Australia, China, Europe, Israel
Hackers switch up tactics to keep on top of the latest iPhone protections

The Tech Times
Babel Street for ASD, STL Ludwig on French ships, Michael Johns joins JSI, SITENJ's GPS beacons

Canberra
Babel Street goes deeper into Australian OSINT market

Marseille
STL Ludwig, German supplier to the French Navy, in spotlight over litigation

Washington
Former Secret Service officer Michael Johns joins JSI Group

Paris
France's agency for judiciary interception pursues integration of GPS trackers in the new national platform

The Tech Times
German security sector eyes 2026 World Cup, Vigilant Labs recruits, Variston exposed by Google, Anton Ivanov joins Technology Innovation Institute, Jerome Pasinetti heads Rhea Cybersecurité France

Frankfurt/Washington
Germany's security ecosystem gets in gear for World Cup 2026.

Sydney
Vigilant Labs rallies L3 Trenchant's exploit hunters.

Barcelona
German Ralf Wegener's cyber-intelligence firm Variston in Google spotlight.

Abu Dhabi
Anton Ivanov appointed to head Technology Innovation Institute's space research.

Paris
Jérôme Pasinetti appointed to head Rhea Cybersecurité France.

United States
USCYBERCOM in search of zero-day provider

Via the Joint Cyber Weapons programme, the US Cyber Command is looking for a supplier able to find zero-day vulnerabilities and be operable for a variety of future missions.

Australia
After Azimuth, Mark Dowd returns to vulnerability research with Vigilant Labs

Vigilant Labs, a new zero-day research company set up by one of the founders of Fives Eyes alliance provider Azimuth Security, has hired its first researcher, Amat Cama, an expert in hacking mobile device modem chips.

Spotlight | Israel
NSO forges ahead with IPO plans

Despite its media woes, NSO Group is preparing its listing on the Tel Aviv stock market at a valuation that may be higher than before the recent hail of bad publicity.

France
French cyber soldiers are more interested in Apple's smartphone vulnerabilities than Huawei's

DGA-MI, which is responsible for cyber defence at the French armed forces ministry, has issued a new shopping list as it pursues its investigations into smartphones and tablet security weaknesses. Its list is not based on the phone manufacturers' market shares, however, and gives an idea of the lines of research the French military are pursuing.

United States
Zero Security Research Labs - zero-day broker and IMSI-catcher

While most zero-day flaw sellers limit themselves to marketing vulnerabilities, Zero Security Research Labs goes one step further by selling interception equipment.

Australia
SSI Pacific, Australian cyber's French connection

At a time when cyber tensions between Australia and China are high, SSI Pacific, founded by a Frenchman, is carving a place for itself in Australian cyber-offense.

China
Tencent Security forges cyber partnership with Qi An Xin

Tencent Security, the cybersecurity division of Chinese tech giant Tencent, has teamed with Qi An Xin, a cyber supplier to [...]

India, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Alliance of Jaitly, Kinetic and Pegasus makes push into UAE cyber

Although the UAE is developing its own intelligence technology industry it continues to attract distributors of foreign solutions, such as Vikrant Jaitly, Kinetic and Pegasus.

Germany, Israel
Israeli-German zero-day vulnerabilities broker firm Incredity offers Huawei bug bounty

Cyprus was home to Israeli cyber industry in Europe for a long time but some big-name firms have recently left the island, like NSO which has closed the Cypriot subsidiary of Circles. New firms such as Legacy Technologies and Incredity have chosen to make Germany their new European haven.

Israel
Nucleon provides last mile detection of hackers

The cyber startup Nucleon is leading the hunt for hackers thanks to its digital traps and sensors installed on the ground.

Europe, India
Indian-Cypriot firm Lokd supplies secure smartphones and zero-day vulnerabilities

Lokd, a startup that came onto the scene earlier this year, is marketing an ultra-secure mobile operating system and also operates a zero-day vulnerabilities brokering platform.

France, Israel
Interior ministry turns to Cellebrite

The French interior ministry awarded two government contracts to the [...]

Israel
Interionet, former NSO team's new offensive cyber firm

Israel's discreet Interionet is following in the footsteps of sector leaders NSO and Verint by developing its own cyber-intrustion and mobile interception tools.

Israel
With Atooro, Engel aims to turn cyber-intelligence into a goldmine

Atooro, the private equity firm backed by mining magnate Yaakov Engel, has invested in an array of tehnology sought after by the intelligence community.

United States
Pentagon throws doors open to bug bounty-hunters

Congress is thinking of procuring more computer security vulnerabilities for the US intelligence services in an initiative that could prove lucrative for companies that specialise in this area.

Israel
Israel's NSO revives bug-sweeping

Recent revelations about NSO's iPhone spyware have revived competition between companies that market zero day vulnerabilities.