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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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Richard Grabowski, acting branch chief of service delivery and deputy program manager for CISA’s CDM program, speaks at the Elastic Federal Cyber Defense Breakfast produced by FedScoop on Sept. 15, 2026. (Scoop News Group)

What’s next for CISA’s CDM program that gives cybersecurity tools to federal agencies

Government

Lonely child sitting on a suitcase and waiting for departure at the airport looking at the arrivals board. (Getty Images)

Cyberattack causes a flight delay? Airlines won’t owe you a hotel or meal

Government

Tom Billington, left; National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, middle; Scott Kupor, Office of Personnel Management, right. (Tim Starks/Scoop News Group)

Governments ‘buying time’ in race between innovation, security, national cyber director says

AI

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., participate in a news conference in the Capitol on March 9, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Lawmakers call on Commerce to sanction hackers-for-hire

Government

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FBI cyber chief worries private sector not sharing enough cyber threat information

Government

FBI investigator working at the office

FBI officials say AI is bolstering adversaries, emphasizing need to focus on cyber basics, patching

AI

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European parliament members call for slowdown of Serbia’s EU entry over spyware use

Geopolitics

This aerial photograph shows demonstrators and students as they gather in front of Serbia’s Constitutional Court building during a protest to demand accountability for the Novi Sad railway station tragedy, in Belgrade, on January 12, 2025. Thousands of Serbians protested in the capital Belgrade on January 12, 2025, against corruption and demanding justice for those killed in a train station roof collapse. The demonstrations have been ongoing for two months since a roof in a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad, which had recently undergone restoration work, collapsed on November 1, 2024, and killed 15 people. (Photo by TADIJA ANASTASIJEVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists

Privacy

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters following the weekly Democrat Senate policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use

Policy