Research Fellow Bill Marczak’s Bahrain Watch announced that its #StopTheShipment campaign has succeeded in blocking tear gas exports to Bahrain.

The Citizen Lab is pleased to announce the Doctoral Award received by Jennie Phillips from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Citizen Lab Researcher Jakub Dalek, along with Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan of Agentura.Ru, gave a talk at the Andrei Sakharov Archives and Human Rights Center in Moscow, Russia on the general security landscape for activists.

An article in the Washington Post, titled “Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning,” discussed two of the Citizen Lab’s research outputs.

Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert was interviewed for IT Business. Professor Deibert spoke about his new book, Black Code, as well as his thoughts on the state of privacy and cybersecurity at the end of 2013.

Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert was interviewed by Dennis Fisher of Kaspersky’s ThreatPost.

Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert’s book, Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace, was included in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Reading List for 2013.

Director Ron Deibert spoke about the NSA spying scandal, and his new book, Black Code.

Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert joined CBC’s The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti to talk about the idea of a digital bill of rights, the recent Snowden revelations, and his new book, Black Code.

Former Citizen Lab security researcher and member of our technical advisory group, Nart Villeneuve, is part of a team that uncovered a malware campaign targeting European diplomats and foreign ministries.