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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Tardigrades are tiny creatures sometimes known as water bears. They live in damp conditions and feed by sucking sap from moss cells using a tiny stylus. (Getty Images)

Industry group sounds alarm over ‘Tardigrade’ malware targeting biomanufacturing sector

Threats

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Wind turbine giant Vestas says data was compromised in security incident

Threats

(L-R) Chairman of National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Todd Harper, Chairman of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Jelena McWilliams and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu testify during a hearing before Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building August 3, 2021. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Banks must report major cyber incidents within 36 hours under finalized regulation

Policy

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Corporate espionage specialists RedCurl return with improved tools

Financial

Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran, Middle East (Getty Images)

Iranian government-backed hackers target critical infrastructure with ransomware, US says

Government

A member of staff poses for a photograph at a workspace in the National Cyber Security Centre on February 14, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Ransomware fueled record year for UK cyber response

Healthcare

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive for the signing ceremony for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on the South Lawn at the White House on November 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. The $1.2 trillion package will provide funds for public infrastructure projects including improvements to the country’s transportation networks, increasing rural broadband access, and projects to modernizing water and energy systems. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Biden signs infrastructure bill that provides nearly $2 billion for cybersecurity

Government

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Hackers fire off hoax email messages from FBI account after exploiting misconfigured server

Threats

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 24: People shop at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store during the launch of Apple’s new iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini on September 24, 2021. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Likely state-based hackers infected Hong Kong websites to spy on Apple users, Google says

Geopolitics