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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This photo taken on March 23, 2022 shows the mobile messaging and call service Telegram logo and U.S. instant messaging software Whatsapp logo on a smartphone screen in Moscow. (Photo by AFP)

Russia restricts WhatsApp, Telegram calls, alleging criminal, terrorist activity

Geopolitics

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order on creating a White House 2028 Olympics task force after signing it in the South Court Auditorium of the White House on Aug. 5, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

The overlooked changes that two Trump executive orders could bring to cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

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Researchers determine old vulnerabilities pose real-world threat to sensitive data in public clouds

Research

Sean Cairncross, CEO, Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 2 at Grand Hyatt New York on Sept. 24, in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy, bureaucracy, threats

Workforce

Smoke rises as Israel targets the notorious Evin Prison in north of Tehran, Iran, on June 23, 2025. Evin prison has been known as the place where Iran imprisons mostly political activists, dissidents and journalists. Media reports say that administrative building and the hospital of Evin prison have been damaged, and a number of families of inmates and prison staff have been killed and wounded. (Photo by Nikan / Middle East Images via AFP)

Iranian hackers were more coordinated, aligned during Israel conflict than it seemed

Threats

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AI company Perplexity is sneaking to get around blocks on crawlers, Cloudflare alleges

Threats

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‘Highly evasive’ Vietnamese-speaking hackers stealing data from thousands of victims in 62+ nations

Threats

Sean Cairncross, as CEO of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross

Workforce

Members of the Peoples Liberation Army band leave after the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, at the Great Hall of the People on March 10, 2025 in Beijing. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack

Geopolitics