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Luca

@securescientist.eu
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Dad, husband, cybercrime prof with a kink for attacker economics. Head of the Threat Analysis group @tue.nl. 🇳🇱 by profession, 🇮🇹 by nature, 🇪🇺 by conviction. Optimistic cynicism is my thing. Love most. 🌏🔗securescientist.eu

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Luca @securescientist.eu · 16/06/2026
A frustrating thing about education in academia is that it often forgets to reward potential in place of (or next to) rigor. Aka let students be students ffs.
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FIRST.org @first.org · 23/04/2026
Servus from #FIRSTCTI26! 🥨 Day 2 is live with top‑notch Cyber Threat Intelligence. Our #TLPCLEAR sessions are streamed on YouTube - no Lederhosen required 😉 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMAq... #CTI #InfoSec
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2026 FIRST CTI Conference - Day 2 Plenary Sessions - Live Stream
Please view the agenda at https://www.first.org/conference/firstcti26/program. TLP:CLEAR sessions only. Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 23.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 20/04/2026
In Munich for the @first.org CTI conference. Will be talking about our Telegram CTI pipeline and look forward to all the talks. If you’re here too, happy to meet!!
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 18/04/2026
Ehi @chi.acm.org I love you, but this year the organization was the poorest ever. Please don’t do that ever again. #chi2026
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 16/04/2026
Best marketing stunt of 2026 goes to Anthropic for “our latest model is too powerful to be released to the public”. Doesn’t even matter if substantive or not. Still brilliant.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 14/04/2026
Well tbh so do most humans.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 14/04/2026
I love @chi.acm.org but this years the venue/organization is.. crippling.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 13/04/2026
On my way to @chi.acm.org. If you wanna talk about human factors in cybersecurity reach out! Or even if you don’t, would love to talk to you anyway.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 13/04/2026
Hungary’s the best geopolitical news in what feels like ages.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 12/04/2026
Genuinely tense for today’s elections. 💪🏻 🇭🇺
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 28/03/2026
We’re hiring, and we’d love to find the right person for this! want to join a young, energetic and no-nonsense group conducting excellent research? Might very well be us! www.tue.nl/werken-bij-t...
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Assistant Professor In AI-based Cybersecurity Automation
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 23/03/2026
heard Tucker Carlson's interview @economist.com. Somebody please reassure me he is not actually trying to be the next president Trump. His laughter and circular arguments in response to many of @zannymb.economist.com's questions was surreal. I'm shaken.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Just how massive can a star get? Pretty danged massive... but it depends on when you look. A thing I wrote for Scientiifc American, just like I do every Friday! www.scientificamerican.com/article/what... 🔭🧪
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What’s the most massive star in the universe?
Just how big can a star become? The answer depends on when in cosmic history you’re asking the question
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Just Simon 🎮 @isimon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Don't be afraid to call terrorists terrorists. Everyone understands which country is doing this.
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Russia targets Signal and WhatsApp accounts in cyber campaign | AIVD
Russian state hackers are engaged in a large-scale global cyber campaign to gain access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to dignitaries, military personnel and civil servants. The Dutch intel...
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ACM CHI @chi.acm.org · 05/03/2026
#CHI26 program is UP! The largest CHI program is now accessible through the SIGCHI app. While we will announce many more tracks soon, the largest section of the program, the papers program, is now available, along side workshops, meetups, keynotes and much more!
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 06/03/2026
prepping NATO-style cybersecurity competition with a handful of talented students @tue.nl Real SOC and IT/OT env. It is going to be e-p-i-c! If you have pointers or know of good resources to look at pls let me know!
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a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .
ALT: a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 02/03/2026
Cyber as a counter offensive from Iran would require pre-existent positioning and targeted coordination. Cyber support to kinetic ops ain’t easy. Saw this also during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The US seem to have pulled it off in Venezuela. Highly focused and planned. The opposite of Iran rn.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 02/03/2026
giving it a new go at BSky; cleaned up my follows to get a fresh re-start. Sorry if you got caught in the bulk unfollow, happy to follow back again if you care and let me know!
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 19/09/2025
Shouldn’t we rebrand LLMs as Large Language Manipulators? Not a joke.
