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Citizen Lab 2016 Report highlights and year in review

This post recaps Citizen Lab’s major research reports for 2016, which span issues surrounding censorship, surveillance, privacy, and cybersecurity as they relate to fitness trackers, political dissidents, social media users, and more.

Nile Phish: Large-Scale Phishing Campaign Targeting Egyptian Civil Society

This report discusses the targeting of Egyptian NGOs by Nile Phish, a large-scale phishing campaign. Almost all of the targets we identified are also implicated in Case 173, a sprawling legal case brought by the Egyptian government against NGOs, which has been referred to as an “unprecedented crackdown” on Egypt’s civil society. Nile Phish operators demonstrate an intimate knowledge of Egyptian NGOs, and are able to roll out phishing attacks within hours of government actions, such as arrests.

Publications

Research Reports Director Ron Deibert’s blog posts provide summaries and analysis of The Citizen Lab research reports and can be found here. John Scott-Railton, Rebekah Brown, Ksenia Ermoshina, and Ron Deibert. “Rivers of Phish: Sophisticated Phishing Targets Russia’s Perceived Enemies Around the Globe,” The Citizen Lab Report No. 177, University of Toronto, August 14, 2024…. Read more »