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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

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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

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.

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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

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Lumi Networks boosts its management, Boldend gets new CEO, bitCorp expands

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.

HerzliyaRoy Geva Glasberg joins Lumi Networks

WashingtonMichael Barry becomes CEO of Boldend

MilanbitCorp expands

Israel
Septier gets into rapidly expanding Wi-Fi catcher market

Wi-Fi catchers solve some of the technical challenges involved in intercepting 5G communications, but the rapid spread of random MAC addresses poses another obstacle.

Spotlight | Netherlands, United States
Social Links in fund-raising drive as it seeks to attract private investigator clients

Open source data analysis and visualisation solutions provider Social Links is moving away from its host platforms Maltego and i2 as it looks to expand its customer base.

France
French legal interceptions platform plagued by blind spots

Despite the efforts that were made to get it up and running, France's legal interceptions platform, or PNIJ, still has major glitches to sort out, a Senate report has revealed.

India
India races to catch up with China in space defence

India is getting into the starting blocks to close the gap with China in New Space intelligence, launching a flurry of calls for projects in strategic segments and boosting its nascent champion Pixxel.

Italy
Italian cyber fills gaps left by France, Israel

Italian cyber-intelligence company IPS, which is developing the Medusa platform, and the more offensive interception firm RCS Lab are both expanding their export business.

Malaysia, Switzerland
Switzerland's EAS Solutions targets Asian markets

Swiss newcomer EAS Solutions has teamed up with Malaysian distributor Mirai to market its IMSI catchers.

Spotlight | Bangladesh
How Bangladesh came by its cyber intelligence tools

Despite the supposedly strict export bans on dual use goods into the country, Bangladesh's intelligence services are not lacking in Western cyber intelligence equipment that fall into that category.

United States
The Pentagon's major image processing project Maven makes budget comeback

After seven years in the making, Project Maven - a military artificial intelligence project dedicated to image processing - is in better health after the NGA took over the helm.

Europe, Finland, United States
Finland takes lead in European strategic space industry

Having abandoned its neutrality in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine, Finland is making its mark in intelligence and space technology. After the rise to prominence of ICEYE, a second Finnish geospatial intelligence company, Kuva Space, is entering orbit.

China, United States
US tech groups stealthily absorb Chinese skills to win friends in Beijing

To navigate the tensions between China and the US, big American groups working in Beijing are beginning to employ Chinese recruits for key roles, such as those dealing with local authorities. Yet by doing so, they risk losing out on important information themselves.