"These cases highlight a structural asymmetry. EU law increasingly harmonises obligations for manufacturers and authorities, while researchers remain exposed to fragmented national criminal regimes."

Europe is building stronger systems to report vulnerabilities, but it risks overlooking the people who discover the flaws first: independent security researchers, write @euben.bsky.social and Max van der Horst: bindinghook.com/europe-forge... #EUcybersecurity

Can we stop asking if it’s cyber war now? The latest escalation involving Iran shows digital tools used to plan, conduct and present modern warfare, from hacked networks to internet blackouts, alongside conventional strikes. Read the full article: bindinghook.com/hooked-12-ca...

Digital elements are everywhere in the #Iran latest conflict, but some of the cruelties of war never change. In this edition of Hooked!, @katharinegk.bsky.social contemplates what change all our technological progress has really wrought when the bombs are falling: bindinghook.com/hooked-12-ca...

𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻: our selected analysis providing useful context on the different ways cyber tools have been used in and around #Iran. (1/5)

[New Report with @rusi.bsky.social] Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Interventions and Countermeasures: A Framework. This Pharos report presents a practical framework to evaluate counter-ransomware actions across severity, scope, longevity & reversibility, and signalling value.

Counter-ransomware interventions are increasing, but assessing the impact remains difficult. Our latest article by @maxwsmeets.bsky.social, @jamiemaccoll.bsky.social, S. Williams-Dunning, & @bobherc.bsky.social introduces a practical framework to evaluate them. Read: bindinghook.com/assessing-th...

Tom Johansmeyer is right: cyber catastrophe fears have distracted from building products that work. But every major cyber cat loss shares an "affinity" — a common technology or vulnerability — and we barely talk about tracking those. Cats are real though: ILS markets need clarity, not cybergeddon.

In his latest for Binding Hook, Johansmeyer covers how fears of a cyber ‘big one’ causing trillions in economic damage have constrained insurance capacity. Insurers worried cybergeddon had moved from sci-fi to reality. But is it true? Read the full article here: bindinghook.com/how-extreme-...

The #ransomware ecosystem is undergoing a significant but overlooked shift. More small actors. More attacks. Greater variation in skill and “professionalism.” A more dispersed, resilient threat. What does this mean for #policy and #enforcement? Read more: bindinghook.com/a-fragmented...

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In their latest for Binding Hook, @jasonnurse.bsky.social & Will Lyne show that the #ransomware ecosystem has fragmented. It is now crowded with smaller, more agile actors. As the landscape shifts, new threats require new tactics to combat. Read full article: bindinghook.com/a-fragmented...

What if digital sovereignty is not about ownership? The 5th place essay of the Binding [email protected] Essay Prize by N. Kelly proposes that strategic reversibility is key: what matters is who can access, compel, interrupt, & restore systems. Read essay: bindinghook.com/can-strategi...

Is Europe measuring digital sovereignty the wrong way? The 4th place essay by Francesca Musiani calls for a shift from ‘strategic autonomy’ to ‘strategic exposure management’ to build cyber resilience. Read the full essay: bindinghook.com/why-control-...

The winning essays are here! 🥁 Binding Hook and the @munsecconf.bsky.social (MSC) are pleased to share the five winning entries from this year’s Binding Hook-MSC Essay Prize Competition. Read more: bindinghook.com/announcing-t...

Recap: An exciting moment at #MSC2026! Virtual Routes was proud to host a timely conversation on European cyber resilience and to present the Binding Hook–MSC Essay Prize, exploring how digital sovereignty might shape Europe’s cybersecurity & strategic future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Tj...

Interdependence is not the opposite of sovereignty. The 3rd place essay of the Binding Hook & @munsecconf.bsky.social Essay Prize by Ian Donahue, argues Europe should pursue engineered interdependence to make critical systems harder to disrupt. Read the full essay: bindinghook.com/engineering-...

Can Europe truly achieve digital sovereignty, or is it overdue? The 2nd place of the Binding Hook & @munsecconf.bsky.social Essay Prize Competition by F. Blancato, argues that European digital sovereignty is not just necessary, but also possible. Read the full essay: bindinghook.com/the-european...

What if Europe’s cybersecurity future isn’t about more control, but about smarter autonomy? The winning essay of the Binding Hook & @munsecconf.bsky.social Essay Prize, 'Thin Sovereignty, Thick Autonomy' by Josh Gold, makes a bold case about it. Read the full essay: bindinghook.com/thin-soverei...

🔴Live from @munsecconf.bsky.social: Conversation on European Cyber Resilience (Today; 15:30–16:15 CET). Join Eva Maydell, @argv.bsky.social, & Josh Gold, moderated by @shashj.bsky.social, for a discussion on Europe’s cyber resilience & the Essay Prize. Watch live: bindinghook.com/event/a-conv...

The winning essays are here! 🥁 Binding Hook and the @munsecconf.bsky.social (MSC) are pleased to share the five winning entries from this year’s Binding Hook-MSC Essay Prize Competition. Read more: bindinghook.com/announcing-t...

We’re #hiring in London! Virtual Routes is expanding into a new office and seeking a Senior Policy Researcher/Director and Project Officer. Apply via links in the replies. #CybersecurityJobs #JobsInLondon

Having ridden tech companies’ support to power, Trump may feel threatened by them and feel the need to demonstrate to those companies (and to other states) the tangible power that he has at his disposal, write Anjuli Shere and Neil Ashdown: bindinghook.com/private-powe...

