Europe

Seven Years of Deliveries, One Arrest

On Monday, 10 August, the Interior Ministry put out a press release announcing a success. The DSN had dismantled an international network of companies that moved sanctioned industrial goods to Russia through a firm registered in Vienna. Machine tools and special metalworking

August 16, 2026

Analysis·Europe·Intelligence·OSINT

Vienna Buys the Bidstream

Austria has renewed a licence for a surveillance system built on advertising data. Nobody in government will say under what legal authority, and the data protection regulator was never asked. A procurement notice on Austria’s public tender portal records the extension of

July 27, 2026

Europe·Intelligence

Austria’s Spyware Law Goes Before the Judges. The Real Question Is Who Sells the Exploit.

On June 22 the Austrian Constitutional Court will sit in public session and hear arguments about whether the state may read your Signal messages. The hearing starts at 9:30 in the morning. I expect the courtroom to be full and the answers

June 12, 2026

Analysis·Europe·Intelligence

Vienna’s Antenna Forest and Austria’s Quiet Course Change

There is a stretch of road in Vienna’s 22nd district, just off the U1 metro line, where you can stand on one side of a small park and see the Russian diplomatic compound on the left and the UN City complex on

May 30, 2026

Europe

The “Between Peace and War” Doctrine Has an Austrian Problem

The day the White House announced it was withdrawing the United States from the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, I happened to be in a meeting with a contact at the Federal Police in Vienna. He glanced at the

May 11, 2026

Europe·Intelligence·Security

Austria Finally Drafts a Real Espionage Law. The Ott Trial Will Decide Whether It Matters.

Austria has spent the better part of half a century letting foreign intelligence officers run operations from its capital, because the law, quite literally, does not care as long as the target is somebody else. Section 256 of the Criminal Code criminalises

April 26, 2026

Analysis·Europe·Security

The Blind Spot in European Cybersecurity: Why SMEs Are Losing the Attack Surface Battle

Most European small and mid-sized enterprises believe they are too small to be targeted. The data tells a different story. According to ENISA’s 2025 Threat Landscape Report, over 60% of cyberattacks in the EU now target organisations with fewer than 250 employees.

February 27, 2026

Analysis·Europe·Intelligence·Worldwide

AI is the Ultimate Distraction for National Security

Signal Poisoning: Why AI is the Ultimate Distraction for National SecurityThe Haystack Has Changed We used to say that intelligence work was like looking for a needle in a haystack. It was difficult, sure, but at least we knew that if we

December 3, 2025

Analysis·Europe·Intelligence·Worldwide

Notes from a Cyber Intelligence Insider: How Digital Disinformation Really Works

The Greatest Danger is Hacked Perceptions For years, I have monitored cyber threats for governments and international institutions. From securing diplomatic missions across 12 countries for the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) to tracking the digital footprints of terror financing for

November 22, 2025

Analysis·Europe·Worldwide

Milipol Paris 2025 Analysis

Field Notes from Milipol Paris 2025: A Smaller Exhibition, Lower Expectations, and a Noticeable Lack of Innovation Milipol Paris 2025 presented a markedly different atmosphere compared to previous years. The exhibition area was significantly smaller, and the overall pace of the event

November 19, 2025

Europe·Security

Encryption Vulnerability in Satellite Communications: An Open Door for Cyber Espionage

A newly published academic study reveals that nearly half of all communication satellites in geostationary orbit transmit civilian and military data without any encryption. This finding highlights a critical weakness not only in communication technologies but also in the context of modern

November 13, 2025

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Europe

Seven Years of Deliveries, One Arrest

Vienna Buys the Bidstream

Austria’s Spyware Law Goes Before the Judges. The Real Question Is Who Sells the Exploit.

Vienna’s Antenna Forest and Austria’s Quiet Course Change

The “Between Peace and War” Doctrine Has an Austrian Problem

Austria Finally Drafts a Real Espionage Law. The Ott Trial Will Decide Whether It Matters.

The Blind Spot in European Cybersecurity: Why SMEs Are Losing the Attack Surface Battle

AI is the Ultimate Distraction for National Security

Notes from a Cyber Intelligence Insider: How Digital Disinformation Really Works

Milipol Paris 2025 Analysis

Encryption Vulnerability in Satellite Communications: An Open Door for Cyber Espionage

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