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AI over Lunch: Colin Shea-Blymyer This week’s AI over Lunch comes from Washington DC, where we meet Colin Shea-Blymyer, researcher at the Centre for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), to talk about AI beyond the European bubble.

💭 New #AIoverLunch interview is out now! Today we'll take you to Washington, DC, where Apolline Rolland met Colin Shea-Blymyer, researcher at @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

👏 Three weeks to go and only a few tickets left - #BindingHookLive agenda is out now! View the agenda and request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

AI over Lunch: Julia Stamm Today’s “AI over Lunch” has been downgraded, or perhaps upgraded, to “AI over Tea.” Arranged at the last minute in a noisy café, my guest, Dr. Julia Stamm, has come to Brussels for business.

☕️ New AI over Lunch interview is here - this time actually over tea. Apolline Rolland sat down with @juliastamm.bsky.social, founder of #SheShapesAI: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Diving into the Depths of the Global Spyware Market - Virtual Routes Colloquium The first session of the Virtual Routes Colloquium Fall/Winter series hosts Jen Roberts from Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Jen will present her research on "Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Divi...

Read more & sign up: virtual-routes.org/event/mythic...

👋 Don't miss the first Colloquium session tomorrow!

📌 Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Diving into the Depths of the Global Spyware Market
💡 Jen Roberts (@cyberstatecraft.bsky.social) & @julianferdinand.bsky.social (Recorded Future)
🗓️ October 2, 2025
🕓 16:00 – 17:00 CET

Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Diving into the Depths of the Global Spyware Market - Virtual Routes Colloquium The first session of the Virtual Routes Colloquium Fall/Winter series hosts Jen Roberts from Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Jen will present her research on "Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Divi...

Excited to join a discussion on the second edition of The Mythical Beast by Jen Roberts (@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social), exploring the complex networks behind the spyware ecosystem. This kicks off the new Colloquium series by @virtualroutes.bsky.social: virtual-routes.org/event/mythic...

We are excited to welcome Hedi Armulik to the team as an Events and External Relations Officer! 🤝 Read more about Hedi: virtual-routes.org/hedi-armulik...

Some really good sessions here if you’re interested in states’ use and regulation of commercial #spyware.

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🗓️ Virtual Routes Colloquium is back with the Fall/Winter (October-December 2025) session calendar! This year, the sessions explore state use and regulation of cyber surveillance and intelligence collection capabilities. Read more and sign up: virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...

From Classroom to Cyber Defence: Students Build a SOC from Scratch - Virtual Routes What happens when students move beyond theory and begin building the tools that underpin cybersecurity in practice? At ESIEA, the result was a fully functioning Security Operations Centre (SOC) design...

🚀 From Classroom to Cyber Defence 👉 Read more about how students at ESIEA's Laval Campus turned theory into practice by building a Security Operations Centre (SOC) entirely on their own: virtual-routes.org/from-classro...

#OpenAI and #GoogleDeepMind - battle of the two AI giants 🗓️ Join us for an online book talk with @parmy.bsky.social, presenting her book, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, on October 15, 15:00–16:00 CET. Join the Hub: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

AI over Lunch: Raegan MacDonald For the second installment of the new AI over Lunch interview series, we sat down with Raegan MacDonald, a leading digital rights activist, to discuss hype vs. reality in today’s AI debates.

💭In our new #AIoverLunch interview, Apolline Rolland sat down with Raegan MacDonald, a leading digital rights activist, to discuss hype vs. reality in today’s AI debates. virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

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...

Adam Mickiewicz University holds Google.org cybersecurity summer school Adam Mickiewicz University’s summer school in Poznan, supported by the Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars program, gives students from diverse backgrounds a fun, practical introduction to key cybersecu...

Thank you for hosting us for your summer school Adam Mickiewicz University! 🤝Learn more about @jamesshires.bsky.social visit to Poland and participating students here: virtual-routes.org/adam-mickiew... #GoogleOrg #CybersecuritySeminars

🔎 Communications Officer, we are looking for you! Read more about the role & apply here: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/co... #WereHiring

AI over Lunch: Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer Welcome to AI over Lunch, our new interview series exploring how leaders across sectors are grappling with the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence.

💭 Introducing #AI over Lunch - a new interview series exploring how leaders across sectors are grappling with the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence. Read the first interview with #NATO CIO Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

We are excited to welcome @disclosing.observer to the team as our newest Senior Cybersecurity Consultant! 🤝 Read more about Max: virtual-routes.org/max-van-der-...

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

Where is #AI really shaping #ransomware – and where is it just hype? Join experts ‪‪Ciaran Martin, Jamie MacColl, Will Thomas, Taylor Grossman & Max Smeets as they discuss AI’s role in ransomware. 📅 To join, register as a member: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We’re hiring! 👋 If you’re passionate about driving impactful projects in a dynamic international team, we’d love to hear from you: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/

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

💡 @ciaranm.bsky.social @jamiemaccoll.bsky.social @willthomas-usa.bsky.social @tgrossman.bsky.social @maxwsmeets.bsky.social

Where is #AI really shaping #ransomware – and where is it just hype? Join experts ‪‪Ciaran Martin, Jamie MacColl, Will Thomas, Taylor Grossman & Max Smeets as they discuss AI’s role in ransomware. 📅 To join, register as a member: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Out of sight, out of cyber? Not for NATO This year’s NATO summit introduced a new 5% defence spending pledge yet seemed to omit the cyber agenda. However, a look under the surface shows cyber has not been forgotten.

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...

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

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...