On July 9, 2025, the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) hosted a webinar titled “Cyber Operations in the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza: No Revolution in Warfare Yet.” The event marked the launch of a new research paper by Dr. Matthias Schulze, offering an evidence-based analysis of cyber-operations in the Russia-Ukraine war…

At the invitation of Nottingham Trent University, Mateusz Łabuz participated in a seminar titled “Online-Offline Continuum Approach: New Digital Frontiers.” During the seminar, selected issues related to the development of modern technologies were discussed. In his presentation, Mateusz focused on the new and still poorly understood trend of using deepfakes for political advertising. He pointed…

At the invitation of the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Mateusz Łabuz participated in a conference devoted to new technologies and the regulatory challenges associated with their development. Mateusz moderated one of the panels, titled “Free Speech vs. Content Moderation – Shaping the Future Information Environment.” The conference, co-organized by King’s College, took place in London and brought together…

On 21.05, Matthias was invited by the Evangelic Church Germany (EKD) to their annual symposium on cyber-security. The event included talks on cyber-crisis prevention, ethical hacking, disaster recovery after ransomware incidents, and the role of awareness. Matthias’s talk addressed state-sponsored cyber-operations, the use of hacktivism in war time, as well as current Russian, Chinese and…

The Shaping Cybersecurity Conference 2025, co-hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and the DEEP – Institute for Deep Tech Innovation at ESMT Berlin are bringing in experts to discuss the topic “Stronger Together: Cyber Capabilities for Vigilant Democracies”.  Geopolitical tensions increasingly affect the cyber and digital space. In conflicts,…

Mateusz Łabuz participated in an event for students at the University of Warsaw, during which he discussed the threats posed by the development of synthetic media. In his presentation, Mateusz highlighted multifaceted challenges, including technical (e.g., breaching biometric security, improving phishing attacks), social (e.g., disinformation, crisis of trust, victimization of individuals and social groups), and…

IFSH co-hosted a session for the German Forum Security Politics organized by the Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS). It explored how Germany can effectively respond to China’s rapid military buildup across cyber, nuclear, and conventional domains. Matthias Schulze outlined China’s cyber strategy, that encompasses economic espionage, political spying, military cyberwarfare, and domestic surveillance, targeting technology transfer…

Mateusz Łabuz was one of the keynote speakers in the Constitutional Club in New Delhi. The event was organized by the Future Shift Labs and served as a platform to launch the new report on digital threats published by the organization. Mateusz discussed, among other things, the conclusions from an earlier report by Future Shift…

Mateusz Łabuz was keynote speaker during the seminar organized by the Western Institute from Poznań. Mateusz presented detailed analysis on cybersecurity, analyzing the new challenges policymakers face in this area and the new threats emerging with technological advancements. The presentation was an introduction to an academic discussion on the limits of cybersecurity and the possibilities…