Spotlight | Bangladesh
How Bangladesh came by its cyber intelligence tools

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French military hunts tactical intel, Cognyte appoints new tech boss, French air force restructures OSINT unit, Spain's military space sector

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, every Thursday we report on events big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

StrasbourgFrench armed forces' new in-depth action and intel command hunts tactical intelligence tech

HerzliyaFormer Google engineering director appointed Cognyte's tech boss

LyonFrench air force intelligence centre overhauls OSINT unit to better cover Beijing

MadridSpainSat NG, an antidote to the Spanish military space sector slump?

Bangladesh, Israel
Israeli 'spyware diplomacy' troubled by Bangladesh regime change

The new masters of Dhaka are auditing contracts awarded by intelligence services under ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations with Israel, but it appears that bilateral relations in the field of cyber intelligence have been forged and closely monitored at the highest level of the Israeli government.

United Kingdom
NN Technologies converts UK cyber defences to dual-use

Headed by ex-GCHQ staffer Matt Lane, NN Technologies aims to get British cyber defence companies to produce systems which are also suitable for civil use.

India
Innefu Labs has sights set on Gulf

The Indian cyber-intelligence company Innefu Labs, founded by two former executives from Appin Security, a firm once favoured by Western private investigators, wants to expand its business in the Gulf and further afield.

Bangladesh
Post-revolution purge worries Bangladeshi cyber intel contractors

After the fall of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's new interim government is seeking to clean up its cyber-intelligence contracts, in particular to find out who was indirectly involved in repressing the protests that led to regime change.

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Russia updates Akatsiya, French dual-use exporter's new clients, Israel's Cognyte equips Italy's gendarmes

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.

Moscow Ruselectronics unveils new version of GEOINT data fusion tool

Paris Georgia and Uruguay join crypto and interceptions clients

Rome Italy's Guardia acquires OSINT from Israel's Cognyte

Israel, Switzerland
Trade Spot, Israeli cyberintelligence firm Cognyte's Swiss-Cypriot relay

Switzerland is fast becoming a hub for cyberintelligence firms looking for European contracts and a quiet place to base themselves.

India, Israel
Israeli OSINT firm Cyberglobes prospects in India

Israel's Cyberglobes, a particularly active exporter of open source intelligence solutions despite its ban from Facebook and other US platforms, has recently been prospecting in India.

Spotlight | France
International OSINT groups vie for position with state agencies in Paris

Attracted by security trials ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a number of leading OSINT groups based in the United States and Israel are strengthening their presence in France.

Spotlight | Bangladesh, Israel
Like Intellexa, Merlinx collaborates with Bangladeshi intelligence

Israeli spyware firm Merlinx, acquired in 2021 by Israeli-US cloud data company OwnBackup, has been supplying its tools to Bangladesh's intelligence service via Israeli-PC integrator Prelysis. Its rival Intellexa was exposed this month for doing business with the same service.