Spotlight | Israel, United States
Israeli cyber sector in turmoil following abandonment of L3Harris-NSO takeover talks

Israel, United States
Blacklisted Israeli cyberintelligence firms hope for Trump victory

The military conflict in the Middle East is pushing the lobbyists of blacklisted Israeli cyberintelligence firms to redouble their efforts in the run-up to the November US presidential election.

The Tech Telegraph
US military trains Mexican cyber-fighters, Council of Europe looks for cyber advisers, L3Harris for AFRL

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

MexicoUS cyber fighters train Mexican personnel

StrasbourgCouncil of Europe on the hunt for cyber advisers

Rome, New YorkAFRL calls on L3Harris to create SIGINT tools for its 6th gen combat aircraft programme

Israel, United States
Biden's anti-spyware order spells trouble for Paragon

In restricting the use of spyware across all federal agencies, especially software used by foreign governments, the US president's new executive order could make life difficult for the Israeli provider Paragon on the US market.

Israel, United States
Paragon hires Holland & Knight to remain in Washington's good graces

Backed by Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Barak, cyberintelligence specialist Paragon has managed to remain on good terms with Washington. It nonetheless brought on a lobbying firm with a good track record in avoiding sanctions, Holland & Knight.

Israel
Netanyahu's cabinet pushes for changes to cyber export rules

Israel's new administration is looking at easing rules governing the export of offensive cybertools, which were tightened in 2021 following international outcry over the use of NSO's Pegasus spyware.

Austria
Under pressure, Austrian cybersecurity firm DSIRF overhauls management

Austria's DSIRF, which has come under attack in a number of recent reports, appointed a new CEO in August, Stefan Steinwender, a newcomer to the sector.

United States
NSO-L3-Harris deal fails but prompts calls from Congress for better control of cyberacquisitions

As part of the House of Representative's discussions on the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Democrat representative Tom Malinowski proposed an amendment aimed at assessing the US president's ability to block acquisitions of sanctioned foreign intelligence companies in a nod to the failed NSO deal.

Israel
Cyvera co-founder recasts as cyber intelligence expert with Incert Intelligence

Israeli cyber-intelligence specialist Incert Intelligence was created in 2016 by Moshe Ben Abu, a co-founder of the cyber-company Cyvera that was bought in 2014 by the US group Palo Alto Networks.

Italy
Ever on the offensive, bitCorp moves into secure communications

The small Italian company bitCorp, owned by two former Carabinieri intelligence officers, Gianluca Tirozzi and Christian Persurich, and already well established in cyber intelligence, is now seeking to enter the field of secure military communications via European funding.

Spotlight | Israel, Singapore
PCS increasingly essential to Israeli cyber specialists in the city-state

Israeli cyber-offensive companies have long been present in Singapore, but are now suffering from negative media exposure and are forced to rely more and more on the Singaporean parastatal company PCS Security.

Israel
Israel's sleight of hand cyber exports ban

According to Israel's leading financial newspaper, the Calcalist, the Israeli Ministry of Defence has set new restrictions on the export of dual-use goods and technologies to Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and some thirty other countries.