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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A health worker prepares a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in New Delhi on September 29, 2021. (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Suspected Chinese hackers masqueraded as Indian government to send COVID-19 phishing emails

Threats

Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y. — Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., walks down the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23, 2021. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rep. Katko introduces bill that would prioritize security for key US critical infrastructure

Government

chrome extension — (Stephen Shankland / Flickr)

Google pushes emergency update for Chrome zero-days, the latest in a hectic year for vulnerabilities

Technology

Rob Joyce, former White House cybersecurity coordinator and now NSA director of cybersecurity, in 2017.

‘Almost every nation’ now has cyber vulnerability exploitation program, NSA official says

Government

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the NSA at the entrance in Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

NSA, CISA share guidelines for securing VPNs as hacking groups keep busy

Government

U.S. President Joe Biden (C) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) listen during a Quad Leaders Summit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide in the East Room of the White House on September 24, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Sarahbeth Maney-Pool/Getty Images)

Newly-formed international alliances vow to improve cybersecurity, in moves China sees as affront

Geopolitics

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EU takes aim at Russia over ‘Ghostwriter’ hacking campaign against politicians, government officials

Geopolitics

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., right, speaks with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on June 8, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds-Pool / Getty Images)

Biden administration officials push Congress to shape breach reporting mandates

Government

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Espionage group targeted hotels, governments, seized on Microsoft Exchange vulnerability

Government