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Israel
Quadream reels from impact of new regulations

Just like its competitors NSO Group and Candiru, Quadream is feeling the impact of Israel's new export licence regulations. The company has started shedding its workforce and given up some of its more offensive operations.

United States
Invisible Inc, Louis Vuitton's corporate investigator in counterfeiting case

The French luxury brand uses Invisible Inc, an Arizona-headquartered private investigations company, in its anti-counterfeiting operations.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Spottiswoode goes to FTI, Exiger hires ex-BACB, Sanction Scanner in US and Chiron head writes book

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to New York, London, Paris and Istanbul.

LondonJocelyn Spottiswoode poached by FTI.

New York/LondonExiger Diligence hires AML expert Saba Ahmad.

Washington/IstanbulTurkish Sanction Scanner to screen potential sanctioned persons from US.

ParisHead of security firm Chiron publishes autobiography on former life as paratrooper.

Ukraine
Kyiv tries to stop Moscow benefiting from indirect IT support from the GAFAM

Although there are wide-ranging restrictions on the sale of military equipment and IT systems to Russia, some software and services are not covered by the sanctions. A group of experts is looking to remedy the situation.

Italy
Italian intelligence provider Negg makes entrance at ISS World exhibition

The Italian cyber-intelligence firm has signed up to take part at the Asian edition of the ISS World intelligence providers fair where it hopes to increase its international exposure.

Spotlight | France, United States
Intelligence world heads into the metaverse

With a growing number of companies offering virtual-world simulation technology, Western armies and intelligence services are starting to get in on the game, branching out into the "metaverse" to optimise their operations and plan for a future where information will be gathered in this alternate space.

France, UAE
French bug bounty hunters free to export their services unrestricted

Despite the tightening of checks on exports of dual-use goods, French firms that specialise in finding vulnerabilities in computer-system security are still free to export their services - even though their findings risk being misused by clients.

Australia
After Azimuth, Mark Dowd returns to vulnerability research with Vigilant Labs

Vigilant Labs, a new zero-day research company set up by one of the founders of Fives Eyes alliance provider Azimuth Security, has hired its first researcher, Amat Cama, an expert in hacking mobile device modem chips.

The Tech Times
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.

Spotlight | China, UAE, United States
Abu Dhabi's AI champion at crux of Sino-US cross-interest

In joining forces with US research centre Petuum, Group 42's AI lab is reinforcing the growing cooperation between Abu Dhabi and Washington in this area, which is increasingly based on Chinese financial interests.

Italy
Dataflow Security tracks down vulnerabilities for Europe's cyber intelligence companies

Young Italian firm Dataflow Security sells the zero-day vulnerabilities it finds, along with the exploit codes that go with them, to European cyber intelligence operators.

Israel
Change of control at NSO's rival in strategic market Quadream

Guy Geva and Nimrod Reznik, who co-founded Israeli cyber intelligence company Quadream with Ilan Dabelstein, have sold their shares, just as competitor NSO finds itself in serious difficulty.

Israel
Newbie Majestic Technologies makes bold first move with ISS sponsorship

The cyber intelligence newcomer has aimed high for its debut in the sector with plans to sponsor ISS World Asia, the go-to gathering for the world's surveillance specialists.

France
French domestic intelligence service invited to join military cyber R&D center

A team of engineers from France's DGSI internal intelligence service is to be sent to the French defence ministry base in Bruz in Britanny. The centre designs cyber systems for the army but also develops big data and analytics systems, which are a key area of interest for the DGSI.