Complex, but not uninteresting: The mobile devices of former CEOs Shai BaVad and the Turner Foundation have been inspected over the past day by experts from the Israeli company ZeCops, which specializes in detecting and analyzing attacks against mobile devices. The findings are temporary and the investigation is still ongoing. Still, the company’s experts have already informed the two that an infection or attack on their cellphone has apparently been committed.
“Both devices were infected at a very high level,” said Nir Avraham, one of the experts. And also: “Signs indicating assault have been found.” It should be emphasized once again: it is not final, it is temporary. It is not known who is valid and what is valid. Another interesting finding: the “paste” or attack was recently removed from the devices. In suspicious proximity to publications in “Calcalist”.
All this is happening in parallel with the final findings of the inspection of the special staff of the State Attorney’s Office, which also consists of cyber experts from the GSS and the Mossad, according to which the police did not infiltrate NSO (“Saifan”) spy on the three CEOs. It works out? I do not know. There are other means in the police force that are being tested now, when the chance of using them is nil and there are many other factors that can attack these devices, in particular.
For fans of conspiracy theories: Did we have here a complex “dummy operation” of sophisticated external factors in which various devices were improvised pasted, in order to “thicken” the story, prior to its publication?
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It should be added: despite Calcalist’s claims, there is no doubt among the experts that it is not possible to delete, hide or manipulate the Audit Log Trail of the “Pegasus” or the “Saipan”. There is no such animal and there is no such possibility. So the chance that the police caught up and then imitated does not exist. This, and more: the three CEOs in question have not been in office for several years. Why waste spyware on them?
This, and more: even if the police caught up with the AVD years ago, the spy was supposed to dissipate with every software update of the mobile and even with a restart. In short, the fog is still here. In any case, from experience, in Israel when it comes to deciding Givat Halfon. It seems to me that of the three in the Av Beit Din, he takes matters seriously and is the most concerned. At the time, he was the driving force behind the police’s demand to budget policemen’s pensions at NIS 22 billion, compensation for past injustices. The police had reason to follow him.
He also does not understand how it is possible that the GSS, the Mossad or everything in between does not carry out a quick check on his cellphone and that of Palmor Turner. By the way, Palmor’s cellphone is being examined now. , But four “suspicious findings” were identified. At the same time, Palmor replaced its mobile in April 2020. Now it is looking for the previous one, to test it as well.
Even in her case, the findings are still temporary and partial. Regarding ZeCops: a small company with a good reputation and reputable customers, but I am far from knowing what the level of reliability is. Or, as someone from the field told me: “In this field there is no 100%.” Shabbat Shalom.