Eric Banoun
Israeli offensive-cyber pioneer; Circles co-founder; Discover-Tech and Intelos director
| Eric Banoun
| |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Cyber / intelligence entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Circles; director/shareholder of Discover-Tech and Intelos |
Eric Banoun is an Israeli cyber and intelligence entrepreneur. Haaretz, as cited by Citizen Lab, has described him as "one of the pioneers of offensive cyber in Israel." He co-founded Circles, an SS7 phone-location and interception firm later affiliated with the NSO Group family, and Senpai Technologies. Citizen Lab reported that he was a director of Discover-Tech from soon after its 2020 founding until January 2025, and a shareholder and director of Intelos Ltd from its 2018 registration.[1]
Discover-Tech and Intelos
Citizen Lab's October 2026 investigation linked Discover-Tech's Controlium ad-targeting platform to delivery of Candiru spyware and to ADINT vendor Intelos. It found that Discover-Tech and Intelos websites were published from the same Wix user account for a period ending around February 2026, and that Controlium logins were linked to Intelos infrastructure including an "AD/HOC" application login.[1]
Ctech has also placed Banoun in the network around early Rayzone Group / NSO Group mediation activity involving Matan Caspi.[2]
See also
- Discover-Tech
- Intelos
- Circles
- Tal Dilian
- Roy Shloman
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bill Marczak et al., How Discover-Tech Turned Targeted Ads Into a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware, Citizen Lab, 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet, The Rayzone Group's secret cyber intelligence activities revealed, Ctech, 29 December 2020.