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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In a first, a court takedown goes after two cybercrime tools at once

AI

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Open-source security is posing challenges governments can’t easily solve

AI

The entrance to O’Smach on the Thailand Cambodia border on March 12, 2026 in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia. The Thai government led a group of foreign press to the O’Smach casino compound near the Chong Chom O’Smach border crossing in Oddar Meanchey province, previously used for scam operations, after clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along the disputed border in December. The interiors show where scammers lived in dormitories and their workspace. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)

Justice Department seizes infrastructure used by cyber scam and criminal marketplace

Cybercrime

(L-R) Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., accept the Bipartisan Leadership in AI Award onstage during the Second Annual AI Honors hosted by the Washington AI Network at Waldorf Astoria Washington D.C. on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Washington AI Network)

Lawmakers leery about Trump administration’s Anthropic order

AI

The SBOM, commonly described as an inventory of software ingredients, emerged in the 2010s and has expanded beyond software to include hardware and AI. (Getty Images)

A case for how to shape ‘ingredient lists’ for AI models

AI

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CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way

AI

Nick Andersen, CISA acting director, at the Axonius Adapt In Action 2026 event. (Tim Starks, CyberScoop)

CISA is rethinking how it prioritizes risks and vulnerabilities for feds, private sector

AI

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)

Meta accuses NSO Group of defying spyware injunction, files contempt of court complaint

Privacy

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Hill Dems hammer GOP for $250M CISA budget cut

Government