The Parameters of Search Incident to Arrest
- June 30, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently considered a case involving the search of a hotel room and the seizure of a cellular telephone as an incident to the arrest of a suspected narcotics distributor. The…
Alberta’s Top Court Orders New Trial in Cocaine Smuggling Case
- June 15, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The Alberta Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for Kirandeep Toor who was convicted of drug smuggling by a Lethbridge jury and was serving a nine year sentence along with her twenty-two month old daughter who was born…
Operation Endgame Targets the Dropper Ecosystem
- May 31, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
A multinational cyber operation coordinated by Europol has dismantled a malware network that infected millions of computers worldwide. It is the latest international investigation targeting ransomware and other malware droppers that are usually delivered by emails containing infected links or…
A New International Advisory on the Growing Cyber Threat to Civil Society
- May 15, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has joined an international consortium of cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies in warning the public about the growing threat to civil society which is deemed high risk for state-sponsored cyber threats. The high risk…
Iranian Nationals Charged for Sprawling Cyber Campaign
- April 30, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The tension was ratcheted up last week in the latest round of cyberwar with the unsealing of an indictment in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, charging four Iranian nationals with carrying out a malicious cyber…