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Ron Deibert and Noura Aljizawi join CBC chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault to discuss the growing issue of foreign governments’ threats and intimidation targeting exiled women activists and dissidents living in Canada.
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Building upon our prior research and the contributions of other scholars to this field, the aim of this novel study is to understand the security risks and harms caused by digital transnational repression against exiled and diaspora women human rights defenders.
#News #dissidents #harassment #journalism #repression #HumanRights #womensrights
on Dec 2
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The Citizen Lab’s director Ron Deibert and senior researcher John Scott-Railton co-signed an open letter spearheaded by Access Now, calling on Sandvine to
on Tue, 10PM
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Kate Robertson, Senior Researcher at the Citizen Lab provided a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs, that contributes to the ongoing consideration of Bill C-26, which seeks to give the federal government the power to impose...
on Dec 10
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Senior fellow Lex Gill delivers testimony to the Foreign Interference Commission - The Citizen Lab
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Lex Gill, senior fellow at The Citizen Lab, delivered impactful comments to the Foreign Interference Commission at the public consultation hearing for the
on Dec 5
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In a joint investigation with The First Department, The Citizen Lab uncovered spyware covertly implanted on the phone of a Russian programmer following his release from Russian custody. The Monokle-like spyware allows an operator to track the device’s location, record phone calls, keystrokes,...
on Dec 5
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Gender-based Digital Transnational Repression Explained - The Citizen Lab
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N72UV-aD9r4
on Dec 2
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Psychological and Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada - The Citizen Lab
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In this report, we describe how activists and dissidents living in Canada are impacted by digital transnational repression. We conclude that digital transnational repression has a serious impact on these communities, including their ability to undertake transnational advocacy work related to...
on Nov 29
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Litigation and other formal complaints related to mercenary spyware - The Citizen Lab
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This is a living resource document providing links and descriptions to litigation and other formal complaints concerning digital surveillance and the digital surveillance industry.
on Nov 29
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Government operatives used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. The journalists were hacked by four Pegasus operators, including one operator MONARCHY that we attribute to Saudi Arabia, and one operator...
on Nov 28
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كتب محظورة: تحليل الرقابة على موقع Amazon.com - The Citizen Lab
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المؤلفون: جيفري نوكل، جاكوب داليك، نورا الجيزاوي، محمد أحمد، ليفي ميليتي، وجاستن لاو. ملاحظة للقراء: هذا المستند هو ترجمة غير رسمية وهو نسخة مختصرة من التقرير
on Nov 26
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Banned Books: Analysis of Censorship on Amazon.com - The Citizen Lab
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We analyze the system Amazon deploys on the US “amazon.com” storefront to restrict shipments of certain products to specific regions. We found 17,050 products that Amazon restricted from being shipped to at least one world region. - While many of the shipping restrictions are related to...
on Nov 25
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Assistant Professor, Information Security - The Citizen Lab
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The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time
on Nov 11
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Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Digital Technologies - The Citizen Lab
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The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time
on Nov 11
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Job Opportunity: Systems and Security Administrator - The Citizen Lab
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Under the general direction of The Citizen Lab Director and the Administrative Director, Citizen Lab, and reporting to the Systems and Security Technical Lead, the System and Security Administrator manages the security support needs of The Citizen Lab, carrying out a range of information...
on Oct 29
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In an interview with CTV Kitchener, The Citizen Lab’s director Ron Deibert discusses the U.S. Department of Commerce’s decision to remove Sandvine from the Entity List.
on Oct 29
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【我們繼續聊天？】繁體中文摘要 - The Citizen Lab
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微信有超過十億每月活躍使用者，我們分析了微信使用的主要網路協定 MMTLS 的安全和隱私特性，並發佈了首篇公開的研究報告。
on Oct 18
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Should We Chat, Too? Security Analysis of WeChat’s MMTLS Encryption Protocol - The Citizen Lab
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This report performs the first public analysis of MMTLS, the main network protocol used by WeChat, an app with over one billion users. The report finds that MMTLS is a modified version of TLS, however some of the modifications have introduced cryptographic weaknesses.
on Oct 17
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Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit takes legal action to dismantle Russia-based threat actor COLDRIVER following a joint investigation by The Citizen Lab and
on Oct 3
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In a recent article published in the peer-reviewed journal Globalizations, The Citizen Lab’s Siena Anstis, senior legal researcher, and Émilie LaFlèche, former legal intern, examine how digital abuse against women exacerbates the sexism and patriarchal structures that exist in the physical world.
on Oct 3
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Missing Link: Tibetan Groups Targeted with 1-Click Mobile Exploits - The Citizen Lab
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This is the first documented case of one-click mobile exploits used to target Tibetan groups, and reflects an escalation in the sophistication of digital espionage threats targeting the community.
on Sep 24
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New Book “Chasing Shadows” Coming Soon - The Citizen Lab
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We are excited to announce a new book, Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy, by Ronald Deibert, director and founder of The Citizen Lab, will hit shelves on February 4, 2025.
on Sep 20
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Locked In, Locked Out: How Data Breaches Shatter Refugees’ Safety - The Citizen Lab
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In an article published by the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, Citizen Lab senior researcher Noura Aljizawi discusses the leak of personal data of Syrian refugees in Türkiye and the severe impact on their lives.
on Sep 7
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Enhancing Cybersecurity and Resilience for Transnational Dissidents - The Citizen Lab
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Join the Citizen Lab and the UC Berkeley Centre for Long-Term Cybersecurity for a webinar where researchers Noura Al-Jizawi, Gözde Böcü, and Nicola Lawford will present their research, "Enhancing Cybersecurity Resilience for Transnational Dissidents."
on Aug 29
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In an article for Lawfare, the Citizen Lab's senior research associate Kate Robertson analyzes how, in its current form, the draft treaty is poised “to become a vehicle for complicity in the global mercenary spy trade.”
