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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 #22 week 42 2023 Okta Breach, Brave's Stealthy VPN, Weak Admin Passwords

Brief #22: Okta Breach, Brave's Stealthy VPN, Weak Passwords

Explore Mandos Brief #22 for week 42 of 2023: Dive into Okta's token breach, Brave Browser's VPN issue, weak 'admin' passwords, and SolarWinds vulnerabilities.

Oct 22 4 min read
Mandos Brief #21 covering key cybersecurity topics

Brief #21: Record Breaking DDoS Attack, Curl Vulnerability

Mandos Brief, Week 41 2023: The largest DDoS attacks in history exploiting a Zero-Day vulnerability, AvosLocker ransomware defense tips from FBI and CISA.

Oct 15 3 min read
DNA breach, Atlassian zero-day vulnerability, QakBot malware, Clorox cyber attack, and Sony ransomware incidents.

Brief #20: 23andMe DNA Breach, Atlassian 0-Day Under Attack

Mandos Brief, Week 40 2023: 23andMe DNA data breach, Atlassian's critical zero-day vulnerability, QakBot malware's comeback and Sony's dual ransomware attacks.

Oct 8 4 min read
mandos brief #19 week 39 2023

Brief #19: GPUzip Data Leak, Russia's $20M 0-day Bug Bounty

Mandos Brief, Week 39 2023: BlackTech's stealthy Cisco router attacks, Google's rapid patch for a critical libvpx zero-day, the alarming GPUzip data leak.

Oct 1 4 min read
Mandos Brief #18 covering Microsoft Data Leak, Cisco-Splunk Deal, Apple Zero-Days, LastPass Security, and OpenAI Red Teaming

Brief #18: Microsoft's 38TB Leak, Cisco's Splunk Acquisition

Mandos Brief, Week 38 2023: Microsoft's 38TB data leak, Cisco's acquisition of Splunk, LastPass's new security measures, and OpenAI's Red Teaming Network.

Sep 24 4 min read
mandos brief #17 - week 37 2023

Brief #17: MGM Attack, Kubernetes Flaws, 3AM Ransomware

Mandos Brief, Week 37 2023: analysis of the MGM cyber attack, critical Kubernetes vulnerabilities, the new 3AM ransomware, Lazarus Group's CoinEx hack.

Sep 17 5 min read
mandos brief #16 - week 36 2023

Brief #16: MacOS Malware, GenAI Security Flaws, and More

Mandos Brief, Week 36 2023: Unveiling the Atomic MacOS Stealer malware, W3LL's phishing kit, iOS 16.6.1 update insights, and the security flaws in GenAI.

Sep 10 5 min read
mandos brief #15 - week 35 2023

Brief #15: QakBot Takedown, TPM Bypass, DBJammer Attacks

Mandos Brief, Week 35 2023: dismantling of the QakBot botnet, a critical TPM vulnerability, the DBJammer ransomware campaign, severe SSH flaw in VMware.

Sep 4 6 min read
mandos brief #14 - week 34 2023

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.

Aug 28 6 min read

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