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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Cyber scholarship-for-service students say government has pulled rug on them, potentially burdening them with debt

Policy

In the forground stands Dante holding his work ‘the Divine Comedy’. (Photo by David Lees/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Hacking Team successor linked to malware campaign, new ‘Dante’ commercial spyware

Privacy

National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, then-CEO, Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 2 at Grand Hyatt New York on Sept. 24, in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

National cyber director says U.S. needs to counter Chinese surveillance, push American tech

Policy

F5 vulnerability highlights weak points in DHS’s CDM program

Policy

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US ‘slipping’ on cybersecurity, annual Cyberspace Solarium Commission report concludes

Policy

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Judge forbids NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users

Technology

John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives home as the FBI searches his house August 22, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland. The FBI conducted a court-authorized search of Bolton’s home. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

John Bolton indictment says suspected Iranian hackers accessed his emails, issued threats

Government

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Russian spyware ClayRat is spreading, evolving quickly, according to Zimperium

Threats

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., leaves a Senate Democratic meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 3, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Sen. Peters tries another approach to extend expired cyber threat information-sharing law

Policy