Tim Starks

Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. His previous stops include working at The Washington Post, POLITICO and Congressional Quarterly. An Evansville, Ind. native, he’s covered cybersecurity since 2003. Email Tim here: tim.starks@cyberscoop.com.

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The Apple logo appears on a mobile phone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 26, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto)

Possible U.S.-developed exploits linked to first known ‘mass’ iOS attack

Research

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CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency

Government

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The FBI’s cyber chief is using Winter SHIELD to accelerate China prep, threat intelligence sharing

Government

Madhu Gottumukkala, acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during the DHS oversight hearing in the Cannon House office building on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Gottumukkala out, Andersen in as acting CISA director

Government

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Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble

Government

This photograph shows a figurine in front of the logo of the US artificial intelligence safety and research company Anthropic during a photo session in Paris on Feb. 13, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Anthropic accuses Chinese labs of trying to illicitly take Claude’s capabilities

Geopolitics

A healthcare worker tends to a patient on a ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit of Baptist Health Floyd on September 7, 2021 in New Albany, Indiana. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from third-party vendors

Policy

Alexandra Seymour, Office of the National Cyber Director; CyberTalks, Feb. 19, 2026 (James Kim / EPNAC)

ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI use for defense without increasing risk

Government

Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi appears before the Kahawa law court in Nairobi on July 21, 2025. Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi was released on July 21, 2025 charged with illegal possession of ammunition, after the state decided not to bring terrorism charges following a wave of condemnation. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone

Privacy