Publications

I have had the pleasure to work with some talented people and teams to produce some publications through my professional work over the years. Here is a list of these outputs.

2021

• A. Bishop, A. Filastò, M. Xynou, J. Dalek, N. Dumlao, M. Kenyon, I. Poetranto, A. Senft, and C. Wesley. No Access: LBGTIQ Censorship In Six Countries.
  31-Aug-2021. [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/LGBTIQ-censorship-Final-1.pdf.

2020

• M. Nishihata, J. Dalek, J. Knockel, N. Lawford, C. Wesley, and M. Zhou. Censored Contagion II: A Timeline of Information Control on Chinese Social Media During COVID-19..
  25-Aug-2020. [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2020/08/censored-contagion-ii-a-timeline-of-information-control-on-chinese-social-media-during-covid-19/.

• R. Sundara, A. Stoll, J. Dalek, R. Ensafi, R. Ramesh, and W. Scott. In Proceedings of NDSS Symposium 2020 Measuring the Deployment of Network Censorship Filters at Global Scale. 11-Feb-2020. [Online] Available: https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/measuring-the-deployment-of-network-censorship-filters-at-global-scale/.

2019

• C. Parsons, A. Molnar, J. Dalek, J. Knockel, M. Kenyon, B. Haselton, C. Khoo, and R. Deibert The Predator in Your Pocket: A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Application Industry , 12-Jun-2019, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2019/06/the-predator-in-your-pocket-a-multidisciplinary-assessment-of-the-stalkerware-application-industry/

2018

• J. Dalek, L. Gill, B. Marczak, S. McKune, N. Noor, J. Oliver, J. Penney, A. Senft, and R. Deibert Planet Netsweeper , 25-Apr-2018, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2018/04/planet-netsweeper/

• B. Marczak, J. Dalek, S. McKune, A. Senft, J. Scott-Railton, and R. Deibert Bad Traffic: Sandvine’s PacketLogic Devices Used to Deploy Government Spyware in Turkey and Redirect Egyptian Users to Affiliate Ads? , 09-Mar-2018, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2018/03/bad-traffic-sandvines-packetlogic-devices-deploy-government-spyware-turkey-syria/

• M. Crete-Nishihata, J. Dalek, E. Maynier, and J. Scott-Railton Spying On A Budget: Inside a Phishing Operation with Targets in the Tibetan Community , 30-Jan-2018, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2018/01/spying-on-a-budget-inside-a-phishing-operation-with-targets-in-the-tibetan-community/

2017

• M. Crete-Nishihata, L. Ruan, J. Dalek, and J. Knockel Managing The Message: What you can’t say about the 19th National Communist Party Congress on WeChat , 06-Nov-2017, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2017/11/managing-message-censorship-19th-national-communist-party-congress-wechat/

2016

• J. Dalek, G. Alexander, M. Crete-Nishihata, and M. Brooks Insider Information: An Intrusion Campaign Targeting Chinese Language News Sites , 05-Jul-2016, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2017/07/insider-information-an-intrusion-campaign-targeting-chinese-language-news-sites/

• J. Dalek, R. Deibert, B. Marczak, S. McKune, H. Noman, I. Poetranto, and A. Senft Tender Confirmed: Verifying Netsweeper in Bahrain , 21-Sep-2016, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2016/09/tender-confirmed-rights-risk-verifying-netsweeper-bahrain/

• Matt Brooks, J. Dalek, and M. Crete-Nishihata Between Hong Kong and Burma: Tracking UP007 and SLServer Espionage Campaigns , 18-Apr-2016, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2016/04/between-hong-kong-and-burma/

• J. Dalek, M. Crete-Nishihata, and J. Scott-Railton Shifting Tactics: Tracking Changes in Years-Long Espionage Campaign Against Tibetans , 10-Mar-2016, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2016/03/shifting-tactics/

2015

• J. Dalek, R. Deibert, S. McKune, Phillipa Gill, A. Senft, and Naser Noor Information Controls During Military Operations: The Case of Yemen During the 2015 Political and Armed Conflict , 21-Oct-2015, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2015/10/information-controls-military-operations-yemen/

