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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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China’s ‘Typhoons’ changing the way FBI hunts sophisticated threats

Government

Bulazel mentioned the energy sector in particular, given the potential for hackers to turn off the power in the United States. It’s a sector that relies in large measure on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to monitor and control industrial processes. (Image Credit: AndreyPopov via Getty Images)

Critical infrastructure security tech needs to be as good as our smartphones, top NSC cyber official says

Government

Then-Millenium challenge corporation CEO Sean Cairncross speaks during a ceremony on Aug. 5, 2019 at the presidential palace in Abidjan. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)

National cyber director: U.S. strategy needs to shift cyber risk from Americans to its adversaries

Government

Image showing the Colonial Pipeline Houston Station facility in Pasadena, Texas (Photo by Francois PICARD / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty Images)

CISA pushes final cyber incident reporting rule to May 2026

Financial

From left, Tanium’s Sam Kinch, GDIT’s Matt Hayden, the Commerce Department’s Ryan Higgins, and CISA’s Chris Butera take part in a panel discussion at a GDIT event on Sept. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

AI can help track an ever-growing body of vulnerabilities, CISA official says

Cybersecurity

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CISA guide seeks a unified approach to software ‘ingredients lists’

Technology

(L-R) Rep. Nick LaLota R-N.Y., Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House panel approves cyber information sharing, grant legislation as expiration deadlines loom

AI

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

CISA taps Nicholas Andersen for executive assistant director of cybersecurity

Government

A hacker with China’s national flag in background. (Getty Images)

Top FBI official says Chinese reliance on domestic firms for hacking is a weakness

Government