SURVEILLANCE & INTERCEPTION

Presight.ai is opening up Asian markets for Emirati cyber group G42 

Presight.ai, which is leading the public sector G42 group's internationalisation drive, is working hard to set up partnerships in Asia. Already present in South East Asia, it has now turned its attention to Central Asia, where it has set up its first advance base in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. [...]

Intelligent Waves takes Owl to court over secret Air Force lab contracts 

The US cybersecurity firm Intelligent Waves's lawsuit against Owl Cyber Defense Solutions before a court in Virginia has exposed the details of a secure communications contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory, which has been equipping the Ukrainian forces since the Russian offensive. [...]

France's Bull must do without its former defence ministry digital strategy chief 

Regulations are getting tougher on private sector roles that top-ranking military and intelligence officers in France can take on after their retirement. [...]

Ankara bids to get into space observation's major league with Impro 

Young public sector company Impro, which markets the images taken by Turkey's military satellites, has set up a partnership with Telespazio to help it boost Turkey's geospatial intelligence capacity ahead of the eagerly awaited arrival of the Gokturk-3 observation satellite. [...]

Pentagon expert Two Six Technologies acquires cyber offensive capacities 

Two Six Technologies, the crafter of the Pentagon's cyber warfare platforms, has taken steps to build its offensive capacities by hiring a small team of vulnerability researchers. [...]

Like Intellexa, Merlinx collaborates with Bangladeshi intelligence 

Israeli spyware firm Merlinx, acquired in 2021 by Israeli-US cloud data company OwnBackup, has been supplying its tools to Bangladesh's intelligence service via Israeli-PC integrator Prelysis. Its rival Intellexa was exposed this month for doing business with the same service. [...]

• BRUSSELS - Capgemini and VVA, guardians of European firms' innovations against China 

• WASHINGTON - Recorded Future gets busy in the halls of Congress 

• WARSAW - Greece's Altus to supply Frontex with maritime surveillance tech 

Former NSO cyber experts reunite in new startup Bold, backed by Israeli businessman Shlomi Fogel 

In the wake of NSO Group's Pegasus woes, a number of the firm's cyberintelligence veterans have been snapped up by Bold, a startup supported by Israeli real estate magnate Shlomi Fogel, the CEO of Ampa Group. [...]

Russian OSINT firm Lavina Pulse pursues Southeast Asian conquest 

Spearheading Moscow's diplomatic and business push into Southeast Asia, Lavina Pulse, headed by former intelligence officer Andrei Masalovich, is prospecting in Indonesia. [...]

Israel's Rakia Group hires Rayzone founder to tap into US market 

To bring his group's OSINT platforms to the international market, Omri Raiter has brought in several sales experts to join its Dubai head office, including Rayzone co-founder Ron Zilka. [...]

• BRUSSELS - EU picks Leonardo and Indra to develop European cyber situational awareness centre.

• PARIS - Big data analytics specialist Temno further opens France's Campus Cyber to intelligence.

• NEW YORK/MEXICO - OSINT specialist Social Links wants a share of Latin American market.

• DOHA - BAE Systems nudges way into US business networks in Qatar.

Memento Labs tries to get back into UAE market through local distributor SAT 

The Italian cyber intelligence company, which was damaged by a hacking and leaking operation (HALO) carried out against it in 2015, is trying to get back into the United Arab Emirates market through fast-expanding local distributor Scientific Analytical Tools (SAT). [...]

Intertech adds yet another EU security contract to its belt 

In planning the deployment of new external missions and equipment of existing delegations, the EU has turned to one of its trusted suppliers, French-Lebanese surveillance technology provider Intertech. [...]