In light of the increase in the world’s interdependence, wars are no longer a fare for traditional weapons alone, but the information has become the goal, which paved the way for the emergence of advanced spyware, as governments are racing to buy them and private security companies are competing to develop them.
At the heart of the Israeli digital security industry, “Unit 8200” emerged as a technical intelligence system, which is the incubator of dozens of startups specialized in cybersecurity and electronic attacks.
At the heart of this scene, the company “Graphite” has appeared widespread due to its ability to penetrate smartphones and steal data.
In this report, we review the relationship between unity and private companies, how Paragua Solichns, the Graphite mechanism, was born, and the most prominent moral and legal challenges related to this industry.
From the heart of intelligence to global technology
This unit was established in the fifties of the last century, and its extensive reputation has gained thanks to the development of advanced monitoring and penetration tools.
Al -Wahda 8200 is known as the most important electronic intelligence arm in the Israeli army, and is famous for its ability to intercept communications, analyze data, penetrate networks, and launch cyber attacks.
The unit is characterized by the employment of an elite of the brightest minds in the fields of mathematics, computing, cybersecurity and languages.
The recruits get advanced training in moral and immoral piracy and information analysis, which produces highly efficient technical cadres.
After the end of the compulsory recruitment service, many of these graduates start to the world of entrepreneurship, taking advantage of their experiences in developing monitoring, encryption and discovery systems.
As a result, this unit has become an informal business incubator for technology companies in Israel.
On the international level, many companies emerged by graduates of “Al -Wahda 8200”, such as “Chouk Point”, “Palo Alto Niturx” and “NSO”.
These companies turned Israel into a force in cybersecurity, as their products were exported to governments and companies around the world, sometimes amid moral controversy over their use of privacy.
A new face in the world of cyber espionage
In the midst of this complex technological scene, new companies such as “Paragua Solichins”, which was established in 2019, are founded by former leaders and recruits in that unit, to become a major player in the market of advanced spyware and piracy.
Among its founders, Ehud Shennarson, the former leader of “Al -Wahda 8200”.
Paraguay Solichns is focusing on selling advanced cyber penetration and monitoring tools for security governments and agencies around the world, taking advantage of the experiences of its founders in “Unit 8200”.
Among the most prominent products offered by “Paragua Solichns” “Graphite”, which sparked widespread controversy because of its ability to spy, although the company claims that it is intended to combat terrorism and organized crime.
Paragua Solichns is trying to differentiate from NSO’s reputation by claiming respect for local and international laws, yet Graphite follows the same pattern that we saw with tools, such as “Begasos”.
History shows it is difficult to prevent use of use, as Graphite’s ability to silence silent makes it an ideal tool for illegal repression and monitoring.
Innovation in the service of monitoring
Graphite belongs to a new breed of spyware capable of working without revealing, and it is one of the most developed penetration tools, as it is characterized by silent attack and transcending encryption and comprehensive listening.
Graphite can penetrate the target device without any reaction from the victim, such as clicking on a link or opening a file, and this type of attack is the peak of development in the spying world.
The program takes advantage of unknown gaps in operating systems or in common applications to implement the penetration automatically when receiving a specific message or data.
Graphite aims to stay hidden within the device for a long time by creating invisible hidden accounts for the user used to receive orders and send stolen data.
“Graphite” designed to work mainly in the memory of the device, which reduces the chances of leaving permanent effects that allow it to be discovered through traditional tests.
Once penetration, “Graphite” can access text messages, encrypted applications, e -mail, photos, files, calls record, contacts, and browsing record.
It also follows the geographical location, the microphone and the camera are secretly used, and it is remotely controlled by the target device without detecting the effect of the phone transforming into a monitor.
Because the program is able to reach encrypted conversations, anyone who communicates with a targeted device may also object to its messages, which makes it an indirect victim of the attack.
Graphite targets the phones working with the iOS and Android.
Technically, the spy program consists of the following components:
- Delivery unit: Use unveiled gaps or use social engineering for the initial attack.
- Continuity Unit: Provides access to the user’s powers root or breaking protection for long -term control of the device.
- Data Extracting Unit: messages, contacts, call records, site data and media files are stolen.
- Monitoring unit: Activate microphones and cameras secretly for immediate monitoring.
- Communications Unit: Stolen data leakage through encrypted driving and control channels.
- Self -Defense Unit: Discovers attempts to analyze and avoid detection, and can self -destroy to avoid criminal analysis.
Global Grand Market
The “Paragua Solichns” story sheds light on the gray market for digital spy, a market that is not controlled.
Through this market, companies led by former military experts provide highly complex penetration tools for governments that may harm their use.
Depending on “Unit 8200”, Israel has become one of the world’s largest spying programs, and turned into a global center for this industry, which quickly expanded amid an increasing global demand.
Through this market, advanced offensive techniques are sold to customers who may use them to suppress opponents, and they are transferred to military expertise to the commercial sector, where offensive capabilities outperform defensive capabilities.
Governments contract with Israeli companies to obtain technologies that are difficult to develop internally, which made these companies compete to provide the market with very advanced monitoring tools.
This competition motivated innovation, but also fueled the controversy over the ethics of spying tools, as Israel was forced to impose additional restrictions on the exports of these programs after NSO scandals.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense requires companies to obtain official approval of sales deals, check customer identities, and to commit to preserving diplomatic relations.
But experts point out that these restrictions remain relative, as Israeli espionage exports continue to dozens of countries, including allied Western countries, which makes talking about strict controls.
Organizations warn that moral sale allegations are merely marketing, as the technology itself is dangerous in nature, and it may be used against opposition and journalists even in democratic countries.
In conclusion, “Paragua Solichns” and its “Graphite” program are not just a successful security company, but rather a reflection of a global spy market without controls, as military experiences turn into goods that are sold and bought under the guise of fighting terrorism, but it may become a tool for repression and tyranny.