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Mandos Brief week 3 of 2025 - newsletter for cybersecurity professionals and leaders

Brief #87: AWS S3 Ransomware, Google's 97% Automated Threat Detection, Microsoft AI Red Team Report

Critical AWS S3 ransomware campaign discovered. Snyk uploads suspicious NPM packages. Microsoft UEFI vulnerability enables Secure Boot bypass.

Jan 19 9 min read
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Brief #86: BeyondTrust API Exploit, Microsoft vs AI Hackers, OWASP Non-Human Identity Risks

Critical government systems compromised via API theft. New macOS malware emerges. DHS shares concrete guidance for AI implementation

Jan 12 8 min read
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Brief #85: Windows LDAP Exploit, Tenable Nessus Outage, Security Leadership Pay

Critical vulnerabilities in Windows Domain Controllers enable remote attacks, while VW subsidiary exposes 460,000 EV locations. RAND reveals AI security gaps

Jan 5 9 min read
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Brief #84: Chrome Extension Attacks, Amazon Redshift Vulns, PAN-OS DoS

Alarming burnout statistics show 25% of security leaders want to quit. 1.29TB of sensitive data exposed by Builder.ai. LLMs enable new malware evasion techniques.

Dec 29 9 min read
Brief #83: TP-Link Ban, LastPass Breach Impact, SOC Analyst Crisis

Brief #83: TP-Link Ban, LastPass Breach Impact, SOC Analyst Crisis

New vishing attacks target Teams users. APIs get compromised in under 2 minutes. Arctic Wolf makes major endpoint security move.

Dec 22 9 min read
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Brief #82: Apple iCloud Vulnerability, Cloud Security Skills Gap, SolarWinds ARM Flaw

Ultralytics AI library compromised through GitHub Actions. OWASP releases landmark LLM security framework. Citrix expands zero-trust capabilities through key acquisitions

Dec 15 9 min read
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Brief #81: OpenAI Container Risks, Cloudflare Tunnel Attacks, AWS IR Service Launch

Data breach costs hit new high of $4.88M. Wiz introduces cloud-native security platform while agentic AI reshapes security operations.

Dec 8 9 min read
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Brief #80: Cloudflare Data Loss, Godot Malware, Claude AI Vulnerability

AI systems show critical vulnerabilities. Supply chain attacks target npm. AWS naming conventions create security risks.

Dec 1 9 min read
mandos brief cybersecurity newsletter for week 47 of 2024

Brief #79: Apple Zero-Days, North Korean Threats, OWASP LLM Risks

McKinsey reveals $2T AI security market opportunity, while Apple patches critical zero-days and Wiz expands cloud security capabilities through strategic acquisition.

Nov 24 9 min read

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