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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
StoneTurn, Nardello, Dragonfly, Deloitte & Touche

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to New York, London and Arlington.

New York StoneTurn brings in a local veteran to get itself off the ground in Singapore.

New York Nardello recruits Kennedy in London.

London Dragonfly aims to spread its wings.

Arlington Deloitte & Touche operates DARPA's cyber recognition programme.

Pangu Lab, Chinese ally of Singapore's zero-day reseller Coseinc, exposes NSA cyber operations

Close to Singapore's zero-day vulnerabilities broker Coseinc and Chinese cybersecurity giant Qi An Xin, China's Pangu Lab has published a lengthy report on a threat campaign attributed to the NSA-linked advance persistent threat group Equation Group.

Microchip technology champion ASML tries to balance interests in China, US and Taiwan

In the midst of the global battle for semiconductor supplies, ASML is lobbying the US to ease export restrictions to China. But for Washington, this is out of the question, as the New Zealand group is the main supplier of machine tools to Taiwan, the chip-making king.

The Agencies' Gazette
SNRP, Kazakh security service, SGDSN, DNI report on Chinese ports

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Kazakhstan Like the KNB, President Tokayev brings in allies to lead security service

France SGDSN sees value in serious games

United States DNI called again to report on Chinese-controlled ports

France Prison intelligence service gains access to training reserved for the intelligence community's inner circle

Ex-NSA Keith Alexander firmly behind Amazon as it expands in Middle East

Keith Alexander's cybersecurities firm IronNet continues to pursue markets in the Gulf states with a new, secret public contract, on the heels of its partner Amazon which is poised to open a new office in Kuwait.

Spotlight
Bracket f, the new cyber gem of NSA senior TAO officials

Tim Kosiba has just joined the private sector at bracket f, US cybersecurity specialist Redacted's subsidiary for defence contracts, after heading the NSA division Computer Network Operations (CNO, ex-Tailored Access Operations) up to 2019.

Linkedin strengthens threat intelligence with former Facebook staff

Professional social network Linkedin has been singled out as a Chinese intelligence data source and is strengthening its threat intelligence department by recruiting from Meta (formerly Facebook), which has been extending its teams in this field over the past three years.

Kazakhstan recruits US and Kazakh advisers in Stati legal battle

The Kazakh government remains embroiled in a lengthy legal wrangle with Moldovan businessmen Anatol and Gabriel Stati, with recent hearings in the US involving an army of advisers from New York and Nur Sultan.

Pro-UAE Yemenis enlist services of adviser in Washington

The Southern Transitional Council, which readily asserts its position among Yemen's anti-Houthi forces, has sent an envoy to the US capital to advocate on its behalf and report back to both Aden and Abu Dhabi.

Britain's UAE-focused PR firm Brunswick sets sights on Saudi Arabia

The PR firm which handles UAE's cultural soft power has hired Canadian Gulf cultural heritage expert France Desmarais, the brains behind the promotion of Saudi Arabia's Diriyah Gate development, as Abu Dhabi and Riyadh jostle for a place on the world's cultural heritage map.

Potential Iraqi Rafale purchase publicised by Norman Ricklefs unlikely to fly

The Australian consultant who has long made Iraq his home caused a stir in the world of French defence last week with remarks that Baghdad wants to purchase Rafale jets and drones from France. In Paris, however, the project is still very much in its infancy, even almost non-existent.

RF interception specialist Kleos follows Satellogic into the Americas

The Luxembourg-based British operator of radio frequency reconnaissance satellites, which until now had bypassed analytics platforms, has formed a partnership with the US-Argentine earth observation specialist Satellogic to combine their data into one such platform.

Orbital Insight shields US GPS from interference

In the face of mounting intentional GNSS interference, especially from Russia, US defence is working to make its satellite-based radionavigation system more resilient, a concern shared by numerous other countries.

Charges against Big Pharma in Iraq fuelled by investigation led by former CIA executives

The legal action started by law firm Sparacino against five pharmaceuticals companies for alleged terrorism financing attracted heavy media coverage. The lawsuit, which was validated last month by a Washington appeal court judge, is based on the work of a squad of former intelligence officers turned private investigators.

New US Chinese monitor SinaCyber takes bow

US experts on Chinese cyber are to address congress on the Chinese threat this week. Former Crowdstrike analyst Adam Kozy, who recently established the solo firm SinoCyber, will be among them.

First In, the fund backed by US cyberdefence veterans

Headed by a group of former cyberintelligence officials, the cyber-focused venture capital firm is beefing up its capacities to bid for Pentagon contracts.