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

Israel, United States
Crackdown on cyber intelligence spells boon for lobbyists in Washington

As the US government becomes increasingly heavy-handed with trade restrictions and sanctions on cyber intelligence providers, companies in the field are increasingly turning to lobbyists.

The Tech Times
Cognyte looks to Chile, Positive Technologies tries Riyadh, Sayari wins US Coast Guard contract

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

Santiago Cognyte goes after Southern Cone market

Riyadh Positive Technologies eye Saudi Arabia despite US sanctions

San Francisco US Coast Guard awards economic intel contract to Sayari

Spotlight | Israel, Singapore
Paragon carves new place for Israeli cyber in Singapore

Paragon, backed by former PM Ehud Barak, recently landed a major contract in Singapore, confirming its status as the new star of Israeli cyber-intelligence.

Israel, United States
Paragon hires Holland & Knight to remain in Washington's good graces

Backed by Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Barak, cyberintelligence specialist Paragon has managed to remain on good terms with Washington. It nonetheless brought on a lobbying firm with a good track record in avoiding sanctions, Holland & Knight.

Israel
Quadream reels from impact of new regulations

Just like its competitors NSO Group and Candiru, Quadream is feeling the impact of Israel's new export licence regulations. The company has started shedding its workforce and given up some of its more offensive operations.

Spotlight | Israel
Israeli cyber-intelligence tries to get back on top in Indo-Pacific region

Looking for fresh fields after restrictions on exports, Israel's cyber sector is turning to the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.

Israel
IBI, trust services provider for Israel's cyber industry

Candiru, an Israeli cyber-intelligence company blacklisted by the US Industry and Security a year ago, brought IBI Trust Management into its share capital last month. IBI is the supervisory trustee of Frontex provider Windward.

United States
NSO-L3-Harris deal fails but prompts calls from Congress for better control of cyberacquisitions

As part of the House of Representative's discussions on the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Democrat representative Tom Malinowski proposed an amendment aimed at assessing the US president's ability to block acquisitions of sanctioned foreign intelligence companies in a nod to the failed NSO deal.

Spotlight | Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Private spies search for NSO's true clients

Berkeley Research Group, which has been managing the fund behind Israeli cyber firm NSO since last year, has hired private investigators to shed light on the company's activities amid a legal wrangle with NSO's shareholders.

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

Orchestra, the cybersecurity firm founded by Israeli cyberintelligence veterans Omri Lavie and Isaac Zack, has teamed with a partner who has a large network of political and economic contacts in France.

Spotlight | United States
Exodus Intelligence finds new growth in N-day vulnerabilities

The growing US vulnerability management provider Exodus Intelligence is seeking to take advantage of the US cyber effort related to the Russian war on Ukraine. It is contributing to the "Shields Up" programme by making its information flow available.

Spotlight | Israel, Singapore
PCS increasingly essential to Israeli cyber specialists in the city-state

Israeli cyber-offensive companies have long been present in Singapore, but are now suffering from negative media exposure and are forced to rely more and more on the Singaporean parastatal company PCS Security.

Germany
After Finfisher's demise, Berlin explores cyber tool options

The German government's cyber acquisitions agency ZITIS has been prospecting for available technologies elsewhere in the wake of the disgraced spyware company Finfisher's filing for bankruptcy.

United States
FTI has front row seat of battle by ex-US intelligence official wrongly accused of spying

After being accused of being a foreign power's mole by the Department of Commerce's security office when he was in charge of monitoring the export of sensitive technolgies, Stephen Wilcox, FTI's new director of export regulations and sanctions in DC, has filed a civil suit for damages.

China, United States
Pangu Lab, Chinese ally of Singapore's zero-day reseller Coseinc, exposes NSA cyber operations

Close to Singapore's zero-day vulnerabilities broker Coseinc and Chinese cybersecurity giant Qi An Xin, China's Pangu Lab has published a lengthy report on a threat campaign attributed to the NSA-linked advance persistent threat group Equation Group.

Singapore
Singapore's Coseinc disappearing from internet following US sanctions

Since the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) placed it under sanctions in November last year, Singapore's Coseinc, which operates the pwn0rama zero-day vulnerabilities programme, is gradually being erased from the internet.

France, United States
France and US hold talks against backdrop of tightened cyber regulation

Cyber experts from Paris and Washington spoke on 13 and 14 January in an effort to soothe growing tensions between both countries over a number of key cyber intelligence issues.

Israel
Wayout and Convexum step back from Israel's struggling NSO Group

Added to the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) blacklist in November last year, the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group is in increasing financial difficulty, prompting its IoT interception and anti-drone subsidiaries to distance themselves.

Russia
Russia's Operation Zero enters increasingly political zero-day market

As Washington seeks to regulate the sale of vulnerabilities to its advantage, a new Russian player has emerged on the scene: Operation Zero, founded by researcher Sergey Zelenyuk.

Africa, Israel
Israel's Rayzone Group's inevitable African turn

In a sign of its growing interest in Africa, the Israeli cyberintelligence firm Rayzone Group presented its interception and cybersecurity systems to a visiting delegation from the DRC recently, a few weeks after prospecting for business in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

Israel
Candiru receives boost from investors linked to Qatar

The Israeli register of companies recorded the arrival of new discrete minority shareholders at the end of July at the [...]

Israel, Singapore
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.

Singapore, UAE
Emerging SIGINT powers seek own cyber-bounty hunters

Abu Dhabi and Singapore are increasingly positioning themselves in this strategic market.

France
Vupen, computer attack multinational

In the space of a few months, French computer attack outfit Vupen has grown from being a small business in Montpellier to almost multinational status.