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Apple sends out warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks
Apple sends out warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks The company’s new support page tells recipients what they can do to protect their data. By Mariella Moon Aug. 14, 2026… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
HuaXin ZhongAn
HXZA occupies an unusual position among Chinese private security companies (PSCs): it holds a rare state authorization for armed escort of merchant vessels, is the only Chinese security firm holding ISO/PAS 28000/28007 private maritime-security certification, and was the first Chinese and first East Asian PSC to obtain full certification from the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA), the Geneva-based body that sets voluntary human-rights and use-of-force standards for the private security industry. Continue reading
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Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics
Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech. Continue reading
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DeWe Security Service Group
DeWe Security Service Group (德威国际安保集团, DWSS) is a Chinese overseas private-security enterprise founded in 2011 in Beijing. Its founding and controlling figure is Li Xiaopeng (李晓鹏), a former Chinese public-security official who assembled a team drawn substantially from personnel who had worked security for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. DWSS built a business protecting Chinese state-owned enterprises, Belt and Road Initiative projects, and Chinese diplomatic and commercial interests operating in high-risk overseas environments, principally across Africa. Continue reading
Establishing a multinational walking blood bank in Haiti operational, regulatory, and cultural lessons from the MSSM mission
Establishing a multinational walking blood bank in Haiti operational, regulatory, and cultural lessons from the MSSM mission European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery Ricardo A Jacquez 1 , Albert J Gimpelson … You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
KBR Defendants Agree to Settle Kickback and False Claims Allegations
KBR Defendants Agree to Settle Kickback and False Claims Allegations Justice Department Press Release 06/14/2022 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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SONS OF SINAI-/ ABNAA SINAI business profile
The group has since expanded into contracting, industrial development, real estate, tourism, security, and — most consequentially — border logistics at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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MORAN SECURITY GROUP
✦ DOSSIER MORAN SECURITY GROUP A Consolidated & Fact-Checked Corporate Profile of a Russian Maritime PMSC Prepared by the Directorate of PMSC Analysis Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire — iissonline.net 31… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Dogs of war: Russia’s corporate warriors in armed conflicts
Dogs of war: Russia’s corporate warriors in armed conflicts Metadata 14 June 2023 Reading time: 24 minutes By: Andreas Heinemann-Grüder Brief_10_Private military companies (1).pdf Hardly any war has ever been fought… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Putin’s Invisible Army
THE WARSAW INSTITUTE REVIEW Date: 30 March 2018 Author: Grzegorz Kuczyński Putin’s Invisible Army As far as the law is concerned, they are acting illegally, yet the state willingly utilizes… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading