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The facade of the Travellers Club, at 106 Pall Mall, London. © Google Maps

Spy Way Of Life

UNITED KINGDOM 29/07/2022

The Travellers Club: where big business meets big secrets

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM 29/07/2022

Raedas tried to prove conflict of interest in Saudi arbitration case in Paris

The British corporate intelligence firm worked for the Saudi Arabian construction company STCL in an arbitration case brought by the Italian firm PRIDE. [...]

UNITED STATES EUROPE GEORGIA 29/07/2022

UE and US use tried and tested methods for security reform in Tbilisi

After refusing Georgia the status of candidate for European Union membership, Brussels is pushing the country to relaunch major reform programmes. National security is an area that has come under particular criticism, both in defence and intelligence. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 29/07/2022

Saudi Arabia's SNC ICT gears up for intelligence IT offset contracts

With Riyadh progressively returning to the US fold, Western defence companies are hoping to sign new contracts with Saudi Arabia's defence and security entities. Such deals go through local partners such as SNC ICT, a rising star in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's defence apparatus. [...]

TURKEY 29/07/2022

Erdogan tightens grip of Turkish lawful interception tech

Shortly after being taken over by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's wealth fund, Turk Telekom's interception provider, Argela, has been stripped of its seasoned management in Istanbul and San Francisco. [...]

Spymaster DENMARK 29/07/2022

Svend Larsen, low-key interim chief of Denmark's scandal-shaken external intelligence service

The man who has taken over from Lars Findsen, suspended for alleged high treason, is reputed to be the very model of integrity. But some think his spy tradecraft understanding is lacking. [...]

Svend Larsen, head of the Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste. © Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste

BELARUS 29/07/2022

Infighting tears apart Belarus opposition as Moscow, EU and US watch

Rival factions of the Belarusian opposition in exile have openly descended into infighting, accusing each other of collusion with foreign intelligence or even with the government in Minsk. Meanwhile, armed groups continue to plot the regime's downfall. [...]

BELARUS 29/07/2022

KGB keeps @Lebiadok behind bars Free

On 12 July, a specialist in the Russian and Belarusian military-industrial complex was quietly taken into custody in Minsk. The extension of his detention beyond the 15 days prescribed by law makes it seem likely he will face administrative or criminal prosecution, probably related to his work as an expert. [...]

RUSSIA 29/07/2022

S-RM tackles Russian crypto crime

S-RM pulled out of the Russian market in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, due to concerns about compliance, but its cyber branch is expecting an uptick in Russian ransomware cases. [...]

SpotlightAFRICA FRANCE 28/07/2022

Bernard Barbier boosts French bid to get back on top of African cyber sector

Bernard Barbier, a former bigwig in France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, has been promoting French cyber in Ivory Coast, notably on behalf of the former foreign intelligence officers' firms Tehtris and Corexalys. [...]

ISRAEL 28/07/2022

Ori Ashkenazi builds up his interests in Israeli cyber intelligence

Quadream, Cobwebs, and now Falkor... Israeli investor Ori Ashkenazi is increasingly investing in his country's cyber intelligence sector. He is also involved in agriculture. [...]

Israeli financier Ori Ashkenazi. © Ori Ashkenazi/LinkedIn

EUROPE UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM 28/07/2022

Sastre and Millennium, the twin investigative firms snapping up business in Eastern Europe

Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a web of consultants led by a Hungarian trio with handy connections in London has been picking up new Ukrainian contracts. [...]

GERMANY UNITED STATES ISRAEL 28/07/2022

The Tech Times : Hagenah joins HackerOne tech council, Nachmani moves from ACE Labs to Nanolock, Infodas lands German frigate contract, Group-IB's Jurcenoks goes solo

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

POLAND RUSSIA 28/07/2022

Warsaw counts on homegrown talent to shore up its cyber defences

DDoS, data theft, the spreading of state narratives - the Polish government wants to fill the gaps in its cyber response by calling on local providers to upskill operatives and develop new tools. [...]

UKRAINE 28/07/2022

Shape of Zelensky's post-Bakanov intelligence corps begins to emerge

Staying true to habit, Volodymyr Zelensky has spent the past few weeks reappointing his regional domestic intelligence directors having dismissed their chief Ivan Bakanov on 19 July. [...]

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. © Ukrainian Presidential Press Off/Zuma Press/MaxPPP

CHINA TAIWAN 28/07/2022

Beijing goes into action ahead of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

Taking advantage of a possible visit to Taiwan by the Democrat and US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi, China's Central Military Commission is speeding up its plans to retake control of the nationalist island. [...]

The head of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is expected to visit Taiwan in August. © Jabin Botsford - Pool via CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom/MaxPPP

UNITED STATES JAPAN 27/07/2022

Japanese investigation market shakeup

US and British intelligence groups are on the lookout for local private investigators in a once tightly closed Japanese market that has been positioning itself as a vector of growth. [...]

SYRIA 27/07/2022

Syrian army and Syrian Democratic Forces join forces to face Erdogan's intervention threats

As the Turkish president continues to threaten a new intervention in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces have finally opted to form an ad hoc alliance with the regime in Damascus, offering it a long hoped for opportunity to return to north-eastern Syria. [...]

UNITED STATES UKRAINE 27/07/2022

US veterans shape support role through Ukrainian Freedom Fund

This Ukrainian fund created in 2014 has become a veritable support hub for Kyiv, where the delivery of light military equipment donations are coordinated and retired US Marines offer paramilitary training to Ukrainian soldiers. [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM 27/07/2022

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice: Sagard completes stake purchase of ADIT, Chatham House loses Niblett, JS Held poaches from Control Risks, Wychrij leaves Wallbrook, Quinlan, Cosa Solutions

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 Paris, Kyiv, London and New York. [...]

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ALL ARTICLES - ASIA

The Travellers Club: where big business meets big secrets

Raedas tried to prove conflict of interest in Saudi arbitration case in Paris

UE and US use tried and tested methods for security reform in Tbilisi

Saudi Arabia's SNC ICT gears up for intelligence IT offset contracts

Erdogan tightens grip of Turkish lawful interception tech

Svend Larsen, low-key interim chief of Denmark's scandal-shaken external intelligence service

Infighting tears apart Belarus opposition as Moscow, EU and US watch

KGB keeps @Lebiadok behind bars Free

S-RM tackles Russian crypto crime

Bernard Barbier boosts French bid to get back on top of African cyber sector

Ori Ashkenazi builds up his interests in Israeli cyber intelligence

Sastre and Millennium, the twin investigative firms snapping up business in Eastern Europe

The Tech Times : Hagenah joins HackerOne tech council, Nachmani moves from ACE Labs to Nanolock, Infodas lands German frigate contract, Group-IB's Jurcenoks goes solo

Warsaw counts on homegrown talent to shore up its cyber defences

Shape of Zelensky's post-Bakanov intelligence corps begins to emerge

Beijing goes into action ahead of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

Japanese investigation market shakeup

Syrian army and Syrian Democratic Forces join forces to face Erdogan's intervention threats

US veterans shape support role through Ukrainian Freedom Fund

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice: Sagard completes stake purchase of ADIT, Chatham House loses Niblett, JS Held poaches from Control Risks, Wychrij leaves Wallbrook, Quinlan, Cosa Solutions

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