Surveillance & Interception

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Chengdu 404's hiring spree, Siren at NYPD, RAID buys Chinese drones

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

ChengduChengdu 404's hiring spree

New YorkSiren makes its mark with NYPD

ParisRAID buys Chinese FPV drones ahead of Olympics

Vietnam
Public security ministry set to hire local duo to develop investigations platform

The Vietnamese ministry in charge of anticorruption probes has picked companies seasoned to working for government to create a tailor-made tool.

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Octostar seeks funds, Emanuel Mond joins Voyager Labs, Nihon Cyber Defence's new adviser

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

GalwayData fusion specialist Octostar looks for fresh funds

LondonBritish entrepreneur Mond joins Voyager Labs

TokyoNihon Cyber Defence takes on new senior adviser

China
Cyber company with close intelligence links backs new Beijing hacking contest

Hua Yunan, a business specialising in vulnerability tracking, is one of the main backers of the Matrix Cup, a new Chinese hacking competition. The firm makes no secret of its ties with the Ministry of Public Security, with which it has worked on surveillance and network security.

Singapore, UAE
Singapore forensic specialists arrive in Abu Dhabi

Singaporean start-up NexVision Lab, founded by forensics expert Alireza Fazelinasab and specialised in open-source intelligence, is trying to gain a foothold in Abu Dhabi's sovereign OSINT.

Spotlight | China, France, Niger, United States
Niger's uranium mines prompt spy satellite frenzy

As Niger comes under Russian influence, Washington and Paris are keeping a close eye on the country's uranium deposits. More discreetly, Beijing is also getting in on the same act.

France, Japan, Philippines, United States
Race is on to provide space-based signal intelligence services in Indo-Pacific

France's Unseenlabs and US giant HawkEye 360 are prospecting Indo-Pacific states interested in keeping track of China's ghost ships under the guise of the need to combat illegal fishing.

Singapore, United States
Stonegardens, the strategic advisory linking AI pros with intelligence agencies

The consultancy founded by two young defence and intelligence veterans helps generative AI developers get a foot in the door with the Pentagon and US intelligence community. Sometimes that help misfires.

China, Russia, United States
Washington, Beijing and Moscow square off in space after spy satellite launches

The race for space-based intelligence has prompted an unprecedented wave of spy satellite launches. Washington and its Indo-Pacific allies are picking up the pace in the face of China's push, while Russia is completing its transition to a war economy.

China, UAE
Chinese Uspace zooms in on Middle East to expand its Earth Observation business

China's space and earth observation industry has turned its focus towards the Gulf to find new export outlets as European markets become increasingly skittish.

Spotlight | South Korea, United States
5G already vulnerable to new interception techniques

The fifth-generation cellular network in its Standalone Access version has barely been rolled out but is already showing weaknesses in the face of new specialised tools.