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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Federal agents violently throw a protester to the ground outside of the suburban Chicago ICE Detention Center in Broadview, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images via AFP)

House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary of potential abuses

Government

The ‘Authority of Law’ statue outside the entrance to the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., US. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg, Getty Images

Federal judiciary touts cybersecurity work in wake of latest major breach

Government

The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on March 25, 2025. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto)

Android spyware disguised as legitimate messaging apps targets UAE victims, researchers reveal

Threats

Oct. 29, 2020: Georgia Tech logo on the side of a building on campus. CRobertson, Getty Images

DOJ, Georgia Tech affiliate company settle over alleged failure to meet DOD contract cyber requirements

Government

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Watchdog: Cyber threat information-sharing program’s future uncertain with expected expiration of 2015 law

Government

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Two-thirds of CISA personnel could be sent home under shutdown

Government

Billionaire Elon Musk, then-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), holds a chainsaw as he speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Dem report concludes Department of Government Efficiency violates cybersecurity, privacy rules

Government

Bricklayer worker installing bricks on construction site; Pramote Polyamate, Getty Images

Brickstorm malware powering ‘next-level’ Chinese cyberespionage campaign

Threats

In all, the agency said it discovered more than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards spread across multiple sites within 35 miles of New York. (Getty Images)

Secret Service says it dismantled extensive telecom threat in NYC area

Government