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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In this photo illustration, the Cellebrite logo is displayed on the screen of a tablet. (Photo Illustration by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Russia uses Cellebrite to break into human rights activist’s phone, even after cancellation of contract

Geopolitics

Cisco Systems, Inc. logo and lettering can be seen on the Cisco Systems GmbH headquarters building in Garching near Munich (Bavaria). Cisco is a US company from the telecommunications industry and is primarily known for its routers and switches. (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Malicious hackers exploit Cisco zero-day for highest access level at communications service provider

Research

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In a first, a court takedown goes after two cybercrime tools at once

AI

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Open-source security is posing challenges governments can’t easily solve

AI

The entrance to O’Smach on the Thailand Cambodia border on March 12, 2026 in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia. The Thai government led a group of foreign press to the O’Smach casino compound near the Chong Chom O’Smach border crossing in Oddar Meanchey province, previously used for scam operations, after clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along the disputed border in December. The interiors show where scammers lived in dormitories and their workspace. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)

Justice Department seizes infrastructure used by cyber scam and criminal marketplace

Cybercrime

(L-R) Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., accept the Bipartisan Leadership in AI Award onstage during the Second Annual AI Honors hosted by the Washington AI Network at Waldorf Astoria Washington D.C. on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Washington AI Network)

Lawmakers leery about Trump administration’s Anthropic order

AI

The SBOM, commonly described as an inventory of software ingredients, emerged in the 2010s and has expanded beyond software to include hardware and AI. (Getty Images)

A case for how to shape ‘ingredient lists’ for AI models

AI

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CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way

AI

Nick Andersen, CISA acting director, at the Axonius Adapt In Action 2026 event. (Tim Starks, CyberScoop)

CISA is rethinking how it prioritizes risks and vulnerabilities for feds, private sector

AI