NSO Group

Belgium, Israel
Interionet adds another Israeli stamp to Belgium's I-Police programme

The Belgian law enforcement modernisation programme I-Police, led by French firm Sopra Steria, uses video data analytics developed by Israeli firm Interionet. It had already tapped into Israeli tech with tools from cyber specialists Rayzone.

Chile, Israel
Israeli cyber company makes gains in Chile despite diplomatic snub thanks to SecurityST

The consultancy firm led by sector veteran Ruben Celedon met with high-ranking Chilean military officers to tout the cyber wares and tools of Israeli firms such as Elta, Interionet and Voyager Labs.

The Tech Telegraph
Avisa Partners lands EU cyber crisis management contract, Lynn Herrick off to SS8, Dafna Messing joins Koios

In SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT and cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Paris/Athens Avisa Partners to work on ENISA cyber crisis management

Milpitas Lynn Herrick takes charge of solutions engineering at SS8

Herzliya Former NSO staffer Dafna Messing heads to Koios

Kazakhstan
Kazakh intelligence generates local cyber industry with Kazdream

After years of off-the-shelf purchases of cyberoffensive tools from abroad, Nur-Sultan's interception sector is producing local private providers. Local company Kazdream is at the forefront of these developments.

United States
NSO-L3-Harris deal fails but prompts calls from Congress for better control of cyberacquisitions

As part of the House of Representative's discussions on the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Democrat representative Tom Malinowski proposed an amendment aimed at assessing the US president's ability to block acquisitions of sanctioned foreign intelligence companies in a nod to the failed NSO deal.

United States
USCYBERCOM in search of zero-day provider

Via the Joint Cyber Weapons programme, the US Cyber Command is looking for a supplier able to find zero-day vulnerabilities and be operable for a variety of future missions.

Italy
Negg sets out to conquer international market

Italian cyber-intelligence company Negg is looking to win contracts abroad by creating a network of partners and resellers.

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.

Spotlight | Israel, United States
Israeli cyber sector in turmoil following abandonment of L3Harris-NSO takeover talks

L3 Harris's plans to take over Israeli cyber intelligence specialist NSO, which were revealed by Intelligence Online less than a month ago, have been called off in the face of strong opposition from the Biden administration.

The Tech Telegraph
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 | Brazil, Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Black Cube's methods revealed against backdrop of Lava Jato operation

In its efforts to have a US federal court enforce the arbitration that it won against Brazilian magnate Silmar Bertin since June, the Brazilian group Equipav has exposed the methods of its corporate intelligence provider, Israeli-British investigator Black Cube.

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.

The Agencies' Gazette
EU counter-espionage, Lebanese intelligence and drug trafficking, new KNB vice director

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Beirut, Beijing, Nur-Sultan and Brussels.

European Union Commission ramps up counter-intelligence

Lebanon Military intelligence to tackle drug trafficking

Kazakhstan Kazakh spymaster enlists financial investigator

China Xi Jinping confident Li Shulei named vice director of CCP's propaganda unit

Spotlight | Israel
Dataflow Security and Rayzone poach key staff from troubled NSO

Between them, Italy's Dataflow Security and Israel's Rayzone Group have signed up a couple of specialists from the troubled Israeli cyber intelligence firm NSO Group.

Israel, United Kingdom
Cyberintel experts Lavie and Zack extend their UK operations with Civilian Development Group

Omri Lavie and Isaac Zack have made a name for themselves in cybersecurity with Orchestra in London. But the Israeli cyberintelligence veterans also own another firm in England, Civilian Development Group, based near Manchester.

Israel, Singapore
NSO keeps a foot in Singapore thanks to TRD

In a bad position in Singapore on cyber intelligence, NSO Group maintains a presence in the city-state thanks to local anti-drone technology integrator TRD Consultancy, which distributes the products of its subsidiary Convexum.