Another example of what Anjuli Shere and Neil Ashdown meant when they wrote, "tech barons use their resources to shape when, how, and which policy issues are considered – acting as the ‘stage on which such politics unfold’, rather than as participants themselves." bindinghook.com/private-powe...

Denmark is recruiting hackers 'to compromise the opponents’ networks and obtain information for the benefit of Denmark’s security' -- another data point supporting @percepticon.bsky.social's recent Binding Hook piece on European shifts to the offensive: bindinghook.com/how-european...

Another example of what Anjuli Shere and Neil Ashdown meant when they wrote, "tech barons use their resources to shape when, how, and which policy issues are considered – acting as the ‘stage on which such politics unfold’, rather than as participants themselves." bindinghook.com/private-powe...

In their latest for Binding Hook, Anjuli Shere and Neil Ashdown look at how the rise of tech companies as international institutions is challenging the international order: Read more: bindinghook.com/private-powe...

In their latest for Binding Hook, Anjuli Shere and Neil Ashdown look at how the rise of tech companies as international institutions is challenging the international order: Read more: bindinghook.com/private-powe...

Deepfakes are now used for political intimidation. From elected officials to activists, women across ideological lines are targeted with sexualised fabrications designed to undermine credibility & silence dissent. Read the full piece by Mhajne & Sears here: bindinghook.com/how-deepfake... #deepfakes

2/2 ...with the country's main military intelligence service, the HUR'. Ik schreef eind 2025 ook over de bijzondere publieke zelfattributietactieken van de HUR op @bindinghook.bsky.social bindinghook.com/self-attribu...

⏰ 4 more days until applications close for the 2026–2027 European Cybersecurity Fellowship! As a fellow, you’ll take part in expert-led workshops, policy writing and debate sessions, and in-depth discussions on real-world challenges. Apply now: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/... youtu.be/pNJrBIY8vH8

For more background on the Pall Mall Process, have a look through Binding Hook's archives. To start, check out @gil-baram.bsky.social's review of the spyware market and the Process's potential: bindinghook.com/the-pall-mal...

Not sure if Age of Deception is the book for you? Check out Max van der Horst's review in Binding Hook! bindinghook.com/rethinking-c...

Deepfakes are now used for political intimidation. From elected officials to activists, women across ideological lines are targeted with sexualised fabrications designed to undermine credibility & silence dissent. Read the full piece by Mhajne & Sears here: bindinghook.com/how-deepfake... #deepfakes

While increasing ransomware group diversity is a challenge for law enforcement, sometimes the local hackers and the Russian-speaking ransomware groups are one and the same: bindinghook.com/local-hacker...

All those end-of-year book round-ups and subsequent debates got you thinking about reading more in 2026? Our holiday tech fiction list is a great place to get inspired! bindinghook.com/bright-ideas...

‘Age of Deception offers a disciplined and persuasive alternative to dominant ways of thinking about cyber power,’ writes Max van der Horst in his review of @jonrlindsay.bsky.social's recent book: bindinghook.com/rethinking-c...

Research shows cybercrime cultures often reproduce masculinities tied to dominance and humiliation. Misogyny shapes identity and behaviour in these digital criminal spaces. #genderandcybersecurity #digitalmisogyny #cybercrime bindinghook.com/is-misogyny-...

In the first Hooked! of the new year, @katharinegk.bsky.social explores cyber community reactions to the #Venezuela operation and the Trump administration’s allusions to the usage of cyber power there: bindinghook.com/hooked-11-sp...

Cybercrime moves in hours. Law moves in years. The UN’s new cybercrime treaty is a milestone but still lags behind reality. New Binding Hook article by Karem Lizbeth Parraga Espinoza & Richard Harknett: bindinghook.com/the-un-cyber...

‘Alongside traditional #rearmament and defence spending increases, many states are shifting from purely defensive to increasingly #offensivecyber postures,’ writes @percepticon.bsky.social. Read more: bindinghook.com/how-european...

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For more background on the Pall Mall Process, have a look through Binding Hook's archives. To start, check out @gil-baram.bsky.social's review of the spyware market and the Process's potential: bindinghook.com/the-pall-mal...

💻Subscribe to the Binding Hook newsletter for more independent analysis that helps you interpret digital change and think ahead: www.bindinghook.com PS from our Editor @katharinegk.bsky.social – if you’d like to review a book about emerging /digital technologies for us, let us know!

‘Alongside traditional #rearmament and defence spending increases, many states are shifting from purely defensive to increasingly #offensivecyber postures,’ writes @percepticon.bsky.social. Read more: bindinghook.com/how-european...

Thank you to everyone who submitted to the Binding Hook – @munsecconf.bsky.social Essay Prize Competition. Winners will be announced during #MSC2026 & across Binding Hook channels in February. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the announcement: bindinghook.com

Not every cyber disruption is #cyberwar. Our latest Hooked! explains how cyber war, operations, and law enforcement get conflated, and why it matters. So how should we standardize terms? bindinghook.com/hooked-11-sp...

Surveillance is emotional. Democracies aren’t just threatened by #cybersecurity breaches, they’re also challenged by the psychological effects of being watched. Read more here around how #surveillance weakens democracies emotionally, not just legally: bindinghook.com/why-democrac...

The UN Cybercrime Convention defines offences and cooperation tools, but many provisions are optional. There are no deadlines for action, and delays often mean responding after the damage is done. bindinghook.com/the-un-cyber...

In his latest for Binding Hook, @percepticon.bsky.social .bsky.social of @ifshhamburg.bsky.social looks at patterns of change in #cyberstrategy as Europe and allies turn ever more toward the offensive: bindinghook.com/how-european...