Spain
Cyber intelligence company Variston changes tack

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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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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

Russia, Spain
Russian zero-day exploit researchers prosper in Barcelona

Catalonia is attracting a growing number of fleeing Russian cyber specialists.

Spotlight | Israel, UAE
Faced with Israeli resellers, foreign zero-day specialists flock to Abu Dhabi

The UAE is home to a growing number of unregistered vulnerability (zero-day) resellers, such as newcomers Vulns Security and Operation Zero. The Emirati authorities welcome this counterbalance to an over-reliance on Israel in this sector.

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.