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 for week 52 of 2023
Dec 31, 2023 6 min read

Brief #32: Advanced iPhone Backdoor, EasyPark Breached

The last Mandos Brief of 2023 covers a sophisticated iPhone backdoor exploit, a massive digital skimming operation, and significant data breaches.

Newsletter mandos brief for week 51 of 2023
Dec 24, 2023 5 min read

Brief #31: Rockstar Hacked, Comcast Data Breach and More

Explore Rockstar Games breach by a Lapsus$ hacker, Comcast Xfinity's 36 million data breach, Google OAuth flaw, and more in week 51 of 2023

Newsletter mandos brief 30 for week 50 of 2023
Dec 17, 2023 6 min read

Brief #30: Kraft Heinz Breached, APT29 Exploits JetBrains

Ukraine's cyberattack on Russia's tax system, Kraft Heinz's alleged breach, APT29's JetBrains exploit, PyPI malware infiltration, Apache Struts' critical flaw.

Newsletter mandos brief week 49 2023
Dec 10, 2023 6 min read

Brief #29: Gov. Spying via Push Notifications, LogoFail Risks

Unveiling LogoFail's threat to devices, global push notification spying, and critical Bluetooth vulnerabilities.

Newsletter mandos brief for week 48 of 2023
Dec 3, 2023 6 min read

Brief #28: JAXA Breached, ChatGPT Data Extraction Attack

Unveiling Google Drive's Data Loss, ChatGPT Leak Method, Apple's Urgent Patches, Google Workspace's Design Flaw, and JAXA's AD Breach.

Newsletter mandos brief week 47 of 2023
Nov 26, 2023 6 min read

Brief #27: Kubernetes Leaks, Windows Hello Flaw, NXP Hack

Exposed Kubernetes secrets, Windows Hello bypass, NXP breach by Chimera, CyberLink attacked by North Korean group and Mac-targeting ClearFake campaign.

Newsletter mandos brief for week 46 2023
Nov 19, 2023 6 min read

Brief #26: ALPHV SEC Exploit, Appin's Espionage, CitrixBleed

Alphv/BlackCat's SEC extortion, Appin's cyberespionage transformation, CitrixBleed attacks, Microsoft's zero-day fixes, and Reptar's Intel CPU threat.

Newsletter mandos brief week 45 of 2023
Nov 12, 2023 6 min read

Brief #25: Ransomware Disrupts Cancer Treatment

Week 45/2023 in Brief: Ransomware in Canadian Hospitals, OpenAI DDoS Attack, Google Calendar RAT Exploit, BlazeStealer Malware, Cl0p Ransomware's New Offensive

Newsletter mandos brief week 44 of 2023
Nov 5, 2023 5 min read

Brief #24: SolarWinds CISO Sentenced, Okta Breached Again

Mandos Brief for week 44 of 2023: SolarWinds CISO charged, Okta's third-party breach, critical Windows driver vulnerabilities, CVSS 4.0, and Boeing ransomed.

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