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BLER pushes for Singapore venture with Cyberio despite shareholder spat 

The Israeli open source intelligence specialist BLER Systems is expanding its presence in Asia with help from Ukrainian OSINT expert Alina Sobko.

• MOSCOW - NtechLab founders' distance from firm not so clean cut

• DUBAI/ROME - Italy's Secom opens door to Europe for Rakia Group 

• WASHINGTON - Israeli anti-drone specialist Convexum after voice in Congress 

• LYON - Interpol seeks to monitor the seas 

Royal Technology Solutions, Tahnoon bin Zayed's personal cyber integrator 

National Security Adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed is strengthening his capacities via his firm Royal Technology Solutions by hiring cyber intelligence experts experienced in dealing with Emirati state entities.

• SPRINGFIELD - NGA looks for computer vision provider

• WASHINGTON - Peggy Lyons starts afresh at OSINT Foundation

• PARIS/DUBAI - French cyber sector united for GISEC

• IDAHO FALLS - Idaho National Laboratory's anti-cryptojacking algorithm still for sale

• TEL AVIV - Rayzone poaches NSO's head of sales for Africa

Ikon, the new face of Turkish-Singaporean interception software specialist BTT 

BTT, the Turkish software firm exposed in the Hacking Team leaks in 2015, has resurfaced as Ikon Arge Teknoloji thanks to a mysterious Singaporean partner.

NSO's man in Chad, Abdellatif Ramadan, scouts for new French contacts 

With Israel cracking down on exports, Chadian businessman Abdellatif Ramadan, who is assisting his country's intelligence services as they expand, has turned to France.

Ukraine aims to become independent in geospatial intelligence 

Ukraine, which is still dependent on the United States and its allies for geospatial intelligence, is striving to become more independent in this area, which is becoming a priority for the country's security services.

Lavina Pulse, Russia's "Cambridge Analytica", is looking to export its services to South East Asia 

Lavina Pulse, which is always ready to offer its influence skills to election candidates, is looking to expand into Asia.

• PARIS - Sekoia joins Thales on Big Challenge CTI project.

• NASHVILLE - Cyber risk expert Joel Bork leaves IronNet for Conquest Cyber.

• TEL AVIV/BERLIN - German spypaster Gunter Heiss leaves Labyrinth's advisory board

• SINGAPORE - Group-IB loses cybersecurity chief

• TUNIS/SHENZHEN/PARIS - Hytera loses Africa consultant

Ripjar, the Australian Signals Directorate's new big data analytics provider 

Ripjar has landed two back-to-back contracts. The British start-up founded by former GCHQ officers provides its data fusion and analytics platform, Labyrinth, to the Australian Signals Directorate.

Independent investigations war lurks behind BRG v NSO battle 

Behind the legal issues being fought over by the Israeli cyber intelligence group and the administrator of the fund that owns the company, Berkeley Research Group, lies a battle over the willingness to investigate its clients.

Kremlin's favourite OSINT expert helps Russian plans in Myanmar 

Andrei Masalovich, a former communications security officer who has become a private open source intelligence expert for the Russian security apparatus, has made another trip to Southeast Asia, a highly strategic destination for Moscow.

TeamT5, from Chinese cyber threat to counter-influence 

At a time when Taiwan and Washington are looking closely at reports on the imminent threat from Chinese cyber companies, Taiwan's TeamT5 is developing its Chinese influence operations monitoring tool.

Aselsan's new sensor ball fails to convince the foreign market 

In line with its "drone diplomacy" and in response to Canada's sanctions, Turkey is beefing up its domestic military production capabilities with the release of its new electro-optical system, CATS. However, Ankara's customers, including Poland and Turkmenistan, are not yet convinced.

Emirati big data specialist expands European footprint 

The Abu Dhabi-based big data analytics firm, which has so far kept out of the limelight, will attend ISS World Europe this June with plans to grow in Ukraine in addition to its base in Poland.

Canadian DPI firm Sandvine symbolises US double standards on spyware exports 

Canadian DPI (deep packet inspection) specialist Sandvine, funded by the US venture capital firm Francisco Partners, a former backer of Israel's NSO Group, has not been blacklisted by the US despite its raft of deals with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt.

Tough cyber talks underway between Tel Aviv and Washington 

The Israeli government is seeking to show it runs its cyber-industry responsibly after the Department of Commerce blacklisted the cyber companies NSO and Candiru.