• J. Dalek, K. Kleemola, A. Senft, Christopher Parsons, Andrew Hilts, S. McKune, Jason Q. Ng, M. Crete-Nishihata, J. Scott-Railton, and R. Deibert A Chatty Squirrel: Privacy and Security Issues with UC Browser , 21-May-2015, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2015/05/a-chatty-squirrel-privacy-and-security-issues-with-uc-browser/

• B. Marczak, N. Weaver, J. Dalek, R. Ensafi, D. Fifield, S. McKune, Arn Rey, J. Scott-Railton, R. Deibert and V. Paxson An Analysis of China’s “Great Cannon” In Proceedings of USENIX FOCI 2015 [Online]. Available: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/foci15/foci15-paper-marczak.pdf

2014

• M. Crete-Nishihata, J. Scott-Railton, K. Kleemola, S. Hardy, J. Dalek, S. McKune, A. Senft, R. Deibert, G. Wiseman, and I. Poetranto Communities @ Risk: Targeted Digital Threats Against Civil Society , 11-Nov-2014, [Online]. Available: https://targetedthreats.net/

• J. Dalek, A. Senft, P. Winter, and A. Dranka Iraq Information Controls Update: Analyzing Internet Filtering and Mobile Apps , 24-Jul-2014, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2014/07/iraq-information-controls-update-analyzing-internet-filtering-mobile-apps/

• J. Dalek, P. Winter, A. Dranka, M. Crete-Nishihata, and A. Senft Asia Chats: Update on Line, KakaoTalk, and FireChat in China , 24-Jul-2014, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2014/07/asia-chats-update-line-kakaotalk-firechat-china/

• J. Dalek, P. Winter, A. Dranka, S. Hardy, M. Crete-Nishihata, and A. Senft Asia Chats: LINE and KakaoTalk Disruptions in China , 10-Jul-2014, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2014/07/line-kakaotalk-disruptions-china/

• A. Senft, J. Dalek, I. Poetranto, M. Crete-Nishihata, and A. Sinpeng Information Controls during Thailand’s 2014 Coup , 09-Jul-2014, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2014/07/information-controls-thailand-2014-coup/

• A. Senft, J. Dalek, H. Noman, and M. Crete-Nishihata Monitoring Information Controls in Iraq in Reaction to ISIS Insurgency , 20-Jun-2014, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2014/06/monitoring-information-controls-in-iraq/

• M. Crete-Nishihata, J. Dalek, A. Senft, S. Omar Khan, M. Carrieri, R. Deibert, and H. Noman , 20-Feb-2014, Internet Filtering In a Failed State: The Case of Netsweeper in Somalia [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2014/02/internet-filtering-failed-state-case-netsweeper-somalia/

2013

• M. Crete-Nishihata, J. Dalek, S. Hardy, A. Hilts, K. Kleemola, J. Q. Ng, I. Poetranto, A. Senft, Aim Sinpeng, B. Sonne, and G. Wiseman Asia Chats: Analyzing Information Controls and Privacy in Asian Messaging Applications , 14-Nov-2013, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2013/11/asia-chats-analyzing-information-controls-privacy-asian-messaging-applications/

• Matthew Carrieri, M. Crete-Nishihata, J. Dalek, R. Deibert, Saad Omar Khan, H. Noman, I. Poetranto, A. Senft, and G. Wiseman Monitoring Information Controls During the Bali IGF , 21-Oct-2013, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2013/10/monitoring-information-controls-bali-igf/

• J. Dalek, B. Haselton, H. Noman, A. Senft, M. Crete-Nishihata , P. Gill and R.J. Deibert A Method for Identifying and Confirming the Use of URL Filtering Products for Censorship In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC October 2013, [Online]. Available: http://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2013/papers/imc112s-dalekA.pdf.

