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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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Brief #93: Trump Drops Russia Threats, Microsoft Copilot Leaks Private Data, NVIDIA's AI Red Teams

Two critical Microsoft Copilot vulnerabilities exposing private repos and corporate data. Orange Group confirms 12,000 files stolen by HellCat ransomware affiliate. jQuery dominates high-risk OSS flaws.

Mar 2 9 min read
mandos brief cybersecurity leadership newsletter week 8 of 2025

Brief #92: Russian APTs Target Signal, GitHub Security Issues, Importance of Career Growth

Security architects face limited career growth, GoLang backdoor using telegram as C2 channel, 86% of orgs have exposed secrets in private GitHub repos

Feb 23 9 min read
mandos brief cybersecurity leadership newsletter week 7 of 2025

Brief #91: AWS AMI Attack, NVIDIA Container Escape, InfoSec Salaries

Malicious AI models found on Hugging Face. Multiple PE firms compete for Trend Micro. Security leadership salaries reach $261.5K median

Feb 16 9 min read
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Brief #90: Microsoft Outlook RCE, Cloud Security Certs, OpenAI EU Data Centers

Major ASP.NET security breach affects thousands. AI platforms face new security challenges as malicious code discovered in ML models

Feb 9 9 min read
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
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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
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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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