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Bug bounty platforms rethink US strategy on vulnerabilities

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DGA gets new smartphones; CISA shares CTI with US; Turner heads Dragos ANZ; Elimelech joins Paragon

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.

Bruz DGA acquires new supplies of telephones.

WashingtonBigger role for CISA in defence suppliers' cyberprotection.

Baltimore/SydneyHarley Turner takes helm of Dragos' new Australian branch.

Tel AvivParagon hires former NSO officer Reut Elimelech.

United States
Cyber false flag provider NetAbstraction aims to challenge Ntrepid's market domination

US company NetAbstraction, which was founded by former NSA executive Barbara Hunt, aims to grab a share of the market for the creation of false IT trails for intelligence services carrying out cyber investigations. This market has been dominated until now by Ntrepid, a spin-off from cyber intelligence company Abraxas Corp.

United States
Google battles zero day brokers as much as zero days itself

Recent clashes between Google security researchers and zero days broker Zerodium highlight diametrically opposed conceptions of the fight against cyber flaws. The tension comes at a time when Zerodium is hoping to boost its cooperation with major Silicon Valley firms.

United Kingdom, United States
Houghton joins innovator Rebellion Defense

Former chief-of-defence staff turned consultant Nicholas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Richmond, has joined the board of the Big data specialist [...]

United States
NSA emerges as US cybersecurity shield by default

The October launch of the NSA's new Cybersecurity Directorate has placed the security agency as the US's main line of protection against cyberthreats, a rung above the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This extension of its field of action to include civil society also means the NSA will be involved in the many politically-charged issues looming on the horizon - the security of the 2020 US presidential elections for one.

China
Joinsec keeps eye on Western cyber-threats

The penetration testing, or pentest, firm Joinsec is making its mark protecting Chinese government offices and private companies from sophisticated cyber-attacks.