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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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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

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Twitter alarms users with messages that resembled phishing emails

Technology

An employee opens a drawer where phones are stored at the research lab of the Israeli firm Cellebrite. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Turnabout: It looks like phone-cracking company Cellebrite had its own vulnerabilities exposed

Technology

A rattlesnake is seen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Facebook tackles hacking groups with apparent ties to Palestine, Hamas

Technology

A Ukrainian serviceman patrols along a trench in Schastya, Lugansk region, near the frontline with Russia backed separatists on April 16, 2021. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Gamaredon’ hackers target Ukrainian officials amid rising Russian tensions

Government

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A push for cybersecurity philanthropic giving launches

Technology

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is one of the regulators involved in the proposed breach notification rule. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

Banking organizations dub proposed US cyber notification regulation ‘burdensome’

Financial

People walk past the Federal Reserve building on March 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Financial industry preps for proposal that would require 36-hour breach notification

Financial