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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Then-National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone arrives for a closed-door hearing in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in 2023. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Former NSA, Cyber Command chief Paul Nakasone says U.S. falling behind its enemies in cyberspace

Threats

CISA, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, RSA 2019, DHS patching — (Scoop News Group)

No, that’s not the acting head of the Social Security Administration. That’s a former CISA employee.

Government

Cynthia Kaiser, deputy assistant director in the FBI’s cyber division, speaks during CyberScoop’s Zero Trust Summit on Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Salt Typhoon telecom breach remarkable for its ‘indiscriminate’ targeting, FBI official says

Threats

Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, accompanied by Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, tours ISMALA, a Moroccan institute specializing in aeronautic industries and civil aviation logistics in Casablanca with its director Loubna Tricha on November 8, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump picks Sean Cairncross for national cyber director

Government

Flags of Russia, North Korea, China and Iran together on textured wall; iStock/Getty Images Plus, Ruma Aktar

U.S. adversaries increasingly turning to cybercriminals and their malware for help

Cybercrime

Federal workers and their supporters gather outside OPM on Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C., to protest Elon Musk and DOGE’s takeover of federal systems. (Scoop News Group photo by Madison Alder)

Lawmakers fear Elon Musk, DOGE not adhering to privacy rules

Government

This illustration photograph taken on November 27, 2024, shows the logo of US instant messaging software Whatsapp displayed on a smartphone’s screen, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

WhatsApp says it disrupted spyware campaign aimed at reporters, civil society

Technology

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Even the US government can fall victim to cryptojacking

Cybersecurity

Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FBI nominee Kash Patel gets questions on cybercrime investigations, Silk Road founder, surveillance powers

Government