This report provides a detailed analysis of two products sold for facilitating targeted surveillance known as network injection appliances. These products allow for the easy deployment of targeted surveillance implants and are being sold by commercial vendors to countries around the world. Compromising a target becomes as simple as waiting for the user to view unencrypted content on the Internet.
Tag Archives: FinFisher
Schrodinger’s Cat Video and the Death of Clear-Text
August 15, 2014 – 1:15 pm
Voice of America covers Citizen Lab research
February 28, 2014 – 2:03 am
An article on commercial spyware in Voice of America cited Citizen Lab research into ‘lawful intercept’ spyware such as FinSpy.
Citizen Lab research informs lawsuit against Ethiopian government
February 28, 2014 – 1:42 am
Citizen Lab research into FinSpy, a suite of surveillance software marketed exclusively to governments by the Gamma Group of Companies, has helped in the recent lawsuit put forth by an American citizen living in Maryland.
Shedding Light on the Surveillance Industry: The importance of evidence-based, impartial research
December 20, 2013 – 11:55 am
What to do about the growing “Digital Arms” market? The spread of technologies like mobile phones and social networks have enabled corporations and governments to eavesdrop on a mass scale. Fulfilling the demand for surveillance tools, a range of companies now sell surveillance backdoors and vulnerabilities, described as “lawful intercept” software.
FinFisher and Ghostnet research in The Washington Post
December 19, 2013 – 3:03 pm
An article in the Washington Post, titled “Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning,” discussed two of the Citizen Lab’s research outputs.
Communications Officer Irene Poetranto in The Jakarta Post
December 15, 2013 – 3:17 am
Citizen Lab Communications Officer Irene Poetranto authored an op-ed in The Jakarta Post on 14 December. In Time for greater transparency, Poetranto writes about the recent spying allegations by the Australian spy agency and the market for surveillance technologies.
Cyber Stewards Network and Local Activists Investigate FinFisher in Mexico
November 8, 2013 – 4:39 pm
Cyber Steward Network partner Renata Avila details her efforts to bring legal action against FinFisher in Mexico.
For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying
April 30, 2013 – 3:56 pm
Citizen Lab is pleased to announce the release of “For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying.” The report features new findings, as well as consolidating a year of our research on the commercial market for offensive computer network intrusion capabilities developed by Western companies.
PI files for judicial review of HMRC refusal to reveal state of investigation into Gamma International
April 18, 2013 – 3:18 pm
Privacy International have filed an application for judicial review of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) refusal to release information about the potentially unlawful export of Gamma International’s FinFisher surveillance technology.
Director Ron Deibert and Senior Researcher Sarah McKune Op-Ed on Canadian involvement in Internet censorship and surveillance
March 13, 2013 – 10:31 pm
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert and Senior Researcher Sarah McKune wrote an op-ed on the digital arms trade in the 13 March edition of the Ottawa Citizen.
