What Is Cybercrime?
- May 15, 2025
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Cybercrime transcends national borders and includes a range of offences generally associated with a profit motive such as fraud, extortion and identity theft. Cybercrimes that involve at least one state actor are often referred to as cyberwarfare. Cybercrime not only…
Former Taliban Commander Pleads Guilty to Hostage Taking
- April 30, 2025
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
A former Taliban commander who once led a thousand militants has pleaded guilty in a New York court to hostage-taking and providing material support for terrorism. The guilty pleas came almost twenty years after the abduction of an American journalist…
The Citizen Lab Report on Paragon Spyware
- April 15, 2025
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Spyware is installed on an electronic device remotely without the knowledge of the user. It functions as a silent intruder that covertly collects information and sends it to a third party without the consent of the user. Passwords, web browsing…
The Gun in the Glove Compartment
- March 31, 2025
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The doctrine of constructive possession is a legal fiction used to describe a situation where an individual has knowledge and control of an object without having physical custody of it. The doctrine came into play during a recent trial in…
Conviction of Former Uber Chief Security Officer Affirmed
- March 15, 2025
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The conviction of former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan on obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony charges has been upheld by by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, California. The charges…