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Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) @tue.nl · 05/09/2025
✨ The Semicon Summer School 2025 is a wrap! 🌍 A week of lectures, company visits & projects brought international young talents together in semicon tech & innovation. 💡🤝 Thanks to all who made it a success! ▶️ Relive the highlights: youtu.be/ywgE72gKSDc #SemiconSummerSchool #TUe
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Semicon Summer School 2025
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 09/04/2025
Currently experimenting with JITR (Just-in-Time Recovery). It's when symptoms from a heavily debilitating illness fade away leaving room to health euphoria, right before an important deadline with multiple submissions. 🧪
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 08/04/2025
China continues trolling the US with new videos. Here’s one - “US sweatshop factory”
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 07/04/2025
Striking how this column is largely whining and absolutely ZERO explanation of how the tariffs are in any way related to or risolutive of the cause of the whining. For an FT column, I’d say know your audience a bit better. On the other hand ofc it can also be there’s nothing to say about that.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 07/04/2025
Looking forward to Apple reconsidering that planned obsolescence thing they used to do.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 07/04/2025
I actually think this might be the only meaningful global response. Trump’s idiocy is rooted in a belief that everybody needs the US, but the US don’t need anybody. It can be proven false real quick.
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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
European travellers to UK need electronic permit from today www.dutchnews.nl?p=249893
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European travellers to UK need electronic permit from today
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 31/03/2025
I made an AI notice that the second reference it provided in its answer is irrelevant to its argument. The AI said sorry for the oversight, and corrected its answer by renumbering reference number two to number one.
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Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 27/03/2025
Official announcement: We’ve partnered with Proton VPN to help you break free from Big Tech! #BreakFree @proton.me vivaldi.com/download
Image on text saying Proton VPN x Vivaldi.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 28/03/2025
I theorize there’s a positive correlation between aging and excitement to get back home. Surely somebody’s already proven it, but apparently only now I am aging sufficiently to notice.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 23/03/2025
1st Law of the US admin: Adding or removing appointees from the cabinet alters the internal absurdity of the system. Corollary: Unfortunately, total absurdity is NOT conserved. 2nd Law: Absurdity never decreases. 3rd Law: Absurdity becomes constant as total cabinet intellect approaches zero.
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Asier Moneva @asiermoneva.com · 24/03/2025
Underrated post.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 23/03/2025
1st Law of the US admin: Adding or removing appointees from the cabinet alters the internal absurdity of the system. Corollary: Unfortunately, total absurdity is NOT conserved. 2nd Law: Absurdity never decreases. 3rd Law: Absurdity becomes constant as total cabinet intellect approaches zero.
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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 23/03/2025
Welcome to Bluesky, President Obama 🫡
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 22/03/2025
"Language for me is not about rule following, it's controlling the reading process". Absolutely love this.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 21/03/2025
Truly remarkable to see EU research institutions stating that the US administration is now curbing scientific research, and discuss what opportunities and risks lay ahead. I repeat: the US is *CURBING* scientific research. We are living in an alien world.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 20/03/2025
bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 20/03/2025
Germany, UK issue travel warnings to their citizens about traveling to the U.S.
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 20/03/2025
Is this an opportunity for Canada and the EU to further strengthen their economic relations in spite of US silliness?
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 19/03/2025
A first step. How it will happen is to see. SURF’s got a ball to pick up and I’ve heard they are already looking into it. But change requires talent (to build it), and willing stakeholders (to showcase it); a concrete program must focus on bringing these together. Start with Uni’s.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 15/03/2025
Who said the Germans have no sense of humour?
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Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) @tue.nl · 14/03/2025
🚀Breakthrough in organic semiconductors! TU/e researchers Marco Preuß & Prof. E.W. Meijer helped solve a decades-old challenge, paving the way for next-gen electronics. Their results are published in Science. Spiral-moving electrons could boost OLEDs & unlock quantum tech! Read more: bit.ly/3Fq0E7i
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 16/03/2025
Probably noteworthy to mention that the Dutch government has confirmed a 2.5B euro investment to strengthen the semiconductor industry in NL, with the Eindhoven region and @tue.nl playing a major role in it. It’s called Project Beethoven, and it’s already happening.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Travel to the US is expected to slide by 5%, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall for the travel industry, according to Tourism Economics which had originally forecast a 9% increase in foreign travel, but revised its estimate to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”
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Luca @securescientist.eu · 16/03/2025
Looking forward to European ministries of internal affairs to release a “travel only if necessary” travel advisory for the US.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
An excellent guide to potential ways Europe could screw up the US economy. If it comes to a stand-off, Europe has leverage over America economist.com/briefing/202...
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
“Ukrainians are rallying around their president in ways that Mr Trump could only dream about. The poll finds that 72% of Ukrainians strongly or somewhat approve of their president’s job-performance; Mr Trump is at 46%, according to The Economist’s tracker.”
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Is Zelensky a disliked dictator or a popular hero?
Our poll of Ukrainians shows a surprising shift in the president’s ratings
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