Europe
German Ralf Wegener builds small cyber-intelligence empire in Cyprus and beyond

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OSINT Industries expands, Operation Zero hunting for researchers, French SL450 target drone, Variston goes into liquidation

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

LondonOSINT Industries poised to buy The OSINT Newsletter

Saint PetersburgOperation Zero casts wide net for zero-day researchers

TulleSpare parts hard to find for French army's target drone

BarcelonaVariston shuts up shop

Spain
Ex-Variston zero-day experts regroup at Paradigm Shift

The fallout of Google's accusations has left the Spanish cyber intelligence firm floundering and its zero-day vulnerability hunters leaving to new ventures.

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Frontex shops for airborne surveillance, Monti Knode joins the Space Force, Variston loses researchers

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

WarsawFrontex invites bids for its airborne surveillance contracts

Colorado SpringsMonti Knode joins Space Delta 6

BarcelonaVariston loses its zero-day researchers

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Paris skips Danish cyber summit, UAE's Protect exposed by Google, Black River Systems integrates 5G, Preligens starts afresh

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.

CopenhagenFrance gives Danish cyber summit a miss

DubaiGoogle exposes Protect Electronic Systems

Rome, New YorkBlack River Systems integrates 5G

ParisPreligens loses defence fair sponsor

UAE
How the Wegener-Jayaraman duo extended their cyber empire to the UAE

Heading up a small conglomerate of cyber firms in Singapore, Barcelona and Cyprus, the duo Ralf Wegener and Ramanan Jayaraman have managed to implant their technologies in the UAE. Through Variston IT, they've grown close to the country's key cyber player.

Europe
Commercial cyber bosses Ralf Wegener and Ramanan Jayaraman operate Singapore-based Nanostrea

Still under the radar despite the exposure of its sister company Variston by Google's Threat Intelligence Group (TAG), Nanostrea is part of a group of cyber companies operated by the discreet business partners Ralf Wegener and Ramanan Jayaraman.

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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

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

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

SydneyVigilant Labs rallies L3 Trenchant's exploit hunters.

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

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

ParisJérôme Pasinetti appointed to head Rhea Cybersecurité France.

Greece, Israel
Israeli groups challenge Turkey for conquest of Greek cyber

Amid converging policies in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Israeli defence groups, from cyber to naval, are having a heyday on the Greek market.

Cyprus
TRG prepares to enter European market

The Cyprus-based firm TRG Research And Development is adapting its unstructured data processing solution to meet the needs of European intelligence services.

Israel
Prelysis, symbol of advertisers love for surveillance tech

SmartMedia Marketing, an online game content publisher, invested in the Israeli integration company Prelysis, further blurring the line between marketing and intelligence.

Cyprus, Israel
Coralco Tech, former Wolf ally, a one-stop shop for cyber

Coralco Tech, which was founded by a former U-TX Technologies employee, is a one-stop shop for cyber-intelligence.

Israel
InReach, mysterious Quadream's Cyprus relative

The Israeli state-or-the-art cyber-intelligence firm Quadream is making its mark internationally. In the space of a few months, the company [...]