on Aug 23
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A sophisticated spear phishing campaign has been targeting Western and Russian civil society. In collaboration with Access Now, and with the participation of numerous civil society organizations, we uncover this operation and link it to COLDRIVER, a group attributed by multiple governments to...
on Aug 14
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The Citizen Lab at DEF CON 32 - The Citizen Lab
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In this talk at the DEF CON 32 convention on August 11, Jeffrey Knockel and Mona Wang will discuss how any network eavesdropper may read the keystrokes of popular Chinese IME keyboard users.
on Aug 14
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In response to a call for input issued by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, Emile Dirks, research associate at the Citizen Lab, prepared a written submission underlining the legal and human rights implications of the collection and usage of biometric...
on Jul 31
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On July 16, former Citizen Lab Open Technology Fund (OTF) Information Controls Fellowship Program fellow Benjamin Mixon-Baca will be presenting “Attacking
on Jul 16
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TikTok vs Douyin: A Security and Privacy Analysis - The Citizen Lab
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A comparative analysis of security, privacy, and censorship issues in TikTok and Douyin, both developed by ByteDance.
on Jul 16
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In 2022, the Citizen Lab gained extensive forensic visibility into new NSO Group exploit activity after finding infections among members of Mexico’s civil society, including two human rights defenders from Centro PRODH, which represents victims of military abuses in Mexico.
on Jul 2
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The Citizen Lab, in collaboration with Catalan civil society groups, has identified at least 65 individuals targeted or infected with mercenary spyware, including members of the European Parliament, Catalan Presidents, legislators, jurists, and members of civil society organisations.
on Jun 25
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Job Opportunity: Informatics Security Analyst and Network Administrator - The Citizen Lab
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The Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, is hiring an Informatics Security Analyst and Network
on Jun 25
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The report includes technical elements associated with stalkerware applications, marketing activities, and compliance with Canadian privacy legislation.
on Jun 24
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In a joint investigation with Access Now, we found that seven Russian and Belarusian-speaking independent journalists and opposition activists based in Europe were targeted and/or infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware.
on May 31
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敲敲打打：一系列云端输入法漏洞使网络攻击者得以监看个人用户的输入内容（摘要） - The Citizen Lab
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在我们测试的九家厂商的应用程序中，仅有华为的产品未发现任何上传用户输入内容至云端相关的安全问题，其余每一家厂商都至少有一个应用程序含有漏洞，使得被动型网络攻击者得以监看用户输入的完整内容。
on May 17
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Dark Basin: Uncovering a Massive Hack-For-Hire Operation - The Citizen Lab
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Over the course of our multi-year investigation, we found that Dark Basin likely conducted commercial espionage on behalf of their clients against opponents involved in high profile public events, criminal cases, financial transactions, news stories, and advocacy. This report highlights several...
on May 3
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Chinese Keyboard App Vulnerabilities Explained - The Citizen Lab
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We analyzed third-party keyboard apps Tencent QQ, Baidu, and iFlytek, on the Android, iOS, and Windows platforms. Along with Tencent Sogou, they comprise over 95% of the market share for third-party keyboard apps in China. This is an FAQ for the full report titled "The not-so-silent type:...
on Apr 24
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敲敲打打：一系列雲端輸入法漏洞允許網路攻擊者監看輸入內容（摘要） - The Citizen Lab
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重要：我們建議所有使用者立即更新他們所使用的輸入法軟體以及作業系統。並建議高風險使用者停止使用任何輸入法提供的雲端建議功能，改為使用完全離線的輸入法，以避免資料外洩。
on Apr 23
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In this report, we examine cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from nine vendors (Baidu, Honor, Huawei, iFlyTek, OPPO, Samsung, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi) for vulnerabilities in how the apps transmit user keystrokes. Our analysis found that eight of the nine apps identified contained...
on Apr 23
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Emile Dirks, Research Associate at the Citizen Lab, prepared a written submission for the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) about the state
on Apr 2
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The recommendations call for an elaboration of the definition of biometric data, guidelines on what constitutes as sensitive biometric data types, and the usage of biometric data processing.
on Mar 24
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NSO Group / Q Cyber Technologies: Over One Hundred New Abuse Cases - The Citizen Lab
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As reported in May 2019, WhatsApp identified and shortly thereafter fixed a vulnerability that allowed attackers to inject commercial spyware on to phones
on Feb 29
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This report offers 30 recommendations to the draft legislation in an effort to correct its secrecy and accountability deficiencies, while also suggesting amendments which would impose some restrictions on the range of powers that the government would be able to wield. It is important that these...
on Feb 27
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A network of at least 123 websites operated from within the People’s Republic of China while posing as local news outlets in 30 countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, disseminates pro-Beijing disinformation and ad hominem attacks within much larger volumes of commercial press...
on Feb 7
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Job Opportunity: Communication Strategist - The Citizen Lab
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You can find detailed job description and other details here.
on Feb 1
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Confirming Large-Scale Pegasus Surveillance of Jordan-based Civil Society - The Citizen Lab
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As part of a collaborative investigation led by Access Now, Citizen Lab researchers conducted forensic analysis of iPhones belonging to members of Jordan-based civil society.
on Feb 1
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In a new study, Citizen Lab sheds light on the massive security threats facing Latin Americans. Citizen Lab and Open Technology Fund (OTF) fellow Beau Kujath
on Jan 22
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We consistently found that Bing censors politically sensitive Chinese names over time, that their censorship spans multiple Chinese political topics, consists of at least two languages—English and Chinese—and applies to different world regions, including China, the United States, and Canada.
on Dec 22
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Assistant Professor, Information Security - The Citizen Lab
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The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time
on Dec 22