• M. Marquis-Boire, Collin Anderson, J. Dalek, S. McKune, and J. Scott-Railton Some Devices Wander By Mistake: Planet Blue Coat Redux , 09-Jul-2013, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2013/07/planet-blue-coat-redux/

• J. Dalek, A. Senft, M. Crete-Nishihata, and R. Deibert O Pakistan: An Analysis of Canada-based Netsweeper’s Role in Pakistan’s Censorship Regime , 20-Jun-2013, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2013/06/o-pakistan/

• S. Hardy, B. Sonne, M. Crete-Nishihata, J. Dalek, R. Deibert, and A. Senft Permission To Spy: An Analysis of Android Malware Targeting Tibetans , 18-Apr-2013, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2013/04/permission-to-spy-an-analysis-of-android-malware-targeting-tibetans/

• M. Marquis-Boire, J. Dalek, S. McKune, M. Carrieri, M. Crete-Nishihata, R. Deibert, S. Omar Khan, H. Noman, J. Scott-Railton, and G. Wiseman Planet Blue Coat: Mapping Global Censorship and Surveillance Tools , 15-Jan-2013, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2013/01/planet-blue-coat-mapping-global-censorship-and-surveillance-tools/

2012

• J. Dalek, H. Noman, M. Crete-Nishihata, R. Deibert, S. Hardy, A. Senft, and G. Wiseman The Canadian Connection: One Year Later , 14-Nov-2012, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2012/11/the-canadian-connection-one-year-later/

• J. Dalek, A. Senft, and M. Crete-Nishihata Update on Information Controls in Ethiopia , 01-Nov-2012, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2012/11/update-on-information-controls-in-ethiopia/

• J. Dalek, M. Crete-Nishihata, and A. Senft Update on Information Controls in Burma , 23-Oct-2012, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2012/10/update-on-information-controls-in-burma/

• J. Dalek, A. Senft, and M. Crete-Nishihata Update on Threats to Freedom of Expression Online in Vietnam , 10-Sep-2012,[Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2012/09/update-on-threats-to-freedom-of-expression-online-in-vietnam/

• S. Hardy, G. Wiseman, M. Crete-Nishihata, J. Dalek, and A. Senft Recent Observation in Tibet Related Information Operations: Advanced social engineering for the distribution of LURK malware , 26-Jul-2012, [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2012/07/recent-observations/

• J. Dalek, R. Deibert, M. Crete-Nishihata, A. Senft, H. Noman, and G. Wiseman Routing Gone Wild: Documenting Upstream Filtering in Oman via India 12-Jul-2012 [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2012/07/routing-gone-wild/

• S. Hardy, S. McKune, M. Crete-Nishihata, R. Deibert, J. Dalek, A. Senft, and G. Wiseman, Spoofing the European Parliament, 20-Jun-2012 [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2012/06/spoofing-the-european-parliament/

• M. Crete-Nishihata, S. Hardy, J. Dalek, S, McKune, A, Senft, R. Deibert, and G. Wiseman “Information Operations and Tibetan Rights in the Wake of Self-Immolations”, 09-Mar-2012. [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2012/03/information-operations-and-tibetan-rights-in-the-wake-of-self-immolations-part-i/

2011

• J. Dalek, A. Senft, M. Crete-Nishihata, R. Deibert, and G. Wiseman “Behind Blue Coat: An Update From Burma” The Citizen Lab, 29-Nov-2011. [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2011/11/behind-blue-coat-an-update-from-burma/

• M. Crete-Nishihata, S. Hardy, J. Dalek, A. Senft, R. Deibert, G. Wiseman, and H. Noman “The Canadian Connection: An Investigation of Syrian Government and Hezbullah Web Hosting in Canada” The Citizen Lab, 16-Nov-2011. [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2011/11/the-canadian-connection/

• J. Dalek and A. Senft, “Behind Blue Coat: Investigations of commercial filtering in Syria and Burma,” The Citizen Lab, 09-Nov-2011. [Online]. Available: https://citizenlab.ca/2011/11/behind-blue-coat/.