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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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White House set to lead 30 nations in ransomware discussions, sans Russia

Financial

WASHINGTON, DC – The exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located adjacent to The White House and headquarters of the Office of Management and Budget, is viewed on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

OMB orders federal agencies to let CISA access defenses of devices, servers

Government

This photograph taken on February 10, 2021 shows the entrance of the hospital centre of Dax, southwestern France, after the hospital was the target of a major computer attack attributed to a ransomware in the night of February 8 to February 9. (Photo by IROZ GAIZKA/AFP via Getty Images)

Emergent ransomware gang FIN12 strikes hospitals, moves quickly against big targets

Money

A G train arrives at the Smith – 9th Street station in Brooklyn on August 2, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

US to increase scrutiny on cryptocurrency, federal contractors in effort to slow hacking

Government

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

Geopolitics

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