European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative

Two days in Brussels with key EU, NATO, and industry stakeholders means only one thing - it's time for the annual ECCRI European Cybersecurity Fellowship field trip! 🇧🇪🇪🇺 As the main highlight of the fellowship, this visit offered Fellows a chance to engage with officials, explore pressing cybersecurity issues, and deepen their understanding of policy dynamics. A big thank you to European External Action Service, European Commission, NATO and Microsoft for hosting us! 🙏🏻 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dGgiKDhj

When users of 4chan exploited Bing Image Creator to generate racist and antisemitic imagery, Microsoft claimed its AI was designed for responsible use. Cat Easdon explores what could they have done to prevent this from happening:

We send our warmest congratulations this week to Jakob Bund and the rest of the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative team, as they've contributed to a new book, set to launch this week at The Hague Program on International Cyber Security Conference 2024! 👏 👏 Learn more about Jakob's chapter and the book on our website: https://lnkd.in/dq8MzqsZ For all those interested for more on the event, the book launch will take place at the conference on Nov 13 in Panel 6: https://lnkd.in/ejDrz-3E

ECCRI recognizes Christian-Marc Lifländer with its Achievement Award for his impactful leadership as NATO HQ’s Head of Cyber and his dedicated service on our board. His leadership has made a lasting impact on the cyber field.

❗️Sign up now for the first Fall/Winter session of ECCRI Virtual Research Workshop series: ⏰ tomorrow, Oct 17 at 4pm CET 🗣️ Crystal Whetstone (Bilkent University) 💡 Reimagining and reconstructing feminist (digital) utopias to bolster democracy in cyberspace Read more and sign up: https://lnkd.in/dvK_evpJ

🚨 ECCRI Virtual Research Workshops are back with the Fall/Winter session (October 2024 – January 2025) calendar, featuring Crystal Whetstone, Johann Ole Willers, Lars Gjesvik, Els De Busser, Ahana Datta and Siena Anstis! 💡 The Workshop Series are led by Lena Riecke and Parto Mirzaei. Read more and sign up:

This is your sign to join the Binding Hook team! 👋🏻 Binding Hook is a web outlet created by European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative to gather expert perspectives on digital and emerging technologies and security. It centres the conversation on Europe in its global context through opinions and analysis from practitioners and researchers. 👇🏻 Read more and apply 👇🏻

We are excited to see the release of "Ransom War: How Cyber Crime Became a Threat to National Security", the new book by our co-director, Max Smeets. A crucial read on the evolving threat of cyber crime to national security.

Despite international successes against cybercriminals, Germany’s federal criminal police faces challenges in securing broader legal authority for proactive operations. Read more from Jakob Bund on Binding Hook.

The IT security market suffers from consumers' inability to assess product security, resulting in a "market for lemons" where secure products are undervalued. Read more from Nils Brinker in Binding Hook.