Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 18/06/2025In 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...bindinghook.comIt’s time to move the ransomware conversation past big game huntingPresenting ransomware as targeted instead of opportunistic leaves organisations that may not consider themselves prime targets at risk. 063
Reposted by James ShiresVirtual Routes @virtualroutes.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Our #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...youtube.comVirtual Routes at CyCon 2025YouTube video by Virtual Routes 042
Reposted by James ShiresVirtual Routes @virtualroutes.bsky.social · 29/05/2025#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! 041
James Shires @jamesshires.bsky.social · 14/05/2025@virtualroutes.bsky.social is expanding the Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars program to the Netherlands, focusing on defending local communities against ransomware. Current university students can register interest now virtual-routes.org/initiatives/...virtual-routes.orgCybersecurity Seminars NL - Virtual RoutesThe Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars program has been successfully implemented in higher education institutions across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and is now being launched in the Netherland... 073
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The arrest of a suspect after a spate of #RansomwareAttacks in the Netherlands is an unusual win for law enforcement, but a more holistic approach is required. Read the new piece by @jamesshires.bsky.social and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...bindinghook.comRansomware groups are not always out of reachThe arrest of a suspect after a spate of ransomware attacks in the Netherlands is an unusual win for law enforcement, but a more holistic approach is required. 052
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Read an excerpt from Aleksandar Milenkoski, Jiro Minier, @julianferdinand.bsky.social, @maxwsmeets.bsky.social, and @tgrossman.bsky.social’s new report on state use of #ransomware, looking at Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China, on Binding Hook: bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...bindinghook.comState-backed ransomware at the intersection of espionage, sabotage, and cybercrimeThe governments of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea use ransomware for diverse ends. 063
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 25/04/2025🎤Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @jags.bsky.social, Executive Director for Intelligence and Security Research at @sentinelone.com, Distinguished Fellow and Adj. Professor at the Johns Hopkins SAIS @alperovitch.institute, and founder of #LABScon. 📩 Request an invite: bindinghooklive.com 0103
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 29/04/2025North Korean operatives are exploiting #identitymanagement flaws to secure legitimate jobs globally, using fake resumes and fabricated digital profiles on platforms like GitHub and LinkedIn. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...bindinghook.comNorth Korean operatives invent identities to infiltrate industriesNorth Korean IT workers are no longer just breaching organisations – they’re being hired by them. This is because companies treat identity management as a compliance issue instead of a serious nationa... 031
Reposted by James ShiresVirtual Routes @virtualroutes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025🚀 The Ecole Superieure d’Informatique, Electronique, Automatique's (ESIEA) Cybersecurity Seminars program is live! @jamesshires.bsky.social joined students & faculty in Paris to explore global cybersecurity synergies 🌍 🔗 Event recap: virtual-routes.org/esiea-launch...virtual-routes.orgESIEA launches Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars program in ParisOn 7 April, the Ecole Superieure d’Informatique, Electronique, Automatique (ESIEA) launched its Cybersecurity Seminars program at its campus in Paris. 041
Reposted by James ShiresVirtual Routes @virtualroutes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025In early April, @jamesshires.bsky.social chaired a panel on the availability of cyber intrusion tools and services at the 2nd Pall Mall Process conference. The discussion generated recommendations that can inform the implementation of the CCIC Code of Practice 👉 virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...virtual-routes.orgVirtual Routes contributes to third Pall Mall Process conference in ParisOn 3-4 April, the third conference of the Pall Mall Process took place in Paris. The Pall Mall Process is a multistakeholder initiative launched by the UK and French governments to address the risks o... 041
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Cyber operations are often either underhyped or overhyped. While life-threatening attacks get little attention, routine intelligence operations are treated as hostile #cyberattacks, clouding public perception, writes @lawsecnet.counterintelligence.pl. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...bindinghook.comTowards an accurate description of cyber operationsCyber operations can range from espionage to sabotage, but they are often described in uniform ways, leading to misconceptions and inadequate responses. Using plain language to describe the goals and ... 1136
