings call. That's on top of the $190 million Lakera AI deal two months ago.

Feb 15 8 min read
Brief #142: VMware ESXi Ransomware Exploit, GPT-4o Prompt Injection, Mesh Security's $12M Raise

Brief #142: VMware ESXi Ransomware Exploit, GPT-4o Prompt Injection, Mesh Security's $12M Raise

77% of advanced email threats bypass Microsoft E3/E5 defenses. LLMjacking marketplace sells stolen AI access at 60% discount.

Feb 8 8 min read
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Brief #141: 65% Abandon Prevention Strategy, Gemini Calendar Injection, Nike Breach

VS Code malware installs ScreenConnect RAT with Rust fallback mechanisms. AI cybercrime subscriptions start at $30/month enabling novice attackers. Automotive security market hits $28B by 2036.

Feb 1 7 min read
Brief #140: 6K Palo Alto Firewalls Exposed, $217K Email Breach Costs, Rapid7-ARMO Deal

Brief #140: 6K Palo Alto Firewalls Exposed, $217K Email Breach Costs, Rapid7-ARMO Deal

First AI-generated malware framework VoidLink built in under a week with rootkit capabilities. 50% of SMBs already breached while only 34% have incident response plans. FortiGate SSO exploits create persistence accounts.

Jan 25 7 min read
Brief #139: AWS SDK Supply Chain Flaw, AI Cuts Breach Time to 25 Min, CrowdStrike Buys Seraphic

Brief #139: AWS SDK Supply Chain Flaw, AI Cuts Breach Time to 25 Min, CrowdStrike Buys Seraphic

Microsoft patches actively exploited Windows flaw enabling ransomware bypass. 99% of organizations running production AI experienced attacks. Change Healthcare breach cost $1.15B, exposed 190M records.

Jan 18 7 min read
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Brief #138: 41% Hired AI Deepfake Candidates, Zestix Breaches 50+ Enterprises, CrowdStrike $740M Deal

AI-generated code contains 1.7x more security vulnerabilities and 75% more logic errors than human-written code. Defense contractors leaked ITAR-controlled blueprints due to missing MFA enforcement.

Jan 11 9 min read
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Brief #137: Chrome Extension Supply Chain Attack, MCP Servers Expose AWS Keys, Record CVE Year

15.28% of employees run unverified MCP servers accessing credentials with zero visibility. Experienced CISSP holders apply to 100+ jobs for single interview as AI screening dominates. Manufacturing hit hardest by Google Cloud phishing at 19.6% of targets.

Jan 4 8 min read

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