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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Judge forbids NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users

Privacy

John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives home as the FBI searches his house August 22, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland. The FBI conducted a court-authorized search of Bolton’s home. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

John Bolton indictment says suspected Iranian hackers accessed his emails, issued threats

Government

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Russian spyware ClayRat is spreading, evolving quickly, according to Zimperium

Threats

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., leaves a Senate Democratic meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 3, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Sen. Peters tries another approach to extend expired cyber threat information-sharing law

Policy

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

Technology

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