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Singapore turns to Israeli cyber spies again

According to our sources, competition is getting increasingly stiff in the overcrowded government interceptions and cyber-intelligence market in Singapore. [...] (465 words)

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Tsan Chan ready to propel Singaporean cyber policy forward

NSO keeps a foot in Singapore thanks to TRD

French businessman Hervé Vinciguerra makes further investment in NSO founder's cyber empire

PCS increasingly essential to Israeli cyber specialists in the city-state

Singapore's Coseinc disappearing from internet following US sanctions

Wi-Fi protocol evolution is turning agencies away from dedicated interception systems

Blacklisted by the US, zero day distributor COSEINC works on for China's Pwnzen

After NSO, Emir of Dubai hires Israel's Sygnia as cyber counter-expert in custody battle with ex-wife

Cognyte consolidates its position in Indonesian cyber intelligence market

Quadream and InReach slog it out in court even as business booms

British govt. looks to halt SS7 hacking in Channel Islands

Candiru receives boost from investors linked to Qatar

Cronus, Omri Lavie-Prytek's main target

Chun Kay Chua teams with Denmark's OMT in Jakarta

InReach, mysterious Quadream's Cyprus relative

Unit 8200 parts ways with cyber reservists

Cyber specialists flock to HTX, Singapore's new technology lab

Western cyber-attack experts make beeline for South East Asia

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Interionet, former NSO team's new offensive cyber firm

Cyber leader Verint attacked by ransomware

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Israel's SIGINT specialist NSO struggles in the Lion City

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Lee Fook Sun oversees cybersecurity as Ensign's chairman

Thales goes all out to land satellite order

Emerging SIGINT powers seek own cyber-bounty hunters

Israeli SIGINT firms caught between unsteady IPOs and fund-raising

NSO chiefs' Founders Group invests in cybersecurity firms

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