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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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

Government

The White House, J. Altdorfer Photography/Getty Images

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

Policy

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

photo via Europol

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

Threats

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FBI joint operation takes down massive Chinese botnet, Wray says

Threats

Nate Fick spoke to students during a State Department recruitment event at Stanford University on Oct. 17, 2022. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Deterrence in cyberspace is possible — and ‘urgent’ — amid ‘alarming’ hybrid attacks, State cyber ambassador says

Policy

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walk onstage for a campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum on Aug. 20 in Milwaukee. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Russian threat groups shift attention to Harris-Walz campaign, researchers find

Election Security

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Treasury hits Predator spyware makers with more sanctions

Technology