Citizen Lab
citizen-lab · B · active
https://citizenlab.ca/category/research/
University of Toronto; mercenary spyware and civil-society targeting research. | 2026-06-20 full audit (v2.62): live=Y, drill=Y. FETCH → webfetch https://citizenlab.ca/category/research/ (listing) then webfetch the per-research URL for the body. AVOID: Nothing; WebFetch works fine on both listing and article. Cadence is slow (research org, not a news feed), so expect weeks between posts.. | 2026-07-05 admiralty audit: B (research-lab), University of Toronto forensic research lab, original spyware research; live, WebFetch clean (slow cadence expected). Status stays active. | 2026-07-18 (jina-last-resort session): the /category/research/ listing began returning an empty archive (URL-path change suspected, flagged as a coverage gap in the 2026-07-18T0409Z run). RSS at https://citizenlab.ca/feed/ verified working via DIRECT feed fetch (fresh: item dated 2026-07-17), fetch_method webfetch→rss, rss_url set. Recipe: feed https://citizenlab.ca/feed/ N, then url <article> for bodies. | 2026-10-16 S3: the RSS lagged on AdFection (published 2026-10-15) and the item surfaced through The Record; the research page itself reads with `extract`. | 2026-10-21 (2026-10-21T0256Z-intel, S3): the feed showed no item after 2026-10-18 although a report of 2026-10-19 exists; feed lag, check again. | 2026-10-22 (S3): the RSS feed lags (the 2026-10-19 Serbia report was missing); `extract https://citizenlab.ca/category/research/` is the backup discovery path. | 2026-10-23 (main): source_health needs-content-fix: the RSS feed reads fresh (items to 2026-10-22) but its newest items carry no security vocabulary; health_cmd now probes the research listing, which reads with extract and names spyware cases. | 2026-10-25 (2026-10-25T1308Z-audit): G3 re-sweep: the feed omitted the 2026-10-21 Pegasus Serbia research note; `extract https://citizenlab.ca/research/` lists it (the health_cmd already probes that listing).
Cited in 3 entries
Citation cadence
Citation days per ISO week (17 weeks of coverage span, total 3).
- AdFection: Citizen Lab and Confiant document zero-click Candiru spyware delivered through targeted online ads from the ad-tech firm Discover-Tech, with ad impressions on defence-ministry, armed-forces and NATO networks2026-10-16
- Citizen Lab: a European Parliament spyware-inquiry member was himself infected twice with Pegasus2026-07-03
- Citizen Lab: Cellebrite UFED used by Russian authorities three months after the vendor's Russia pull-out2026-06-27