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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CISA chief frets about open-source vulnerabilities, delayed security improvements

Government

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol after the last vote of the week on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers

Government

Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of defense startup

Government

Paul Lyons, principal principal deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy, right. (Image Source: Maggie Callahan/Scoop News Group)

Pentagon cyber official calls advanced AI ‘revolutionary warfare’

AI

Steam from a vent obscures the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg; Getty Images

Closed briefing sets stage for House hearing on Anthropic’s Mythos and cyber risks

AI

The concept of such a list, known as a “software bill of materials (SBOM),” is to know everything that goes into a particular piece of software so that any supply chain risks are easier to identify. (Getty Images)

Major world economies spell out key elements of AI ‘ingredients list’

AI

Google has been ramping up the new feature, Intrusion Logging, since last year, and has now begun rolling it out on Pixel devices. (Getty Images)

Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it harder for spyware vendors to hide

Privacy

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves after a meeting on AI at the Kennedy Caucus Room at Russell Senate Office Building on Nov. 1, 2023 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sen. Schumer seeks DHS plan on AI cyber coordination with state, local governments

AI

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Trump officials are steering a cybersecurity scholarship program toward AI

AI