[liberationtech] Surtr: Malware Family Targeting the Tibetan Community
Hi Libtech Katie Kleemola (Security Analyst, Citizen Lab) and Seth Hardy (Senior Security Analyst, Citizen Lab) have just released a new blog post Surtr: Malware Family Targeting the Tibetan Community As part of our ongoing study into targeted attacks on human rights groups and civil society organizations, the Citizen Lab analyzed a malicious email sent to Tibetan organizations in June 2013. The email in question purported to be from a prominent member of the Tibetan community and repurposed content from a community mailing list. Attached to the email were what appeared to be three Microsoft Word documents (.doc), but which were trojaned with a malware family we call “Surtr” . All three attachments drop the exact same malware. We have seen the Surtr malware family used in attacks on Tibetan groups dating back to November 2012. This blog post details technical charatectiscs of the malware family and shares MD5s and identifiers See the full post here: https://citizenlab.org/2013/08/surtr-malware-family-targeting-the-tibetan-community/ -- Masashi Nishihata Research Manager, Citizen Lab Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto Phone: (416) 946-8903 pgp key: https://citizenlab.org/masashi-key.txt -- Liberationtech list is public and archives are searchable on Google. Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] Post-doc Fellow Opportunities at the Citizen Lab
on top of each page. Curriculum vitae (CV) with page numbers and applicant name on top of each page. Sealed and initialed envelope containing recommendation letter from a doctoral supervisor. This document may also be sent under separate cover by mail to address below. Recommendation letters may be sent by email from an identifiable institutional email address with a scanned copy that is signed, in PDF format, to: rfo.munkschool [at] utoronto.ca Applications should be mailed to: Professor Janice Gross Stein Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs c/o Research Funding Officer University of Toronto 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7, Canada All documents must be received by October 31, 2013. If you have any questions or concerns please email: rfo.munkschool [at] utoronto.ca *Fellowship Descriptions* *Citizen Lab Postdoctoral Fellowship (January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014)* The Citizen Lab is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join our group for a six month term (January 2014-June 2014). We encourage applications from either technical or social science disciplines with a project in the general thematic areas of Internet governance, information controls (e.g. surveillance and censorship), information security, and human rights. *Application deadline: October 31, 2013* *Global Justice Lab Postdoctoral Fellowship (January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014)* The Global Justice Lab (GJL) is based at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. This Lab draws together research across academic disciplines, including law, the social sciences, and diplomacy, to study the growth and effects of the global justice field. Our research focuses on studies of the accountability models, both international and national, that seek to address political violence, atrocities, and human rights violations. The Global Justice Lab explores how this global field has been built, its ongoing changes, and the effects of this global justice field for diplomatic relations, legal institutions, militaries, journalists, NGOs, corporate actors, and the well-being of populations in post-conflict states. -- Masashi Nishihata Research Manager, Citizen Lab Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto Phone: (416) 946-8903 pgp key: https://citizenlab.org/masashi-key.txt -- Liberationtech list is public and archives are available via Google. Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] Tracking surveillance and censorship in TOM-Skype and Sina UC
salience. Explore correlations to current events here: https://china-chats.net/news/ -- Masashi Nishihata Research Manager, Citizen Lab Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto Phone: (416) 946-8903 pgp key: https://citizenlab.org/masashi-key.txt -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] Connaught Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights
Dear LibTech, The University of Toronto is convening a week-long workshop taking place July 22-26, 2013 focused on monitoring Internet openness and rights from a multidisciplinary perspective. We would like to invite leading researchers, students, and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines to discuss research on the study of information controls, present latest work, facilitate research review and mentorship, discuss research ethics, and engage in intensive research methods training. We encourage submissions on a wide range of relevant topics. Submission that explore multidisciplinary approaches are especially encouraged. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Measuring Internet censorship, detecting surveillance, new tools and research methods, research ethics, legal and regulatory frameworks, role of private sector actors in censorship and surveillance, analysis of the social, economic and political impacts of censorship and surveillance. Interested participants should send a one page abstract summarizing what they plan to present at the workshop as well as any relevant experience or topics of specific interest. The abstract should also indicate the preferred presentation format for the work (poster, short talk, or tutorial) and indicate if the person will require travel support to attend the institute. A limited pool of travel support is available and will be allocated based on strength of the abstract and demonstrated need. Please submit abstracts to info at citizenlab.org with the subject Summer Institute 2013 by June 1, 2013. For full details see the workshop website here: http://citizenlab.org/summerinstitute/index.html All best, -- Masashi Nishihata Research Manager, Citizen Lab Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto Phone: (416) 946-8903 pgp key: https://citizenlab.org/masashi-key.txt -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
