Director, The Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs Public Policy, University of Toronto
“We are currently clean on OPSEC.” Those infamous words, typed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth into a Signal group created by White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to coordinate U.S. airstrikes in Yemen, could not have been further from the truth. As the entire world knows by now, the Signal group’s security was [ ] The post The Real Lesson of SignalGate appeared first on RONALD…
How Cyber Espionage Threatens Democracy in the Era of Trump Thanks to Steve Paikin for having me on TVO Agenda to discuss my new book, Chasing Shadows, the work of the Citizen Lab, and the disturbing descent into techno-fascism in the United States How Cyber Espionage Threatens Democracy in the Era of Trump Or on [ ] The post TVO Agenda appeared first on RONALD DEIBERT .
The Citizen Lab published the first reports on the abuse of numerous mercenary spyware firms products, including Gamma Group (2012), Hacking Team (2012), Dark Matter (Stealth Falcon) (2016), NSO Group (2016), Cyberbit (2017), Circles (2020), Candiru (2021), Cytrox s Predator (2021), and Quadream (2023). And now here we are with yet another first: a report on Paragon Solutions. Founded in Israel in…
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Thanks everyone who has picked up a copy of Chasing Shadows and helped make it a national bestseller in Canada! UPCOMING APPEARANCES Wednesday March 5th: International Spy Museum, Washington DC (with Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post). Details: https://www.spymuseum.org/calendar/chasing-shadows-with-ronald-deibert-and-ellen-nakashima/2025-03-05/ Monday March 10th: City Lights Bookstore, San…
Always a pleasure to speak to Michael Isakoff, this time on SpyTalk, discussing my new book Chasing Shadows. Listen to the episode here. The post Spy Talk appeared first on RONALD DEIBERT .
Great conversation with David Herle, for the Herle Burley Show. You can listen here. The post The Herle Burley Show appeared first on RONALD DEIBERT .
Had a great conversation with guest host David Common on CBC Sunday Magazine about my new book, Chasing Shadows. Listen to the interview here. The post CBC Sunday Magazine appeared first on RONALD DEIBERT .
I had a great time talking to the folks on CTV Social about my new book, Chasing Shadows Watch the clip here. The post CTV Social appeared first on RONALD DEIBERT .