The January release of DeepSeek AI was a shock – How could China create such an effective technology at a fraction of what it cost to create similar LLMs in the US?

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In September’s #Hooked!, Binding Hook editor @katharinegk.bsky.social compared some of the cyber aspects of China’s military parade and the SCO summit to European approaches to the military and defense. bindinghook.com/hooked-7-i-l...

In the first installment of the #AIoverLunch interview series, Apolline Rolland sat down with NATO's CIO, Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer, to discuss NATO’s use of AI for security and resilience. 👉 Read the full interview: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

A few (early) thoughts on digital transnational repression and extraterritorial human rights obligations over at @bindinghook.bsky.social. Thanks for the opportunity to share my research (again!).

International human rights law has not moved as quickly to address the cross-border use of digital technologies as repressive states have adopted them, leaving dissidents and exiles at risk. bindinghook.com/digital-tran...

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From DDoS attacks on the New York Times to hacked satellites showing Russian propaganda instead of BabyTV, private companies are on the front lines of #hybridconflict, whether they want to be or not. Pieter Wolters in Binding Hook: bindinghook.com/hybrid-confl...

The UN #cyberOEWG has concluded its work and created a new #globalmechanism for cyber issues. Binding Hook has two new pieces on the OEWG process and how diplomats can use the new mechanism effectively 👇

Just as hybrid aggressors may be private actors, their targets are also often in the private sector. How do EU #cybersecurity obligations impact those companies? Pieter Wolters answers in Binding Hook. bindinghook.com/hybrid-confl...

🎤 Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @k8em0.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @lutasecurity.bsky.social. 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

I’m nowhere near London, but this sounds pretty great. bsky.app/profile/bind...

🎤 Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @craiu.bsky.social, Security Researcher & Founder of “Art of Noh” & “TLPBLACK”. 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

The possibility that cyber operations may cause nuclear weapon systems to malfunction – perhaps even backfiring – opens the door to a novel form of strategic leverage: deterrence by dysfunction. bindinghook.com/can-cyber-nu...

During the #MahsaAmini protests, women used social media to defy the Islamic Republic’s censorship, document regime brutality, and mobilise support at home and abroad. This did not go unchallenged. Read more from @mhajneam.bsky.social. bindinghook.com/the-digital-...

🎤 Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social, Chief Technology Officer of @ncsc.gov.uk. 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

I’m excited to share my new piece with @bindinghook.bsky.social. This article serves as a summary of my forthcoming co-authored piece with two of my students in a special forum I co-edited with @profhenshaw.bsky.social for @gsqjournal.bsky.social. bindinghook.com/the-digital-...

In this month’s #Hooked!, Binding Hook editor @katharinegk.bsky.social looks at some of this summer’s #AIregulation and deregulation happenings (and, as always, ties it to our latest Binding Hook analysis). bindinghook.com/hooked-6-bui...

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This year’s #NATOsummit was unusually concise, with just 427 words in its final declaration. Yet it pledged a major shift: #defencespending to rise to 5% of GDP by 2035. What does that mean for cyber? bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

In early 2025, the #CommonVulnerabilitiesandExposures system – vital for tracking software vulnerabilities – nearly shut down, sparking global concern over reliance on a single, fragile cybersecurity pillar. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

Global aid budgets, including for #cybersecurity capacity building are being cut. With scant compelling evidence of impact, CCB advocates will have to fight harder – and smarter – to justify continued funding. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

⚡Meet our Lightning Talk speakers at #BindingHookLive: @euben.bsky.social, @melissakgriffith.bsky.social, @benread.bsky.social, @disclosing.observer, Lena Riecke and Selena Larson! Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

In my latest piece for @bindinghook.bsky.social, I argue that cognitive defence must become a strategic priority for Europe. Read here: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

Defending the information terrain against Russia and enhancing #cognitiveresilience is foundational to #Europeansecurity, argues @monicakello.bsky.social in her latest for Binding Hook: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

In the latest Hooked!, editor @katharinegk.bsky.social ties together some fascinating recent research from @benread.bsky.social , @euben.bsky.social, @winnona.bsky.social, and others on private sector elements of Chinese offensive cyber: bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...

