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2019
February 2019 – Citizen Lab researchers targeted, continued abuse of NSO technology in Mexico, and applications open for 2019 Citizen Lab Summer Institute
2018
November 2018 – NSO spyware found in 45 countries, the Canadian connection to Khashoggi, and the dangers of AI in immigration
March 2018 – The month in review: Accessing your info, Bill C-59 analysis, and Citizen Lab at the Internet Freedom Festival
January 2018 – This month’s round-up: spying on the cheap, fitness trackers leaking military secrets, and breaking through Iranian censorship
2017
November 2017 – Ethiopian dissidents targeted with spyware, Citizen Lab launches new digital security platform, and Korean parental apps still insecure
October 2017 – Chinese Congress content filtering, Citizen Lab partners honoured as heroes, and helping the UN address online violence against women
September 2017 – Insecure child filtering apps, Noura Al-Jizawi’s work in Syria, and social media crackdowns in China
August 2017 – Mexico spying scandal continues, censorship in Chinese mobile games, and proposed changes to CSE regulations
Summer 2017 – Censorship of Liu Xiaobo, spying in Mexico, and Black Code available for streaming
April 2017 – “We (can’t) Chat” report, Black Code film, Google Policy Fellowship, and more
February 2017 – Bitter Sweet: Supporters of Mexico’s Soda Tax Targeted with NSO Exploit Links
2016
December 2016 – One App, Two Systems: How WeChat uses one censorship policy in China and another internationally
October 2016 – Canada’s National Security Consultation: Digital Anonymity and Subscriber Identification Revisited… Yet Again
August 2016 – A Tough Nut to Crack: A Further Look at Privacy and Security Issues in UC Browser
June 2016 – Release of DIY Transparency Report Tool
May 2016 – A New Threat Actor Against UAE Dissidents
April 2016 – Between Hong Kong and Burma: Tracking UP007 and SLServer Espionage Campaigns
March 2016 – Privacy and Security Issues in QQ Browser
February 2016 – Baidu’s and Don’ts: Privacy and Security Issues in Baidu Browser
January 2016 – Citizen Lab Hosts Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellowship
2015
November 2015 – Packrat: Seven Years of a South American Threat Actor
September and October 2015 – Update to Citizen Lab’s “Are the Kids Alright?” Smart Sheriff report
August 2015 – Two-Factor Authentication Phishing From Iran
July 2015 – Authoritarianism Goes Global: Cyberspace Under Siege
June 2015 – Targeted Attacks against Tibetan and Hong Kong Groups
May 2015 – A Chatty Squirrel
April 2015 – China’s Great Cannon
March 2015 – Hacking Team Reloaded? US-based Ethiopian journalists again targeted with spyware
February 2015 – Joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression
January 2015 – The Geopolitics of Cyberspace After Snowden
2014
December 2014 – New Publications and Happy Holidays
November 2014 – Targeted Digital Threats Against Civil Society
October 2014 – LINE keyword filtering now includes regular expressions
August and September 2014 – New targeted surveillance research, fellowship opportunity, and more
July 2014 – Information controls analyses from Thailand and Iraq, new fellowship opportunity, and more
June 2014 – New reports on Hacking Team and information controls in Iraq in reaction to ISIS, and more
May 2014 – New report on blocking of Vimeo in Indonesia, upcoming events in Toronto, and more
April 2014 – LINE Censored Keywords Update, Responding to the Crisis in Canadian Telecommunications, and more
March 2014 – Cyber Dialogue 2014, Google Fellowship + new analysis on Canadian Telecoms surveillance
February 2014 – Citizen Lab receives $1 million award, Hacking Team research, and more
January 2014 – Deibert on CSEC, Towards Transparency in Canadian Telecoms, Syrian Malware
2013
December 2013 – Keyword censorship on Sina Weibo, response from LINE Corporation, shedding light on the surveillance industry
November 2013 – Asia Chats and Smartfilter research, Black Code out in paperback
October 2013 – Information Controls at the IGF2013, The Perils of National Security and Digital Surveillance Programs, Bounding Cyber Power
September 2013 – Censorship in China, malware targeting the Tibetan community, upcoming events, and more
August 2013 – Identifying and confirming the use of URL filtering products for censorship, Russia surveillance state, and more
July 2013 – Two new reports on Chinese censorship, malware family targeting the Tibetan community, Citizen Lab at TIFF
June 2013 – Some Devices Wander by Mistake, China Chats, Blocked on Weibo book launch and more
May 2013 – New malware attacks target Syrian opposition, Canadian filtering product in Pakistan, and more
April 2013 – Release of Black Code book, Connaught Summer Institute on monitoring Internet openness and rights
2012
November 2012 – The Canadian Connection: One Year Later, throttling free speech, at home and abroad, Thailand increases controls on cyberspace
October 2012 – Malware compromised a high profile dissident residing in UAE, Ron Deibert at TEDx Toronto, update on information controls in Ethiopia
March 2012 – Information Operations and Tibetan Rights, Robert Guerra joins ICANN’s committee, Ron Deibert at RSA conference
February 2012 – Information shaping and denial in the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, Stefania Milan chosen to be new media consultant to Italian Minister of Education