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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Playbook advises federal grant managers how to build cybersecurity into their programs

Policy

Students, behind a banner reading “15 minutes for 15 lives,” block a street in Belgrade on Dec. 12, standing in silence to honor the 15 victims of the tragedy that occurred at the railway station in Novi Sad in November. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)

Amnesty International exposes Serbian police’s use of spyware on journalists, activists

Geopolitics

Court indicts 14 North Korean IT workers tied to $88 million in illicit gains

Geopolitics

U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., leaves the Senate floor following a vote on Jan. 23. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) ***Local Caption *** Ben Ray Lujan

Senators, witnesses: $3B for ‘rip and replace’ a good start to preventing Salt Typhoon-style breaches

Government

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talks with reporters as he leaves the U.S. Capitol following the first vote of the week on June 17. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Wyden legislation would mandate FCC cybersecurity rules for telecoms

Policy

Jessica Rosenworcel (L), Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr arrives to testify during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing in 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FCC, for first time, proposes cybersecurity rules tied to wiretapping law

Geopolitics

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How a Russian man’s harrowing tale shows the physical dangers of spyware

Cybersecurity

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Study shows potentially higher prevalence of spyware infections than previously thought

Threats

Super Typhoon Yutu, strongest storm on Earth in 2018. Satellite view. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. Getty Images

U.S. government says Salt Typhoon is still in telecom networks

Geopolitics