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Andrei Masalovitch returns to Naypyidaw, Argon ST wins US Navy SIGINT sensors contract, Victor Yeo joins G42, Moscow tightens up its cyber security controls

UAE
Influx of Russian hackers benefits Abu Dhabi's cyber offensive capabilities

Beacon Red, the Edge Group conglomerate's Emirati cyber subsidiary, has hired a wave of cyber engineers fleeing Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Intelligence Online understands the Russian recruits are being housed on a site separate from the rest of the company.

The Intelligence Gazette
Shin Bet denied, Putin happy with envoys in Finland, Beijing changes military judicial system, FSB monitors IT operators, OFAC expands scope, French alcohol in Riyadh

Israel/Jordan
Shin Bet boss caught out in Aqaba

Russia/Finland
Putin rewards his envoys to Finland

China
Xi prepares for possible war with changes to military legal system

Russia
FSB steps up surveillance of IT operators

United States
OFAC works towards better public-private interaction

France/Arabia
Tensions over alcohol supply chains

Australia
Mark Arena enters counter-drone space with DroneSec after Intel 471 exit

Shortly after stepping down as head of threat intelligence specialist Intel 471, Mark Arena has moved into consulting and the world of drone cybersecurity with Australian advisory firm DroneSec.

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Bold at ISS, UAE National Space Fund, Citalid at GISEC, David Hochhauser at Convexum

Herzliya/Dubai
Israeli start-up Bold Analytics takes first steps at ISS World Middle East & Africa

Abu Dhabi
National Space Fund gets Council of Ministers approval

Paris
Citalid makes first foray in Gulf at GISEC

New York
David Hochhauser to head Convexum's US branch

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Interrupt Labs in the US and Australia, Luxembourg police biometrics, Infinity Technology for Missile Defense Agency's CTI

London
UK vulnerability researcher Interrupt Labs looks for talent in US and Australia

Luxembourg
Police fork out on Sopra Steria biometrics

Washington
Infinity Technology in charge of MDA threat intelligence

Indonesia, Russia
Russian OSINT firm Lavina Pulse pursues Southeast Asian conquest

Spearheading Moscow's diplomatic and business push into Southeast Asia, Lavina Pulse, headed by former intelligence officer Andrei Masalovich, is prospecting in Indonesia.

Russia
Private sector reaches out to Russia's future cryptography centre

The new national cryptography centre planned for 2024 is now to be finished before the end of the year. To meet the altered deadline, the intelligence services have stepped in and are calling on their go-to providers.

Singapore, UAE
UAE cyber champions set up shop in Singapore

Abu Dhabi's cyber companies are queuing up to go to Singapore, which is fast becoming the advance post for the kingdom's cyber export efforts in Asia. Injazat and its parent company, Group 42, have followed Edge Group's example by setting up there as part of their Asian market strategy.

Russia
Vladimir Selin: the FSB's man in charge of protecting state secrets

Vladimir Selin, head of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, also heads the inter-ministerial committee for the protection of state secrets, which is tightly controlled by the FSB. Its main purpose is to oversee the systems used to protect vital, strategic information.