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Table of Contents
- Latest Publication
- Opportunities
- News and Announcements
1. Latest Publication
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We analyzed an espionage campaign targeting Hong Kong democracy activists, and found two new malware families used in the campaign that we name UP007 and SLServer. Previous reports have shown overlap in the tactics, tools, and procedures used in this campaign in other attacks targeting groups in Burma and Hong Kong and the Tibetan community.
2. Opportunities
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We are hiring a Security Researcher / Malware Analyst to support our work on threats against civil society. Interested applicants should send an email with cover letter and résumé to info [at] citizenlab.org with the subject line “Security Researcher Application.”
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The Citizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights is currently accepting applications. The workshop brings together participants across a range of academic disciplines and practitioner communities for intensive research collaboration on Internet openness, security, and rights. It will be held at the University of Toronto from July 6 to 8, 2016. A limited amount of travel funding is available. Deadline to apply is May 20. Submit your proposal today.
3. News and Announcements
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In "Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use," published in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Citizen Lab Research Fellow Jon Penney analyzes the fall of traffic to Wikipedia articles about terror groups and their techniques after the Snowden revelations.
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Recent reports have indicated that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has had a key to unlock encrypted messages sent between BlackBerry users since 2010. Citizen Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Christopher Parsons commented on the significance of the revelations in an interview with VICE Motherboard.
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