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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Brandon Wales speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing May 11, 2021. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images)

Nations investing in cyber, ‘democratization’ of malware are factors accelerating dangers online, CISA official says

Government

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US, allies pledge to combat money laundering as part of efforts to slow ransomware

Financial

A Trump supporter shouts down counter-protesters during a demonstration over election ballot counting outside the Michigan State Capitol building on November 7, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

A former top US election official urges sweeping security improvements, warning ‘democracy is in trouble’

Government

United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R) speaks with Britain’s National Security Advisor Sir Stephen Lovegrove during a meeting of National Security Advisors at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on October 7, 2021. (Photo by Virginia Mayo / POOL / AFP / Getty Images)

White House kicks off international ransomware meeting amid global barrage

Government

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White House set to lead 30 nations in ransomware discussions, sans Russia

Financial

WASHINGTON, DC – The exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located adjacent to The White House and headquarters of the Office of Management and Budget, is viewed on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

OMB orders federal agencies to let CISA access defenses of devices, servers

Government

This photograph taken on February 10, 2021 shows the entrance of the hospital centre of Dax, southwestern France, after the hospital was the target of a major computer attack attributed to a ransomware in the night of February 8 to February 9. (Photo by IROZ GAIZKA/AFP via Getty Images)

Emergent ransomware gang FIN12 strikes hospitals, moves quickly against big targets

Threats

A G train arrives at the Smith – 9th Street station in Brooklyn on August 2, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

US to increase scrutiny on cryptocurrency, federal contractors in effort to slow hacking

Transportation

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in New Delhi on September 29, 2021. (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Suspected Chinese hackers masqueraded as Indian government to send COVID-19 phishing emails

Threats