Cyber

Singapore, Thailand
Cellebrite culls Asia-Pacific sales team

The Israeli cyber specialist's head of sales for Asia-Pacific is carrying out a reshuffle of its networks in the region.

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.

The Tech Telegraph
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

Spotlight | Russia, Ukraine
Kyiv's elite Shaman battalion waging a secret war against Moscow

Ukrainian strike campaigns against Russian industrial infrastructure rely heavily on Ukraine's clandestine military intelligence Shaman unit.

United Kingdom
Toro Risk Solutions, the UK financial watchdog's trusted cybersecurity firm

The London-based cyber-risk management specialist is forging closer ties with sections of the UK government just as it invests in private security and investigation.

Ukraine
Ukraine's Flightmind AI develops algorithms to combat Russian jamming

A Ukrainian start-up is testing an AI algorithm that enables Kyiv's drones to fly despite Russian GPS jamming.

Ukraine, United Kingdom
London helping Kyiv reduce dependence on Chinese drone tech

British services are pushing UK firm DTC's toughened data link technology for first-person view (FPV) drones to Ukrainian start-ups.

The Tech Telegraph
GEOINT transfer season, Yahal Zilka invested in Toka, John Finbarr Fleming at 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.

WashingtonGlobal GEOINT musical chairs

Tel AvivYahal Zilka invests in Toka

WashingtonEx-CIA officer John Finbarr Fleming joins Paragon's US branch

Russia
Moscow steps up against Kyiv's 'Army of Drones'

The Russian military is carrying out frontline tests of a new version of its Orlan-30B dedicated to electronic warfare to counter the swarm of low-cost, DIY Ukrainian drones.

France
Race to take over Preligens, part 2: Thales and Safran covet the military intelligence firm's gems

Those parties interested in taking over Preligens, a French geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) specialist, are trying to find out more about its capabilities and contracts, in order to adjust their takeover bids accordingly, perhaps even to lower them.

United States
Black Ice AI pulls in ex-CIA officers to plug its AI tools

The artificial intelligence developer is reaching out to former US intelligence officers, now at the head of advisory and investigation firms, to break into the highly-coveted third-party data analytics sector.

France
Race to take over Preligens, part one: French firm on verge of takeover following international struggles

After several disappointments on the international stage, the French geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) specialist Preligens is looking for a buyer. Two French defence giants are interested.

Spotlight | Israel
Offensive ADINT is Israeli cyber sector's new secret weapon

Several companies run by Israeli cyber intelligence veterans are trying to develop their capability to deploy spyware through the use of targeted advertising. The technique offers major technical advantages.

Turkey
Pars Defense, Turkey's zero-day champion

Pars Defense, a young Turkish company specialising in the detection of previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities, has suddenly found itself classed alongside such leaders of the sector as NSO Group and Intellexa.