Israel
Cognyte takes over Verint's cryptocurrency investigation business

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Private French interceptions tradeshow, From Cognyte to Lumi Networks, Venezuela boosts electronic warfare capacities

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.

Paris Interceptions tradeshow being prepped

Herzliya Yuval Altman, Israeli de-anonymisation expert, goes solo

Caracas China reinforces Venezuela's electronic warfare means against backdrop of regional tensions

Spotlight | Indonesia, Israel, Ukraine
Ukraine's Infozahyst to assist Cognyte on Indonesian interceptions contract

Israeli group Cognyte has called in Ukrainian interceptions specialist Infozahyst to help it fulfill a contract for the Indonesian intelligence services. Cognyte, a Verint group spin-off, needs the Ukrainian company's satellite communications interception know-how.

Spotlight | Azerbaijan, Israel, Turkey
Israeli and Turkish cyber experts make beeline for Baku

Increasingly exposed to Russian cyber activity, Azerbaijan is looking to beef up its cyberdefences, with Israel and Turkey's help.

Spotlight | Cyprus, Israel
Israeli Eitanium emerges from woodwork financed by sector heavyweights

Cyber intelligence start-up Eitanium, whose shareholders include Circles co-founder Eric Banoun and Erik Prince, founder of the private military company Blackwater, is beginning to recruit specialists in Israel.

Europe
Luxembourg-based Scorechain raises Swiss capital to develop cryptocurrency compliance tools

Founded by three French tech experts, based in Luxembourg, and financed by Swiss and German investors, Scorechain sells software that detects suspect transactions on cryptocurrency exchanges.

United States
Under pressure from DoJ, cryptocurrency sector beefs up financial intelligence

In response to increased scrutiny by US authorities, cryptocurrency platforms and suppliers are strengthening their internal teams, with outside help from old and new compliance experts.

Israel
Israeli Operational Technologies Cyber Consortium federates former cyber-intelligence figures

Six months after losing out on a major contract in Dubai, the gratin of Israel's cyber industry launched a new consortium at the emirate's GISEC trade fair.

United States
Cyber experts get into cryptocurrency investigation

Washington's battle against the use of illicit cryptocurrencies has opened up a burgeoning new marketplace. A host of private companies have sprung up to assist the SEC, the IRS and federal agencies in fighting cryptofraud.

Israel
Rayzone's interception modus operandi exposed by legal cases

Cyber-intelligence firms are well aware of the risk of going to court to settle a trade dispute where their most secret operations may be exposed. Rayzone, one of the industry's most established players, has been living through every cyber intelligence firm's worst nightmare over the past few weeks.

Israel
Latin America new El Dorado for cyber intelligence companies

Israeli companies specialising in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) are picking up a raft of contracts in the region, but they have had mishaps too.