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UAE
Abu Dhabi cleans up its cyber act after arrests linked to fraud and hacking

The arrest of a number of expat cyber specialists in Dubai, which we revealed, throws light on the backroom workings of the Emirati cyber sector. Read our investigation.

UAE, United Kingdom
UK Foreign Office concerned about British cyber expert jailed in Abu Dhabi

The British Foreign Office has been in touch with the Emirati authorities regarding a British-Australian cyber specialist who was arrested in the Emirates in mid-January.

UAE
Expat arrests in Abu Dhabi cyber sector

Intelligence Online can reveal that several expats working in the Emirati cyber sector are currently in prison. The murky case involves national security, and the embassies concerned are remaining silent. The situation could have repercussions for Western companies that have worked with those detained.

Jordan, UAE
Abu Dhabi and Amman's burgeoning cyber-cooperation

Emirati parastatal defence conglomerate EDGE Group recently sent a delegation including some of its most seasoned cyber specialists to Amman under the guise of training.

UAE
Emirati cyber specialist BeamTrail boosts position in military sector

The Emirati cyber sector is continuing its transformation. Under the supervision of EDGE Group, which brings together all Emirati defence tools, the parastatal cyber company BeamTrail is also reorganising its military activities.

UAE
How Abu Dhabi is carving out a place for itself in 6G

Abu Dhabi is banking on its advances in 6G to help it take a leading position in technological innovation, thanks to the Technology Innovation Institute which is close to the Emirati defence industry.

UAE
International OSINT players turn out in force in Dubai

With Abu Dhabi currently investing heavily in open source intelligence (OSINT), numerous specialists in this field attended the ISS World intelligence business trade fair in Dubai.

Bahrain, UAE
Emirati cyber makes push into Bahrain

Bahrain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is getting closer to Abu Dhabi's cyber security firm Beacon Red.

Russia, Spain
Russian zero-day exploit researchers prosper in Barcelona

Catalonia is attracting a growing number of fleeing Russian cyber specialists.

France, UAE
Former Indian military cyber-intelligence specialist Bryan Miranda eyes French tech

Bryan Miranda, the former Indian Army cyber-specialist, is looking to create a Paris subsidiary of his firm Plus971 Cyber Security, a partner of Beacon Red, to protect French startups from cyber attacks.

United Kingdom
UAE's spymaster, the British short seller and anonymous X account holders in smear campaign

In the short selling world, it has become the latest thing to mount a false smear campaign and accuse the real target of being behind it. The UAE's spymaster Tahnoon bin Zayel Al Nahyan appears to have become caught in the crosshairs of such an operation.

France, Switzerland
France's Michel Arditti takes SCSWORLD security tools around the globe

The prolific French businessman has been sprinkling his intelligence tools across France, the Gulf and Africa via his company Securewyse Consulting and Services.

Europe, Israel
Intellexa builds new cyber-intelligence empire thanks to rivals' dropped contracts

Cyber-intelligence veteran Tal Dilian is increasingly in the media spotlight after Washington blacklisted his companies, potentially hampering his rapid success over the last two years, achieved by picking up contracts from competitors beset by legal challenges.

The Tech Times
Snowpack goes global, Beacon Red in Singapore, MIL Corp helps NAWCAD in cyber

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

Paris Snowpack turns to RB 42 for international business development

Singapore Beacon Red showcases offensive cyber technologies

Washington NAWCAD draws on MIL Corp's cyber expertise

Bulgaria, Israel, UAE
Abu Dhabi cyber taps into Israeli-Bulgarian expertise

United Arab Emirates cyber is ramping up its efforts in open source intelligence. Bulgarian OSINT firm Tesseract Intelligence was a guest of the Emirates' Beacon Red stand at the recent ISS World trade fair in Singapore.

Israel
Former Senai exec Roy Shloman blossoms in Israeli cyber

At the head of several firms, the flourishing businessman was recently in the Emirates to present his firm XYZ Elements's open source intelligence technologies. XYZ in one of a number of companies owned by Roy Shloman operating in different intelligence fields.

Russia, UAE
UAE cyber-offensive firm Beacon Red's Russian hackers disillusioned

Less that six months after their arrival in the emirates, some of the Russian cyber engineers hired by the UAE's part public cyber-offensive company Beacon Red are unhappy about pay and are looking to leave.

Spotlight | Russia, UAE
Russian vulnerabilities reseller Operation Zero tries its luck in the Gulf

The zero-day vulnerabilities firm headed by Russian hacker Sergei Zelenyuk has been prospecting in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

France
Bug bounty firm Yogosha's founders fight each other in court over cyber contracts in UAE

The French firm's co-founder Fabrice Epelboin and his former Moroccan business partner Abderahman Zohry are threatening to sue Yogosha before the ECHR. They blame the company, which is now run by its other co-founder, Yassir Kazar, for taking on contracts in the UAE.