Cybersecurity

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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 | Bangladesh
Hasib Chowdhury, the interface between interception companies and Bangladeshi technical intelligence

British businessman Chowdhury, who heads Berkeley Advisory, is the chief architect of Bangladesh's major intelligence programmes.

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Social Links in US, Mind Foundry advised by ex-Met, Othrys hires ex-FCDO

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

Miami OSINT firm Social Links obtains CAGE code

London Machine learning firm Mind Foundry hires old Met head

London Othrys brings on more cyber intelligence experts

Chile, Israel
Israeli cyber company makes gains in Chile despite diplomatic snub thanks to SecurityST

The consultancy firm led by sector veteran Ruben Celedon met with high-ranking Chilean military officers to tout the cyber wares and tools of Israeli firms such as Elta, Interionet and Voyager Labs.

Israel, Serbia, Sweden
East and West battle for Serbia's mass surveillance software market

The Serbian government is engaged in a delicate balancing act, as it tries to combine state-of-the-art Swedish and American software systems with its already installed Chinese biometric surveillance systems. It is looking for Western technical support and financing to help it do this.

Spotlight | France, Israel, United States
Virtual HUMINT specialists test new avenues for their avatars

Though increasingly sought after by government intelligence services, virtual human intelligence tools have reached a developmental dead-end. Social media sites have been tracking down avatars responsible for online influence campaigns.

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Anissa Saunder joins CPX, Brian Frutchey leaves Bigbear, Bugsec shakes up management

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

Abu DhabiFrance's Saunder joins UAE cyberintelligence firm CPX.

ArlingtonBigBear loses technology director.

Tel-AvivBortman appointed new head of Israeli cybersecurity firm Bugsec.

Israel
Former Psy-Group CEO Burstien returns to cyber influencing with Percepto

Former Israeli military intelligence colonel Royi Burstien, who was for a long time CEO of Israeli influencing company Psy-Group, which was closed after it came under investigation for its activities during Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, is today running cyber influencing company Percepto International.

Spotlight | Bangladesh
Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion acquires a Telegram communications interception system

American sanctions against Bangladesh and its Rapid Action Battalion, which has been accused by the American Treasury of carrying out extra-judicial assassinations, have not prevented the country from acquiring an interception system.

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Avisa Partners lands EU cyber crisis management contract, Lynn Herrick off to SS8, Dafna Messing joins Koios

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

Paris/Athens Avisa Partners to work on ENISA cyber crisis management

Milpitas Lynn Herrick takes charge of solutions engineering at SS8

Herzliya Former NSO staffer Dafna Messing heads to Koios

Israel
IAI's dreams of profits fade away in Jamaica

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has lowered its profitability forcast for a cyber project it delivered recently, a development set to dampen the enthusiasm of other Israeli cyber firms doing business with the Caribbean nation.

United States
Jon Steinbach takes charge of Boldend

The low-profile US cyber-intelligence start-up has appointed the industry veteran to replace Jon Miller, who now takes the helm of the firm's anti ransomware branch.

Switzerland
Cyber financial investigations specialist Cybera strengthens its intelligence team

Young Swiss financial cybercrime specialist Cybera has been bringing in new advisers to strengthen its technical and export capacities.

Italy
Cy4Gate tries to contain the fall-out caused by recent revelations about new subsidiary RCS Lab

Italian cyber intelligence company Cy4gate has been caught unaware by recent reports about the activities of RCS Lab, the legal interceptions company it has just taken over.