The Mandos Brief

Weekly cybersecurity market intelligence

Market pulse, proprietary signals from 9,000+ tracked products and 3,200+ vendors, and the CISO buyer take. Ten minutes, every Monday.

Three sections. Ten minutes. Every Monday.

The cybersecurity market, made readable in the time it takes to drink your coffee.

Market Pulse

The week's biggest cybersecurity funding rounds, M&A deals, and category shifts. With a "what it signals" column, so you know what each move means for your competitive landscape.

Mandos Signal

One proprietary data story per week, pulled from CybersecTools (9,000+ products tracked) and CybersecRadars (3,200+ vendors). Momentum gainers, hiring trends, category leadership shifts. Insights you cannot get anywhere else.

CISO Take

Thirteen years on the cybersecurity buyer side, translated into concrete advice on what would actually move a CISO this week and what would not.

What you get in every issue

Three sections. Built to make the cybersecurity market readable in ten minutes.

Section 1 / 3 min

Market Pulse

The week's biggest funding rounds, M&A deals, and category shifts. Each row tagged with what it signals for the competitive landscape.

Section 2 / 5 min

Mandos Signal

One proprietary data story per week from 9,000+ tracked products and 3,200+ vendors. Momentum, hiring, mindshare, category leadership. Insights you cannot get anywhere else.

Section 3 / 2 min

CISO Take

Thirteen years on the cybersecurity buyer side, translated into concrete advice on what would actually move a CISO this week and what would not.

Recent briefs

Browse the archive of past issues.

Newsletter mandos brief nikoloz kokhreidze week 09 of 2024
Mar 3, 2024 6 min read

Brief #41: 100k Infected Repos, Lazarus Zero-Day, Ubiquiti Hack

Ad fraud campaign using 8k+ domains, Lazarus Group's Windows zero-day exploit, and Russian hackers' Ubiquiti routers hijack.

Newsletter mandos brief week 8 of 2024, nikoloz kokhreidze
Feb 25, 2024 6 min read

Brief #40: APT Hacks US Pharmacies, Apple Shortcuts Flaw

US pharmacies hit by nation-state cyberattack, Apple Shortcuts vulnerability, Microsoft's PyRIT for AI security, SSH-Snake exploited, LockBit disrupted.

Newsletter mandos brief nikoloz kokhreidze week 07 of 2024
Feb 18, 2024 5 min read

Brief #39: iOS Trojan Steals FaceID, Akira Attacks & More

Week's focus: iOS Trojan GoldPickaxe targeting APAC, Akira ransomware exploits Cisco vulnerability. Plus, Exchange Server risk and state-sponsored attacks.

Newsletter mandos brief week 6 of 2024, nikoloz kokhreidze
Feb 11, 2024 5 min read

Brief #38: Dutch Military Hacked, BitLocker Bypassed and More

This week: Critical Linux Shim vulnerability exposed, Chinese espionage on Dutch Military, massive data theft by ResumeLooters, Ivanti's patch, BitLocker bypass.

Newsletter mandos brief week 05 of 2024
Feb 4, 2024 5 min read

Brief #37: Cloudflare Breach, AnyDesk Hacked & More

This week's highlights: Nation-state hacks Cloudflare, Vimeo used for malware delivery. Mercedes GitHub leak & EFB hacking risks.

Newsletter mandos brief week 4 of 2024, nikoloz kokhreidze
Jan 28, 2024 6 min read

Brief #36: APT29 Targets HPE, Blackwood APT & More

APT29's bold attacks on HPE and Microsoft, the rise of Blackwood APT with NSPX30, Jenkins server vulnerabilities, and more

Newsletter mandos brief week 03 of 2024
Jan 21, 2024 6 min read

Brief #35: Russian Hack Hits Microsoft, Naz.API Breached

Explore Mandos Brief #35, week 3 of 2024: Midnight Blizzard's Microsoft email breach, Naz.API's 70M password leak, Chrome's critical zero-day. Stay secure.

Newsletter mandos brief week 02 of 2024
Jan 14, 2024 5 min read

Brief #34: GitLab Zero-Click Hijack, Ivanti VPN Exploit and More

Explore Mandos Brief #34 for week 2 of 2024: GitLab's account takeover flaw, Ivanti VPN's APT exploitation, SpectralBlur backdoor, and latest ransomware decryptors.

Newsletter mandos brief cybersecurity coverage week 01 of 2024
Jan 7, 2024 6 min read

Brief #33: SMTP Smuggling, Google MultiLogin Exploit and More

SMTP Smuggling impacts email security, Google's MultiLogin exploit, BGP hijacking at Orange Spain, Bitwarden's CVE-2023-27706, and new DLL Hijacking in Windows.

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