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Academic research unit at @UofT investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.

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Phishing may be an example of “poor man’s” cyber espionage, but the reason it’s used is because it works t.co/dp5W3wI85e
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For more screenshots of #NilePhish emails, see @EIPR report t.co/jVYwad4ySR
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Correction: @EIPR report not a translation but separate report: t.co/jVYwad4ySR
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"An Arrest Becomes Phishing” read about it in our #nilephish report t.co/9nkGH4nDiT @EIPR
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Prominent human rights activists in Egypt are targeted by sophisticated hacking attacks. t.co/uVAyMPXub9 #nilephish
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Egyptian Human Rights Activists Are Being Targeted in 'Dangerous' Hacking Campaign t.co/16QmWSpJOa via @motherboard #nilephish
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Arabic Translation of our #NilePhish report by @EIPR t.co/jVYwad4ySR
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NEW REPORT: #NilePhish: Large-scale phishing campaign targeting Egyptian Civil Society t.co/9nkGH4nDiT
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New Cit Lab Fellow: @NewmanRobinson (t.co/KGDiCB0Ggy) Will be joining us for 2017 to beef up our SIGINT-related research
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New: Cashless Society, Cached Data: Security Considerations for a Chinese Social Credit System t.co/Wds6qvJiXC
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New: "Cashless Society, Cached Data: Are Mobile Payment Systems Protecting Chinese Citizens’ Data?" t.co/FaKnMelrCX
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Big Brother collecting big data — and in China, it's all for sale t.co/KyOlLuUAy6 @RonDeibert
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New Report: Tibetans blocked from Kalachakra at borders and on WeChat t.co/yEe20mn6Dk
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"Social Engineering Attacks on Government Opponents: Target Perspectives" by @billmarczak and Vern Paxson t.co/6hzNGhdWW6
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Support our independent research? Consider a donation to the Citizen Lab to keep it going t.co/evluNdcQqc
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Check out CitLab senior researcher @botherder #33c3 talk “Security Without Borders" here: t.co/oxdWPXJmgc
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2016 CitLab reports #15: One App, Two Systems: WeChat uses one censorship policy in China, another internationally t.co/FULN1zyDyR
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2016 CitLab reports #14: It’s Parliamentary: KeyBoy and the targeting of the Tibetan Community t.co/0L81N3czFW
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2016 CitLab reports #13: Harmonized Histories? A year of fragmented censorship Chinese live streaming applications t.co/26LLkeTryq
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2016 CitLab reports #12: Tender Confirmed, Rights At Risk: Verifying Netsweeper in Bahrain t.co/o9vGIdrmRn
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2016 CitLab reports #11: The Million Dollar Dissident: NSO Group’s iPhone Zero-Days / UAE Human Rights Defender t.co/97YSkWM0xG
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2016 CitLab reports #10: A Tough Nut to Crack: A Further Look at Privacy and Security Issues in UC Browser t.co/LBgMMUb2qo
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