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The Mandos Brief gives you a quick, 3-minute rundown of the week's top cybersecurity updates. It's your go-to source for staying informed and cyber-aware, fast.

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mandos brief cybersecurity leadership newsletter week 5 of 2025

Brief #89: DeepSeek AI Breach, TeamViewer Zero-Day, AWS Security Automation

Critical vulnerabilities in TeamViewer and Apple M-Series chips expose millions to attacks. ESXi ransomware actors evolve tactics using SSH tunneling

Feb 2 9 min read
mandos brief newsletter for cybersecurity leaders week 4 of 2025

Brief #88: PayPal Security Fine, Cisco's AI-SOC, Critical Palo Alto Vulnerabilities

Subaru's admin panel flaw enabled unauthorized vehicle control. ChatGPT crawler vulnerability enables DDoS attacks.

Jan 26 9 min read
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
mandos brief week 2 2025

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
mandos brief cybersecurity newsletter covering week 1 of 2025

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
mandos brief cybersecurity newsletter week 52 of 2024

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
mandos brief cybersecurity newsletter edition for week 50 of 2024

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
mandos brief cybersecurity newsletter week 49 of 2024

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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