Collin Anderson
Email: cda (at) cda (dot) io
GitHub
Twitter (@CDA)
PGP Public Key
(FAFBF2FA)
Projects
Iran Threats
Documenting Iranian cyber espionage and surveillance.
Measurement Lab
Open Internet measurement for data-driven policymaking.
Security Without Borders
Connecting civil society with digital security expertise.
Reports
Iran’s Cyber Threat: Espionage, Sabotage, and Revenge
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(01.2018)
Are the Kids Alright? Digital Risks to Minors from South Korea's Smart Sheriff Application
Citizen Lab
(09.2015)
Considerations on Wassenaar Arrangement Proposals for Surveillance Technologies
Access
(03.2015)
The Need for Democratization of Digital Security Solutions to Ensure the Right to Freedom of Expression
(UN Submission)
Citizen Lab
(02.2015)
ISP Interconnection and its Impact on Consumer Internet Performance
Measurement Lab Consortium
(10.2014)
Global Censorship Detection over the RIPE Atlas Network
Free and Open Communications on the Internet, USENIX
(08.2014)
Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace
Iran Media Program
(03.2014)
Citation Filtered: Iran’s Censorship of Wikipedia
Iran Media Program
(11.2013)
Some Devices Wander by Mistake: Planet Blue Coat Redux
Citizen Lab
(07.2013)
Dimming the Internet: Detecting Throttling as a Mechanism of Censorship in Iran
arXiv
(06.2013)
The Hidden Internet of Iran: Private Address Allocations on a National Network
arXiv
(10.2012)
Writings and Presentations
When Indicators of Compromise Become Indicators of Counterterrorism
Blog
(02.2018)
U.S. Sanctions Abet Iranian Internet Censorship
Foreign Policy
(01.2018)
The Hollowing Middle of the Surveillance Malware Market
Motherboard
(12.2017)
Bahamut Revisited, More Cyber Espionage in the Middle East and South Asia
Bellingcat
(10.2017)
Bahamut, Pursuing a Cyber Espionage Actor in the Middle East
Bellingcat
(06.2017)
False Friends: How Fake Accounts and Crude Malware Targeted Dissidents in Azerbaijan
Amnesty International
(03.2017)
Investigating Surveillance Around Standing Rock
Just Security
(11.2016)
How Iran Is Building Its Censorship-Friendly Domestic Internet
Backchannel
(09.2016)
Iran's Soft War for Internet Dominance
Black Hat
(08.2016)
How The Wassenaar Arrangement's Export Control Of "Intrusion Software" Affects Industry
Black Hat & Defcon
(08.2015)
Comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce on Implementation of 2013 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreements
In Re: Wassenaar Arrangement Proprosals
(07.2015)
Monitoring the Lines: Sanctions and Human Rights Policy Considerations of TeleStrategies ISS World Seminars
Blog
(07.2014)
Recommendations for the Implementation of the 2013 Wassenaar Arrangement Changes Regarding "Intrusion Software” and "IP Network Communications Surveillance Systems"
In Re: Wassenaar Arrangement Proprosals
(05.2014)
New Surveillance Math
(PDF)
Computer Crimes in Iran: Online Repression in Practice, ARTICLE 19
(12.2013)
Technology Sold Into the Wrong Hands
New York Times Room for Debate
(08.2013)
Comments Regarding Sensitive Technologies Guidance
In Re: U.S. Department of State Public Notice 8086
(01.2013)
MTN (Irancell) must stand up for its users, meet international obligations
Access Now
(11.2012)