Europe, UAE
Spain's Mollitiam Industries eyes Gulf cyber contracts

Spain
Cumulative pressures force Spanish cyberoffensive leader to close

Mollitiam Industries, the firm that has long provided the Spanish government with cyber intelligence tools, abruptly announced last month that it had gone bankrupt. And that despite the fact that Spain's favourable legislation has made the country a goldmine for operators in the sector.

The Tech Times
Mollitiam gets new CEO, Paolo Stagno joins Crowdfense, Whooster assists US Secret Service

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

ToledoSantiago Molins Riera takes helm at Mollitiam Industries

Abu DhabiPaolo Stagno joins zero-day supplier Crowdfense

WashingtonUS Secret Service updates OSINT platform

UAE, United States
Social Links, new ally of OSINT specialist Sicuro Group

The open source intelligence specialist has turned to the Emirati consultancy and security provider to help with its participation in the ISS World gathering in Dubai by entrusting its founder with presenting several case studies.

Italy, UAE
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).

European Union, Georgia, UAE
EU supplying Georgia with cyber tools via UN and distributor SAT

The European Union (EU) has decided to supply cyber arms to EU membership applicant Georgia. It is supplying systems from Emirati forensics and cyber intelligence systems distributor Scientific Analytical Tools (SAT) via the United Nations Office for Project Services.

United States
STAG cyber specialists on reconnaissance mission for USCYBERCOM

The Unites States Cyber Command is hiring the firm run by former US Air Force officers to run open source intelligence operations in order to assess adversary systems.

Israel
Founders of OSINT specialist BLER SYSTEMS embark on new adventures with Forenza and Espy

Israeli company Espy, which, despite its young age and its founders' lack of intelligence experience, has great open source intelligence-gathering cababilities, looks to have close links with Forenza, another Israeli company in the same field.

Europe
Italian interception specialist Memento Labs ventures into IMSI catching

Following its takeover by Italian cybersecurity group InTheCyber, Memento Labs has been steadily distancing itself from its Hacking Team origins. It is now looking to break into the interceptions hardware market, starting with IMSI catchers.

Europe, Israel
Excem, Israeli cyber's bridgehead in Spain

Although Spain has developed its own cyber intelligence capacities with firms the likes of Mollitiam Industries, this has not stopped Israeli firms from trying to edge into the country, especially since they have a local ally: Excem Technologies.

Europe, Russia
Social Links, the Russian-European OSINT specialist

Since it relocated from Moscow to Amsterdam, OSINT specialist Social Links has continued to make its mark among Europe's police forces through its participation at the ISS fair.

Europe
Mollitiam, from smartphone hacking to cybernetic weapons

The Spanish startup Mollitiam, which works with the intelligence community in Spain and parts of Latin America, is bidding to supply ready-to-use digital weapons to European cyberdefence units.