Europe, Israel
Intellexa builds new cyber-intelligence empire thanks to rivals' dropped contracts

Ecuador, Israel
Alpheratz CIA, Israeli cyber intelligence firms' representative in Ecuador

Cyber intelligence outfit Intellexa, currently under US sanctions, made it known that it has ceased all activity for now. It still has a little distribution network in South America that includes the Ecuadorian firm Alpheratz CIA.

Spotlight | Bulgaria, Israel
Sofia, Israeli cyber specialists' trusted European base

Despite criticism from the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into the Pegasus spyware, NSO Group and other Israeli cyberspecialists continue to obtain export licences through their Bulgarian subsidiaries.

Bangladesh, Israel
Israeli 'spyware diplomacy' troubled by Bangladesh regime change

The new masters of Dhaka are auditing contracts awarded by intelligence services under ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations with Israel, but it appears that bilateral relations in the field of cyber intelligence have been forged and closely monitored at the highest level of the Israeli government.

The Tech Times
Intellexa targeted by US sanctions, French interior ministry contracts, Franco-Brazilian military communications cooperation, Chris Jones joins Nightwing

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.

LimassolJenovice, indirect victim of US ire over Intellexa

ParisMinistry of Interior puts out call for tenders for telephone data contract

ParisSyracuse-Siscomis agreement with Brazil being updated

WashingtonFormer CIA officer Chris Jones to head Nightwing's technology division

Israel
HolistiCyber takes on cyber decision support platforms

The well-connected Israeli company headed by Ran Shahor, who is close to the former Unit 8100 commander, Tal Dilian, has launched its SAGE support platform, based on artificial intelligence.

Spotlight | Israel
ADINT versus zero-click, the new battle of infection vectors

The cyber infection market is shifting from zero-click vulnerabilities to ADINT, or advertising intelligence, which uses targeted advertising to develop intrusion capacities.

Cyprus, Israel, United Kingdom
London company FloLive maintains close connection to spyware developer Circles

New links have emerged between a FloLive shareholder and Tal Dilian, one of Circles' founders.

Israel, United States
Crackdown on cyber intelligence spells boon for lobbyists in Washington

As the US government becomes increasingly heavy-handed with trade restrictions and sanctions on cyber intelligence providers, companies in the field are increasingly turning to lobbyists.

Egypt, Israel
How Bler sold its OSINT wares to Egypt's technical intelligence agency

Through various intermediaries, the Israeli firm has managed to deliver, via Singapore, its Webint Center platform to Cairo's Technical Research Department.

Israel
Cyberintelligence firm Blue Ocean's mystery clients revealed

The usually low-profile Israeli cyberintelligence firm Blue Ocean has been in the spotlight since obtaining export licences for a Southeast Asian country and a European country. Intelligence Online has the low-down on which ones.

Israel
Latin America continues to attract Israeli cyber firms

Daniel Geifman, previously with Intellexa, has recently launched Totem Solutions, a firm exporting cyber solutions to Latin America. Despite the negative press it has received there, Israeli cyber remains sought-after in that part of the world.

Spotlight | Israel
Israeli cyber-intelligence tries to get back on top in Indo-Pacific region

Looking for fresh fields after restrictions on exports, Israel's cyber sector is turning to the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.

France
DGSE heard in Amesys case

French courts are trying to unravel the French foreign intelligence service's involvement in the Libyan and Egyptian aspects of the case being brought against interception specialist Amesys (now Nexa Technologies) for "complicity in torture".

Spotlight | France, Saudi Arabia
ODAS contracts face scrutiny as part of Nexa probe

French examining magistrates probing the sale of Nexa cyber tools to Egypt want to extend their investigation to Saudi Arabian contracts as well, a development that is causing concern among a number of companies that supplied materiel through the export office ODAS.