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DGA gets new smartphones; CISA shares CTI with US; Turner heads Dragos ANZ; Elimelech joins Paragon

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.

United States
US's Intel 471, supplier to the Australian Signals Directorate, forced to tighten belt

A victim of the economic crisis and last year's crypto collapse, US private equity firm Thoma Bravo's losses have hit the cyber threat intelligence outfit Intel 471 and other firms in its cyber portfolio, under orders to slash costs.

Israel
Israel's cyber-intelligence firm Paragon launches mass recruitment of CTI researchers

The Israeli cyber-intelligence firm is hiring threat intelligence experts to make its operations more difficult to detect.

Australia, China
GRACosway lobbies for Chinese raw materials giants in Sydney

The Australian consulting firm was recently contracted to help Chinese state-owned companies to get closer to Australian politicians.

The Tech Telegraph
Whooster tested by US Marshals, Sergio Caltagirone leaves Dragos

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

ArlingtonUS Marshals call in Whooster for their OSINT.

BaltimoreFormer NSA analyst Sergio Caltagirone says goodbye to Dragos.

Spotlight | United States
Bug bounty platforms rethink US strategy on vulnerabilities

The US is looking to strengthen its management of computer vulnerabilities, a move that will be a boost to bug bounty firms such as HackerOne and Bugcrowd.

Australia
Dragos expands into Canberra's cyber protection

The US industry security specialist has won its first contract with the Australian intelligence community and now has the former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's help in securing more.

France
French cyber soldiers are more interested in Apple's smartphone vulnerabilities than Huawei's

DGA-MI, which is responsible for cyber defence at the French armed forces ministry, has issued a new shopping list as it pursues its investigations into smartphones and tablet security weaknesses. Its list is not based on the phone manufacturers' market shares, however, and gives an idea of the lines of research the French military are pursuing.