Morgan Marquis-Boire at BlackHat conference in Singapore
Google’s Shane Huntley and Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Morgan Marquis-Boire co-authored a presentation at BlackHat in Singapore on the targeting of journalists by government surveillance.
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Cyber Stewards Network featured in Asia Research News 2014
The Citizen Lab’s Cyber Stewards Network (CSN) was featured in the 2014 Asia Research News magazine, an annual publication highlighting interesting on-going research in universities and research institutions in Asia.
Citizen Lab collaborates with Human Rights Watch on Internet censorship testing in Ethiopia
Citizen Lab has collaborated with Human Rights Watch to document Internet censorship in Ethiopia.
Morgan Marquis-Boire joins Freedom of the Press Foundation Advisory Board
Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Morgan Marquis-Boire has been invited to join the Freedom of the Press Foundation’s new Technical Advisory Board.
Morgan Marquis-Boire at RightsCon
Citizen Lab Security Researcher Morgan Marquis Boire attended RightsCon in San Francisco where he gave a talk on the Surveillance Landscape.
Cyber Steward Shahzad Ahmad Wins Freedom of Expression Award
Cyber Steward Shahzad Ahmad, Director of Bytes for All (B4A), has won the Doughty Street Advocacy Award as part of Index on Censorship’s 2014 Freedom of Expression Awards. Ahmad was nominated in the advocacy category which recognizes activists fighting for free expression around the world.
Updates on Bytes for All and the “YouTube Case”
Bytes for All (B4A) is continuing its battle at the Lahore High Court against Internet censorship in Pakistan. The court case has highlighted the ongoing censorship of YouTube in Pakistan, a result of the video sharing site’s refusal to block the controversial “Innocence of Muslims” video.
US-based Servers Part of Hacking Team’s Surveillance Infrastructure
Our analysis traces Hacking Team’s Remote Control System’s (RCS) proxy chains, and finds that dedicated US-based servers are part of the RCS infrastructure implemented by the governments of Azerbaijan, Colombia, Ethiopia, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and the United Arab Emirates in their espionage and/or law enforcement operations.
Hacking Team’s US Nexus
This report outlines an extensive US nexus for a network of servers forming part of the collection infrastructure of Hacking Team’s Remote Control System. The network, which includes data centers across the US, is used to obscure government clients of Hacking Team. It is used by at least 10 countries ranging from Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan to Korea, Poland and Ethiopia. In addition we highlight an intriguing US-only Hacking Team circuit.
Voice of America covers Citizen Lab research
An article on commercial spyware in Voice of America cited Citizen Lab research into ‘lawful intercept’ spyware such as FinSpy.