News and Announcements

Citizen Lab’s latest news and announcements.

Hunting for Syrian hackers’ chain of command

Citizen Lab Research Fellow John Scott-Railton and Technical Advisor Morgan Marquis-Boire are featured in a New York Times piece on the Syrian Electronic Army.

Is it wrong to use data from the world’s first ‘nice’ botnet?

A new piece in Wired magazine features the discussion of the ethics of using the Internet Census data from Citizen Lab Security Researcher and Technical Advisor Morgan Marquis-Boire and Post-Doctoral Fellow Philippa Gill.

Senior Researcher Sarah McKune profiled in CJFE publication

Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Sarah McKune was profiled in the Review of Free Expression in Canada, published each year by the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE).

Five Russian-made surveillance technologies used in the West

A new article in Wired magazine as part of the joint project by Privacy International, Agentura.Ru and the Citizen Lab on Russia’s surveillance state.

Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace

Authored by Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert, Black Code lifts the lid on cyberspace and shows what’s at stake for Internet users and citizens. This book will be released on 21 May 2013.

Ron Deibert and Robert Guerra at the Stockholm Internet Forum

May 22-23, 2013

Middle East and North Africa CyberWatch – April 2013

This edition of the Middle East and North Africa CyberWatch discusses censorship and filtering, surveillance, blogger and netizen arrests and more.

World Press Freedom Day: Don’t kill the cyber-messenger

This post is written by Citizen Lab Visiting Fellow Luis Horacio Najera on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2013.

Social Media CyberWatch – April 2013

This Social Media CyberWatch looks at various legislative updates to privacy law, as well as other social media tracking activities.

Southeast Asia CyberWatch – April 2013

This edition of the Southeast Asia CyberWatch contains featured news update on the Malaysian election, as well as from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.