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 #14 - week 34 2023
Aug 28, 2023 6 min read

Brief #14: LockBit Leak, CloudNordic Ransom, WinRAR 0-Day

Mandos Brief, Week 34 2023: The LockBit 3.0 ransomware leak, CloudNordic's devastating attack, WinRAR's zero-day vulnerability, Tesla's data breach and more.

Newsletter mandos brief #13 - week 33 2023
Aug 21, 2023 7 min read

Brief #13: LinkedIn Hack, Google's Quantum Security, PS Vulns

Mandos Brief, Week 33 2023: LinkedIn hacking campaign, Google's quantum-resilient security, vulnerabilities in CODESYS, PowerShell Gallery flaws, and more.

Newsletter mandos brief #13 - week 32 2023
Aug 14, 2023 5 min read

Brief #12: Intel's Downfall CPU Flaw, Tesla's Jailbreak and More

Mandos Brief, Week 32 2023: Intel's "Downfall" vulnerability, Tesla's unpatchable infotainment jailbreak, North Korea's cyber espionage on Russia and more.

Newsletter mandos brief #11 - week 30 2023
Aug 7, 2023 6 min read

Brief #11: US Hospital Cyberattack, Stealthy MacOS Malware

Mandos Brief, Week 31 2023: A nationwide cyberattack on US hospitals, the discovery of a stealthy MacOS malware, Canon printers exposing Wi-Fi data and more.

Newsletter mandos brief #10 - week 30 2023
Jul 31, 2023 6 min read

Brief #10: SEC Cyber Disclosure Mandate, Ubuntu Vulnerabilities

Mandos Brief, Week 30 2023: LSEC's new cyber attack disclosure rules, privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Ubuntu, flaws in TETRA radio encryption and more.

Newsletter mandos brief #9 - week 29 2023
Jul 24, 2023 7 min read

Brief #9: Microsoft's Key Breach, US Military Emails Leak

Mandos Brief, Week 29 2023: Microsoft's security key breach, a typo causing US military emails leak, vulnerabilities in Citrix, SophosEncrypt malware and more.

Newsletter mandos brief #8 - week 28 2023
Jul 17, 2023 6 min read

Brief #8: Revolut's $20M Loss, ScarletEEL's Cloud Exploits

Mandos Brief, Week 28 2023: Revolut's costly loophole, ScarletEEL's cloud exploits, Storm0558's email breaches, ToiToin attacks South America and more .

Newsletter mandos brief #7 - week 27 2023
Jul 10, 2023 5 min read

Brief #7: Cyber Threats Target Law Firms, Ports, and More

Mandos Brief, Week 27 2023: Latest cybersecurity threats hitting law firms, ports, and the implications of France's new surveillance law, rising TrueBot malware

Newsletter mandos brief #6 - week 26 2023
Jul 3, 2023 5 min read

Brief #6: Top 25 Software Weaknesses, TSMC Ransomware

Mandos Brief, Week 26 2023: MITRE's top 25 software weaknesses, TSMC's ransomware predicament, strategies for a skilled cybersecurity workforce and more.

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