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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WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 11: Brandon Wales, Acting Director Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency at U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Ryan Higgins, Chief Information Security Officer at U.S. Department of Commerce, are sworn in at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images)

Colonial Pipeline didn’t tell CISA about ransomware incident, highlighting questions about information sharing

Policy

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JP Morgan artificial intelligence researcher says AI goal is to ‘eradicate financial crime’

Technology

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Experts suggest French insurer AXA’s plan to shun ransomware payouts will set a precedent

Threats

General views of the Google Irvine offices on October 23, 2020 in Irvine, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Google to make multi-factor authentication its default mode

Technology

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Florida homecoming queen faces up to 16 years after alleged scheme to hack high school contest

Workforce

A sign for Dell computers is seen along Main Street during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Park City, Utah. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

After more than a decade, SentinelOne researchers weed out Dell vulnerabilities

Technology

The Hello Kitty balloon is seen at the 91st Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, 2017 in New York City. The ransomware FireEye discovered bears a resemblance to the HelloKitty strain. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage)

Hacking group exploited SonicWall zero-day for ransomware attacks, FireEye says

Technology

A “threat actor” advertises a video sample on Hack Forums. (Recorded Future)

Deepfakes advertised on underground markets, signaling possible shift, Recorded Future says

Technology

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Do credit monitoring and ID protection services do enough for breach victims?

Financial