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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Tens of thousands of IPs vulnerable to Fortinet flaw dubbed ‘must patch’ by feds

Threats

A general view of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) headquarters outside Moscow taken on June 29, 2010. (Alexey SAZONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Agencies warn about Russian government hackers going after unpatched vulnerabilities

Geopolitics

Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger during the daily press briefing in the James Brady Room at the White House on March 21, 2022. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

What’s new from this year’s Counter Ransomware Initiative summit, and what’s next

Government

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Research reveals vulnerabilities in routers that left 700,000-plus exposed

Technology

A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo on Feb. 9, 2022 in the Israeli city of Netanya. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

NSO Group indicates rare agreement with Apple over dismissal of lawsuit

Geopolitics

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More frequent disruption operations needed to dent ransomware gangs, officials say

AI

CrowdStrike Senior Vice President of Counter Adversary Operations Adam Meyers speaks during a subcommittee hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 24. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

CrowdStrike exec apologizes in front of Congress over huge global IT outage

Government

Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, arrives before the start of a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Jan. 10. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Exclusive: House Homeland Security chair releases, pushes forth cyber workforce bill

Government

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European, Latin American authorities arrest 17 in crackdown on phishing network with 483,000 victims

Threats