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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WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 16: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

DHS establishes its own bug bounty program, offering outsiders $500 to $5K for discovering flaws

Government

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Defense Department blocks ads to counter malvertising, official tells Congress

Policy

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CISA warns ‘most serious’ Log4j vulnerability likely to affect hundreds of millions of devices

Threats

The members entrances to the Senate wing of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

Cyber incident reporting mandates suffer another congressional setback

Policy

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Court hands Microsoft control of websites linked to spying by Chinese hackers

Geopolitics

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CISA’s advisory panel is announced, set to make recommendations on major cyber topics

Government

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UK threatens Clearview AI with nearly $23M fine over its facial recognition tech

Technology

Operation HAECHI-II (Interpol)

Months-long Interpol crackdown nets more than 1,000 online fraud arrests

Money

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 26: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) gestures as he speaks during a press conference following the Republicans Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol building. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Incident reporting, ransomware payment legislation faces trouble in Senate

Government