This 2011 CSEC presentation describes how the agency analysed SNOWGLOBE, which it considered “to be a state-sponsored CNO effort, put forth by a French intelligence agency”: see the Der Spiegel article The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future Battle, 17 January 2015.

This undated joint GCHQ/CSEC presentation provides an overview of “exploring and exploiting leaky mobile apps”: see the Der Spiegel article The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future Battle, 17 January 2015.

This CSEC presentation from 2012 outlines the agency’s capabilities against SSL encryption at that point: see the Der Spiegel story Prying Eyes: Inside the NSA’s War on Internet Security, 28 December 2014.

This CSE (then CSEC) presentation from 2012 describes the Canadian agency’s file download monitoring operation: see the Intercept article Canada Casts Global Surveillance Dragnet Over File Downloads, 28 January 2015. cse-presentation-on-the-levitation-project

This CSEC presentation dated 10 May 2012 describes the agency’s techniques for tracking a single IP address and details an experiment carried out at a Canadian airport with the help of an unspecified special source provider: see the CBC article, CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Edward Snowden documents, 30 January 2014. Download […]

This 2012 presentation from the Network Tradecraft Advancement Team (NTAT), a joint Five Eyes surveillance unit, discusses options for installing malware on smartphones in light of the challenge posed by the Arab Spring: see the CBC News article Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware, 21 May 2015.

This CSE presentation from 2011 describes some of the cyber warfare tools at the agency’s disposal: see the article Communication Security Establishment’s cyberwarfare toolbox revealed, 23 March 2015.

Undated CSEC slides describe LANDMARK, a tool which is used to expand the Five Eyes’ network of Operational Relay Boxes (ORBs) and other compromised machines located outside of Five Eyes territory. Another tool, OLYMPIA, automates the process of pursuing leads identified using the HACIENDA post scanning tool: see the Heise article The HACIENDA Program for […]

This June 2010 CSEC presentation for the CSEC conference outlines counter-computer network exploitation (CCNE) techniques: see the Der Spiegel article The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future Battle, 17 January 2015.

This CSEC presentation from 2011 communicates Canada’s current and future cyberwar plans to their Five Eyes partners: see the article Communication Security Establishment’s cyberwarfare toolbox revealed, 23 March 2015.

This 2010 CSEC document complete with speakers’ notes shows that visits to Canadian government websites were monitored, and hundreds of thousands of emails to government email addresses retained every day, for cybersecurity purposes: see the CBC News article CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to government, 25 February 2015.

This CSEC presentation for a November 2010 conference outlines CSEC capabilities in the recognition of trojans and other “network based anomolies”: see the Der Spiegel article The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future Battle, 17 January 2015.

This CSEC presentation from 2011 describes how poor operational security led to the successful attribution of a group of Russian-state associated hackers codenamed MAKERSMARK: see the Intercept article White House Says Russia’s Hackers Are Too Good To Be Caught But Nsa Partner Called Them “Morons”, 2 August 2017.