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...
View ArticleRon Deibert in The Washington Post on Apple’s decision to drop lawsuit...
Apple has decided to drop its lawsuit against commercial spyware vendor NSO Group, citing a shifting risk landscape that could risk revealing the security methods used to combat commercial...
View ArticleGender-based digital transnational repression as a global authoritarian...
In an increasingly interconnected digital age, authoritarian states have found insidious ways to silence dissents living beyond their borders. This phenomenon, known as digital transnational...
View ArticleDisrupting COLDRIVER: U.S. court orders seizure of domains used in Russian...
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,...
View ArticleShould We Chat, Too? FAQ
Read the full report: Should We Chat, Too? Security Analysis of WeChat’s MMTLS Encryption Protocol What does this research contribute to what we already know about WeChat? WeChat is an app with many...
View ArticleThe Citizen Lab at Regardless of Frontiers: First Amendment & Exchange of...
The Citizen Lab’s director Ron Deibert is presenting a paper, co-authored with senior legal researcher Siena Anstis, at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University’s event Regardless...
View Article“Misinformed about misinformation” Gabrielle Lim’s piece for the Harvard...
In an article for the Harvard Kennedy School’s Misinformation Review, Gabrielle Lim, doctoral fellow at The Citizen Lab, and co-authors Irene Pasquetto (University of Maryland) and Samantha Bradshaw...
View ArticleJob Opportunity: Systems and Security Administrator
Date Posted: 10/28/2024 Req ID: 40353 Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science Department: Citizen Lab Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto) Position Number: 00035221 Description: About us: The...
View ArticleEmpty Promises? Ron Deibert on the U.S. decision to remove Sandvine from...
In an interview with CTV Kitchener, The Citizen Lab’s director Ron Deibert discusses the U.S. Department of Commerce’s decision to remove Sandvine from the Entity List. The decision came following the...
View ArticleThe Citizen Lab at the Hague Program’s 2024 Conference on International Cyber...
On November 13, 2024, The Citizen Lab’s director Ron Deibert will deliver a keynote titled “Digital parasites: Mapping the new frontiers of espionage, subversion, and Dark PR” at The Hague Program’s...
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