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🎙️Announcing Binding Hook Live: Where Digital Tech and Global Affairs Meet 🗓️ October 27, 2025 📍Underbelly Boulevard Soho, London 🎟️Request an invite: bindinghooklive.com #BindingHook #BindingHookLive
#PublicAttribution of cyber activities is #China’s latest technique for pressuring #Taiwan and shaping the international dialogue around #cybersecurity. Ben Read digs into the details on Binding Hook: bindinghook.com/articles-hooke…
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 and Noya Peer in their latest for Binding Hook: bindinghook.com/articles-bindi…
The increasingly popular narrative that #AIthreats need to be fought with #AIsecuritysolutions fall short upon closer inspection, argue @VirtualRoutes’ @TheCollierJam and @MaxWSmeets in their latest: bindinghook.com/articles-bindi…
In modern war data is the new ammo, check out our latest for @bindinghook
In modern warfare, data is power. The ability to detect, identify, and engage targets depends on real-world data – yet this crucial capability is often overlooked, argue @Mauro_Gilli, @aa_gilli, and @NiccoloPetrelli: bindinghook.com/articles-bindi…
⚡ New report ⚡ Who is Doing Policy Research on AI & Cybersecurity? A Look Inside the Think-Tank Landscape by Anna Sophie den Ouden, Apolline Rolland, James Shires and @Maxwsmeets is here! Read the report: virtual-routes.org/who-is-doing-p… #ThinkTanks #AI #Cybersecurity
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In modern warfare, data is power. The ability to detect, identify, and engage targets depends on real-world data – yet this crucial capability is often overlooked, argue @Mauro_Gilli, @aa_gilli, and @NiccoloPetrelli: bindinghook.com/articles-bindi…
In modern warfare, data is power. The ability to detect, identify, and engage targets depends on real-world data – yet this crucial capability is often overlooked, argue @Mauro_Gilli, @aa_gilli, and @NiccoloPetrelli: bindinghook.com/articles-bindi…
Norway isn't the only one at risk: drinking- and wastewater utilities across Europe are vulnerable to cyber intrusions: bindinghook.com/articles-bindi…
Hackers breached Norwegian dam and opened the valve. ‘The valve ran at full capacity for four hours before the unauthorized change was detected’. Unclear intent energiteknikk.net/2025/06/hacker…
Thank you, @bindinghook, for publishing my response to Katharine Khamhaengwong’s thoughtful critique of my paper. I appreciate the dialogue and the opportunity to spread the word about Russia’s exploitation of Western IT infrastructure.
🇺🇦 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-bindi…
🇺🇦 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-bindi…
🎙️ Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @sultanofcyber, 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, @jamessshires, and @Maxwsmeets call for increased action from the EU to support and protect European drinking- and wastewater utilities. bindinghook.com/articles-bindi…
🇺🇦 In the fourth edition of Hooked!, editor @katharinegk digs into a controversial #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-hooke…
🚨 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 here: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/th…
In their latest for Binding Hook, the @NCA_UK’s William Lyne and @RUSI_org’s @jamiemaccoll discuss the problems with media and cyber industry descriptions of #ransomware groups’ #biggamehunting. bindinghook.com/articles-bindi…
🎙️ Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @yuliana_shem, Belarusian activist & Political Representative of @cpartisans. 📩 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-hooke…
A ransomware attack on an Asian financial organization drew the attention of researchers because it involved several tools that are not typically seen in ransomware incidents therecord.media/fog-ransomware…
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-bindi…
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-bindi…
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-bindi…