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Here they are - six brilliant Lightning Talk speakers at #BindingHookLive!

Hooked! #5: A series of new reports and research shows that China’s tech sector is on the offense A series of new reports and research shows that China’s tech sector is on the offense

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 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

Time to ditch the AI arms race analogy You don’t need AI to beat AI. Most threats still fail in the face of ordinary, well-applied defences

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...

Become a member of the AI-Cybersecurity Research and Policy Hub and get access to the Hub's exclusive event calendar! 🗓️ Learn more & register your interest in joining the Hub: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/... #AI #Cybersecurity #AICyberHub

⚡ 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

Virtual Routes participates in the US cybersecurity clinics annual meeting On 10 June, Virtual Routes Co-Director James Shires spoke at the annual Research & Teaching Day of the US Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, organized by the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at th...

🇺🇸 Let's revisit the annual Research & Teaching Day of the US Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics from June! Read more about the event and @jamesshires.bsky.social lightning talk: virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...

Apolline Rolland presents REMIT research at the IGF 2025 Last week at the Internet Governance Forum 2025, Apolline Rolland, Policy Researcher at Virtual Routes, presented new research under the EU Horizon Europe-funded REMIT project on how emerging technolo...

🌐 @intgovforum.bsky.social meets REMIT! Last week, our Policy Researcher Apolline Rolland presented new REMIT research at the #IGF2025. Learn more about key takeaways from the panel: virtual-routes.org/apolline-rol...

🚰 Last week in Brussels, we hosted a roundtable with public and private sector experts to tackle #cybersecurity and policy challenges in the #watersector. 🙏 Jeremy Rollison, @ricderby.com, Jos Wetzels & all the participants for joining us! Learn more: virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...

Why Europe must finally secure its water sectors from cyber threats Despite the vital importance of both drinking water and wastewater management, these sectors are highly vulnerable to cyberattacks. What policy actions can help?

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...

Thank you #GoogleOrg Impact Summit for having us! 🤝 Learn more about the event and topics covered here: virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...

👋 Graduate Interns in #Communications and #EventPlanning, we are looking for you! Learn more and apply now: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/ #Internship

Hooked! #4: Should Big Tech do more to limit Russian military use? In the latest Hooked!, we dig into a provocative #CyCon2025 paper by Volodymyr Styran on the ways Big Tech supports Russian attacks on Ukraine and what could be done to prevent that.

🇺🇦 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/...

⏳ Last chance to sign up and join @jamesshires.bsky.social & co today: cltc.berkeley.edu/event/managi...

Cybersecurity in local communities Il cybercrime corre veloce e gli attacchi informatici in Italia si moltiplicano. Solo nel 2024, il Computer Security Incident Response Team (Csirt)...

It's official - University of Milan and Fondazione Mondo Digitale's #CybersecuritySeminars program has now launched! 👏 Congratulations to everyone involved! Read more: www.mondodigitale.org/en/news/cybe...

New report is out! ✍️ Under Pressure: Securing Europe’s Resource-Constrained Critical Infrastructure. Read the full report: virtual-routes.org/under-pressu... #VirtualRoutes #Cybersecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #Microsoft

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

🎙️ The new episode of the @sansinstitute.bsky.social #CyberLeadersPodcast featuring @maxwsmeets.bsky.social is out now! Have a listen: sans.org/u/1Bxx

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

🗣️ Sign up for a discussion on all things #spyware, #cybersecurity and #exportcontrols featuring our Co-Director @jamesshires.bsky.social on June 18, from 10:00-11:00AM Pacific Time: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

YouTube video by Virtual Routes Virtual Routes at CyCon 2025

Our #CyCon2025 #ransomware workshop, now in video! 🎞️ Watch the recap and join us for a quick trip back to Tallinn. 👇 @maxwsmeets.bsky.social @jamesshires.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb7G...

And just like that... #CyCon2025 is over. 🏁 We are excited to have fielded a strong presence in Tallinn this week, contributing to a workshop and various panels across the four days. It was a pleasure to meet you on and off stage - see you again soon! 👋

🚨 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 🚨 Submit your Lightning Talk proposal for #BindingHookLive today! Take a moment (or two), formulate your idea and submit it at 👉 bindinghooklive.com

#CyCon2025 week flew by, and a lot got done - in addition to attending the conference, we hosted recording sessions with many brilliant speakers for the fellowship program, online courses, and Q&As. Stay tuned for lots of exciting content! 🙌 #VirtualRoutes

#CyCon2025 mission accomplished! 🎯 #VirtualRoutes workshop Ransomware: Crime, Conflict, and Cyber Defences is done. Thank you to the brilliant leads @maxwsmeets.bsky.social, @jamesshires.bsky.social, Gijs van Loon, Marine Pichon & Roxana Radu, everyone who joined us and #CCDCOE for having us!

👋🇪🇪 Catch us at CyCon this week! See us in action at the ransomware workshop on Tuesday morning or catch us throughout the week - we look forward to meeting you! 🤝 #CyCon2025 @maxwsmeets.bsky.social @jamesshires.bsky.social

YouTube video by Virtual Routes Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars Program: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

🎞️ Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars Spotlight ⏩ Introducing Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 🇺🇦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzTe...

Join @sanstis.bsky.social and Steven Feldstein today for the final Colloquium session of the spring! ⏬