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 08/04/2025European Cybersecurity fellow Kritika Roy explores the continuing debate over commercial cyber threat intelligence: is it essential or redundant given the rise of free, open-source intelligence? #CTI #OSINT bindinghook.com/articles-bin...bindinghook.comIs commercial cyber threat intelligence doomed?Virtual Routes fellows explore the challenges facing commercial CTI, including the expansion of free OSINT and limits on public-private partnerships. 021
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The #Prabowo administration has cut cyber budgets, stopped work on the #cyberforce, and generally deprioritised #cybersecurity. This shift risks leaving #Indonesia ill-prepared for rising cyber threats. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...bindinghook.comNeglecting cybersecurity could harm Indonesia’s competitivenessPresident Prabowo’s turn away from his predecessor’s cyber ambitions is symptomatic of wider strategic failings 031
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Binding Hook is excited to introduce @virtualroutes.bsky.social newest cohort of European Cybersecurity fellows with a short series exploring their answers to some of the biggest questions in #cybersecurity today: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...bindinghook.comFrom hacktivism to development coordination, cyber conflict blind spots bring risksVirtual Routes fellows identify three key blind spots in our understanding of cyber conflict: the risks of new forms of hacktivism, insufficient EU defense coordination, and cybersecurity risks in the... 073
Reposted by James ShiresVirtual Routes @virtualroutes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025🚨 Introducing the Pharos Reports - a new series shedding light on #Cybersecurity and #EmergingTech challenges with expert analysis! Read the first report in the series, The Ransomware Playbook and How to Disrupt It, authored by @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: virtual-routes.org/introducing-... 034
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Reports suggest the Trump administration directed key agencies to pause #cyberoperations against Russia, reigniting debate about the need for #initiativepersistence in cyberspace. Where do private-sector organisations fit in? bindinghook.com/articles-bin...bindinghook.comDeception can enable private-sector initiative persistenceBy using cyber operations to deceive adversaries, the private sector can act persistently without conducting ‘attacks’ 084
James Shires @jamesshires.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Before the Gaza war, cybersecurity was once at the forefront of the UAE and Israel's burgeoning diplomatic ties - where did it go? 010
Reposted by James ShiresVirtual Routes @virtualroutes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Join us at the next Virtual Routes Colloquium session! 👇 ⏰ March 12, 16:00 CET 💡 Pieter Wolters (Interdisciplinary Hub for Digitalization and Society, Radboud University) and Nils Brinker (intcube) 💭 Hybrid conflicts, cybersecurity and enterprises Sign up: virtual-routes.org/event/hybrid... 053
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Generative AI is transforming cyber threat intelligence, enabling cybersecurity teams to quickly identify risks and respond in near real-time. Unclear regulation might limit these benefits, writes Omree Wechsler: bindinghook.com/articles-bin... #GenerativeAI #CyberThreatIntelligence #Cybersecuritybindinghook.comBalancing security, innovation, and regulation in cyber threat (artificial) intelligenceThe integration of AI in cyber threat intelligence has increased both efficiency and privacy concerns. How can the EU manage these benefits and risks? 041
James Shires @jamesshires.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Thanks everyone for such a productive meeting. The world has changed a lot since this project started, especially regarding technology and geopolitics, and our research needs to be just as agile and focused on the big challenges ahead. 010
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 25/02/2025In Mahmoud Javadi’s latest for Binding Hook, he argues that the Nordic-Baltic 8 can revitalise Europe’s Gaia-X collective cloud initiative, a boost for European economies, cyber sovereignty, and security. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...bindinghook.comSecuring Europe’s economic backbone with AI-empowered cloud protectionAs the European economy becomes ever more reliant on cloud infrastructure, the need for robust cybersecurity for SMEs grows ever more pressing. AI-powered cloud security solutions chart a path toward ... 031
Reposted by James ShiresBinding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 14/02/2025It’s time! 🥁 @bindinghook.bsky.social & @munsecconf.bsky.social proudly announce the AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition’s five winning essays. Read more: bindinghook.com 1125
James Shires @jamesshires.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Hello Bluesky! And, more importantly, hello Virtual Routes... 092