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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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Close-up of code on a computer screen for the Apache Struts framework, which was exploited by computer hackers using a Remote Code Execution exploit in order to allegedly steal the personal information of millions of people from credit bureau Equifax, Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

If hackers are exploiting the Log4j flaw, CISA says we might not know yet

Government

French national commission for computer technologies and liberty, or CNIL — The logo of the French national commission for computer technologies and liberty, or CNIL, as seen in Paris in 2010. (ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

French privacy regulator slaps Facebook, Google with fines totaling nearly $240M

Policy

Portgual media, newspapers — A woman leaves a kiosk displaying Portuguese newspapers in Lisbon on November 11, 2015. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Portuguese media empire struck in the latest cyberattack on news outlets

Money

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Nation-state hackers aim to exploit Log4j software flaw, Microsoft warns

Threats

DHS supply chain security — (U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Flickr)

CISA probes scope, potential fallout of Log4j vulnerability

Policy

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 16: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

DHS establishes its own bug bounty program, offering outsiders $500 to $5K for discovering flaws

Government

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Defense Department blocks ads to counter malvertising, official tells Congress

Threats

security, cybersecurity, lock, digital — (Getty Images)

CISA warns ‘most serious’ Log4j vulnerability likely to affect hundreds of millions of devices

Threats

The members entrances to the Senate wing of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

Cyber incident reporting mandates suffer another congressional setback

Government