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Disrupting COLDRIVER: U.S. court orders seizure of domains used in Russian cyberattacks

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit takes legal action to dismantle Russia-based threat actor COLDRIVER following a joint investigation by The Citizen Lab and Access Now. In August, The Citizen Lab, jointly with Access Now, in collaboration with First Department, Arjuna Team, and RESIDENT.ngo, published a report that uncovered two distinct spear-phishing campaigns targeting members of Russian… Read more »

New Book “Chasing Shadows” Coming Soon

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.

Lex Gill at CBC Ideas at Crow’s Theatre: Making Justice Imaginable

Lex Gill, a lawyer and fellow at the Citizen Lab, is scheduled to give a talk at the CBC Ideas event at Crow’s Theatre on September 15. The discussion, moderated by CBC Ideas host Nahlah Ayed, will delve into themes of justice, defiance, and ideas for building a better world. The IDEAS AT CROW’S THEATRE… Read more »

Emile Dirks at the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition

The Citizen Lab’s Emile Dirks will present at the upcoming APSA 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition as part of a panel discussing how autocrats and aspiring autocrats capture social institutions and stifle counter-mobilization. At the event, Dirks will present a working paper co-authored with Diana Fu, associate professor of political science at the University of… Read more »

Enhancing Cybersecurity and Resilience for Transnational Dissidents

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.”

The Citizen Lab at DEF CON 32

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.