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 week 45 of 2024 cybersecurity
Nov 10, 2024 9 min read

Brief #77: PAN-OS Vulnerability, Google's AI Finds SQLite Bug, AWS Cert Tops Pay List

Criminals exploiting DocuSign APIs for fraud. Apple offers $1M for PCC vulnerabilities. Latest security acquisitions.

Newsletter nikoloz kokhreidze mandos brief newsletter for cybersecurity in week 44 of 2024
Nov 3, 2024 9 min read

Brief #76: 19M Records Exposed, AI Generates 25% of Code, CrowdStrike Lawsuit

Multiple critical vulnerabilities in NetIQ iManager, cybersecurity workforce growth stalls, and AI reshapes code development at Google.

Newsletter mandos brief cybersecurity newsletter week 43 of 2024
Oct 27, 2024 9 min read

Brief #75: Fortinet Zero-Day, Agentic AI Risks, Growring Strategic Influence of CISOs

Critical Fortinet zero-day affecting 50+ victims, SharePoint vulnerability added to CISA catalog, and APT29's sophisticated phishing campaign targeting military sectors.

Newsletter cybersecurity updates on mandos brief for week 42 of 2024
Oct 20, 2024 8 min read

Brief #74: Cybersecurity Salaries Soar, Microsoft Loses Security Logs, PAM trends

Critical Kubernetes flaw enables root access. Safari bypass grants camera access. Cloud security engineers earn around $136K. AI introduces new zero-day vulnerabilities.

Newsletter cybersecurity updates on mandos brief week 41 of 2024
Oct 13, 2024 7 min read

Brief #73: Casio Breach, Ivanti Zero-Day,CISO Compensation

Ivanti CSA zero-days exploited. AI detects novel email scams. CISOs crucial in M&A cybersecurity. Global security workforce stalls.

Newsletter mandos brief week 40 of 2024
Oct 6, 2024 9 min read

Brief #72: NVIDIA flaw, 3.8 Tbps Cloudflare DDoS, AWS AI hijacking

Mysterious Linux malware exploiting misconfigurations, LLMs' package hallucination risks, and new API Security Maturity Model

Newsletter mandos brief cybersecruity covering week 39 of 2024
Sep 29, 2024 9 min read

Brief #71: Storm-0501 Targets Hybrid Clouds, CUPS RCE Flaw, AI Security Challenges, Wiz's $20B Valuation

Storm-0501 ransomware targets hybrid clouds, CUPS vulnerability allows Linux RCE, AI models face sophisticated attacks, and Wiz discusses $15-20B valuation. CISOs navigate AI hype and technical debt.

Newsletter mandos brief for week 38 of 2024
Sep 22, 2024 10 min read

Brief #70: China's 260K-Device Botnet Thwarted, SolarWinds RCE Flaw, macOS Zero-Click Exploit, AI in Compliance

FBI dismantles massive China-backed botnet, SolarWinds patches critical RCE flaw, zero-click macOS vulnerability discovered, and AI revolutionizes compliance monitoring.

Newsletter mandos brief week 37 of 2024
Sep 15, 2024 10 min read

Brief #69: Fortinet Breach, Vision Pro Vulnerability, AI Security Risks, $2.65B Mastercard Acquisition

Fortinet acknowledges data breach, Apple patches Vision Pro vulnerability, OpenAI releases new AI models, Mastercard acquires Recorded Future for $2.65B, and the rise of Application Detection and Response (ADR).

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