Washington favourite Cyber Unit Technologies tries its luck in UAE

CRDF Global champions DoS cyber support for Ukraine 

The US not-for-profit organisation CRDF is continuing in its tradition of helping the US Department of Defense in the post-Soviet states. In Kyiv, it has helped shape and assist a dense network of Ukrainian security players, providing help in key strategic areas.

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SBU accuses FSB of masterminding Armageddon group 'cyber-occupation' 

By blaming the Crimean FSB for the cyber attacks made by advanced persistent threat group Armageddon, the SBU is looking to sensitise its foreign partners to the threat it feels it is facing as a result of the invasion of its cyber space by Russia and its allies.

Kyiv's anti-disinformation arsenal makes grand debut against former president 

Under construction since March, the anti fake-news centre has kicked into action at last after a skirmish among Ukraine's agencies for its control. Its first key reports, including a glossary of banned pro-Russian terms, have targeted those whom Kyiv believes to be influential members of former president Viktor Yanukovych's entourage.

Ukrainian Cognac king takes tipple to Dubai 

New managing director of Logos in Dubai, Sergiy Shynkarenko is poised to fulfil the Emirates' ambitions of his boss, Ukraine's Cognac king Valeriy Shamotiy, the latest in a series of Ukrainian investors to set their sights on the emirate.

BeaconRed and Quali team to develop cyber-attack simulation tools for Gulf zone 

EDGE Group subsidiary Beacon Red has partnered with US-Israeli firm Quali to break into the Arabian peninsula's rapidly-developing incident response training platform market.

Bellingcat, a talent incubator for private intelligence firms 

The lastest must-have in the world of corporate intelligence is a former contributor, often a volunteer, from the British open source investigation site.

SBU takes on private military company DBC, linked to both Kolomoisky and Saakashvili 

Ukraine's internal security service, the SBU, which conducted raids on 24 March as part of a months-long investigation, suspects two men, Yevgen Shevchenko and Semen Semenchenko, "created a paramilitary organisation". Shevchenko is close to anti-corruption unit and the SBU's rival, NABU.

US influence initiative in Russia behind anti-Novichok training 

A panel of experts provided training on "Combating assassination by [...]