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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Corporate espionage specialists RedCurl return with improved tools

Financial

Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran, Middle East (Getty Images)

Iranian government-backed hackers target critical infrastructure with ransomware, US says

Threats

A member of staff poses for a photograph at a workspace in the National Cyber Security Centre on February 14, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Ransomware fueled record year for UK cyber response

Healthcare

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive for the signing ceremony for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on the South Lawn at the White House on November 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. The $1.2 trillion package will provide funds for public infrastructure projects including improvements to the country’s transportation networks, increasing rural broadband access, and projects to modernizing water and energy systems. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Biden signs infrastructure bill that provides nearly $2 billion for cybersecurity

Government

FBI computer cyber, DOJ — (FBI)

Hackers fire off hoax email messages from FBI account after exploiting misconfigured server

Threats

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 24: People shop at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store during the launch of Apple’s new iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini on September 24, 2021. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Likely state-based hackers infected Hong Kong websites to spy on Apple users, Google says

Geopolitics

Paramedics and healthcare workers transfer a patient from Humber River Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit to a waiting air ambulance as the hospital frees up space In their ICU unit, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 28, 2021. (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Canadian health systems recovering from breach that forced thousands of appointment cancellations

Threats

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Robinhood breach exposed information on 7 million people

Money

China, Beijing, Flag in front of Grand Hyatt Hotel. (Getty Images)

Hackers with Chinese links breach defense, energy targets, including one in US

Geopolitics