New from me: China has been ramping up its public attribution against Taiwan, likely in an attempt to shift the conversation on cyber intrusions and pressure the island and they're using their private sector cybersecurity companies to do it. Read the piece, but a few highlights, take aways in this 🧵

#PublicAttribution of cyber activities is #China’s latest technique for pressuring #Taiwan and shaping the international dialogue around #cybersecurity. @benread.bsky.social digs into the details on Binding Hook: bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...

Israel began the war with Iran with strikes on nuclear sites – but the battle quickly expanded online as cyberattacks became a central front, write @gil-baram.bsky.social and Noya Peer in their latest for Binding Hook: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

The increasingly popular narrative that #AIthreats need to be fought with #AIsecuritysolutions fall short upon closer inspection, argue @virtualroutes.bsky.social’s Jamie Collier and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social in their latest: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

⚡ New report ⚡ Who is Doing Policy Research on AI & Cybersecurity? A Look Inside the Think-Tank Landscape by Anna Sophie den Ouden, Apolline Rolland, @jamesshires.bsky.social and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social is here! Read the report: virtual-routes.org/who-is-doing... #ThinkTanks #AI #Cybersecurity

Very happy to see our article "Data really is the New Ammo" out in @bindinghook.bsky.social bindinghook.com/articles-bin... with @aagilli.bsky.social and Niccolo Petrelli

While the critical role of data is epitomised in the oft-repeated statement #dataisthenewoil, such attention has not translated into meaningful consideration of the data deterrence and defence require. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

More than 30 documented #cyberattacks have hit #drinkingwater and #wastewaterutilities since 2020. These attacks are accelerating, but sector-specific protections remain dangerously thin. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

🇺🇦 Volodymyr Styran of Ukraine’s State Cyber Protection Center responds to our Hooked! newsletter, which questioned whether technology companies should limit Russian access to certain services. #UkraineRussiaWar bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

🎙️ Speaking at #BindingHookLive: Michael Sulmeyer, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy & Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense at the US Department of Defense. 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

Gijs van Loon, Apolline Rolland, @jamesshires.bsky.social, and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social call for increased action from the EU to support and protect European drinking- and wastewater utilities. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

🇺🇦 In the fourth edition of Hooked!, editor @katharinegk.bsky.social digs into a provocative #CyCon2025 paper by Volodymyr Styran on the ways #BigTech supports Russian attacks on Ukraine and what could be done to prevent that. bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...

🚨 Introducing the AI-Cybersecurity Research and Policy Hub: a new network bringing together researchers, policy experts, and practitioners working at the intersection of #AI and #cybersecurity. Learn more and become a member: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/...

Really valuable contribution to public understanding on the issue of ransomware in @bindinghook.bsky.social, written by two of the UK’s foremost experts: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

In their latest for Binding Hook, the @nca-uk.bsky.social’s William Lyne and @rusi.bsky.social’s @jamiemaccoll.bsky.social discuss the problems with media and cyber industry descriptions of #ransomware groups’ #biggamehunting: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

🎙️ Speaking at #BindingHookLive: Yuliana Shemetovets, Belarusian activist & Political Representative of #BelarusianCyberPartisans. 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

To learn more about the overlap between #cybercrime and #espionage, check out our recent piece on state uses of #ransomware: bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...

Kant defined #Enlightenment as the courage to use one’s own reason. In the AI era, that courage means asking what we can truly know – and how responsibly we act on machine-generated insights, writes Alejandro Leal. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

Social media enmity between Nigerians and South Africans adds a critical new dimension in their complex bilateral relationships. These digital confrontations can rapidly create diplomatic and economic challenges. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

How can #Kant help us live and act responsibly in an era increasingly marked by #artificialintelligence? Read Alejandro Leal’s latest in Binding Hook to find out. #philosophyofcybersecurity bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

Speaking at #BindingHookLive: Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security & Director, Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

Thank you @bindinghook.bsky.social for the platform to explore this critical issue 👇🏾

The online bullying of South African pageant contestant of Nigerian descent and cross-border digital pranks targeting ride-share drivers reveal a disturbing trend in Nigerian-South African relations, writes @onyendidi.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...