Tim Starks

Not seeing any responses to “most racist thing this White House has done” along the lines of “should there be so many you have to rank them, senator who supports the president?”

S2 of Last of Us could be better. I realize some of it is tied to plot of the game, but some of it isn't the game's fault.

He was also talking about Blackhat back in 2009.
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From the Defcon community on Reddit: Jeffery Epstein went to DEFCON 26. Been Monitoring Since DEFCON 21 Explore this post and more from the Defcon community

Epstein/hackers overlap, again www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/com...

showrunner has more hits than misses imo

‘Irresistible stage’: Olympic authorities on high alert for cyberattacks as winter games kick off Officials have already stopped attempted Russian-linked cyberattacks on Italian embassies and Olympic-related venues.

The Winter Olympics opening ceremony takes place today, with the world’s eyes on the athletes. Behind the scenes, cyber experts from Italy, the US and other nations are watching closely to ensure hacking efforts don’t spoil the show. My new piece: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Updated this one after a chat with CISA's Nick Andersen.

CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices CISA has told federal agencies to inventory and replace unsupported edge devices like firewalls and routers, reducing exposure to unpatched vulnerabilities.

A binding operational directive issued Thursday looks to combat an attack pathway that has been behind some of the biggest attacks and most common exploits in recent years. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/cisa-bod-dir...

ICE Bounty Hunting Push Aided by Geo Group’s Surveillance Work A private prison operator that’s profited by detaining immigrants in the US is rapidly shifting to offer surveillance tools, capitalizing on the government’s deportation push by selling human-tracking...

New: How ICE’s top contractor, one of America’s biggest private prison operators, monetizes virtually everything ICE does including bounties on immigrants, rapidly expanding detention centers, and intensive surveillance. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bad call by them. And indeed, you're on to better things.

As feds pull back, states look inward for election security support Secretaries of State are scrambling to replace cybersecurity services once provided by CISA and other federal agencies.

Secretaries of State are scrambling to replace cybersecurity services once provided by CISA and other federal agencies.
via @derekbjohnson.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/cisa-electio...

What’s next for DHS’s forthcoming replacement critical infrastructure protection panel, AI information sharing Nick Andersen, a top CISA official, discussed plans for improving CIPAC and developing an AI-ISAC.

Nick Andersen, a top CISA official, discussed plans for improving CIPAC and developing an AI-ISAC via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/whats-next-f...

Sean Cairncross' cybersecurity agenda: less regulation, more cooperation National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross called on industry to help reduce the cybersecurity regulatory burden and push Congress to renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.

Cut the regulatory burden, boost information sharing, and get Congress moving: that’s the pitch as the White House readies a new cyber strategy. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/sean-cairncr...

Opinion | Before her arrest, journalist Georgia Fort gave me dire warnings about the press The Minnesota journalists’s arrest reflects the Trump administration’s assault on the free press — and her warnings to me ring true today.

The Black press is traditionally audacious in its truth-telling, but independent Black media cannot go it alone.

"Fort and Lemon being Black journalists in and of itself raises questions about the solidarity they can expect from the media writ large as they fight their charges."

there's always a cyber angle

China-based espionage group compromised Notepad++ for six months The Chinese APT group Lotus Blossom intruded the tool’s internal systems to snoop on a limited set of users’ activities, according to researchers.

NEW: @mattkapko.com spoke with researchers at Rapid7 (which released IoCs!!!!) about the notepad++ attack cyberscoop.com/china-espion...

The world is trying to log off U.S. tech Some global users are turning to services like Proton Mail and UpScrolled instead.

The world is trying to log off U.S. tech restofworld.org/2026/big-tec...

‘It’s really sad’: US TikTok users rethink app over concerns about privacy and censorship Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditions

‘It’s really sad’: US TikTok users rethink app over concerns about privacy and censorship www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

NEWS: A whistleblower complaint filed 8 months ago alleges wrongdoing about Tulsi Gabbard but has been stalled within her own agency from reaching Congress. The complaint is extremely classified, may involve "executive privilege" and is currently locked in a safe, sources say.

New survey reveals how security researchers and journalists experience legal and criminal threats Over 100 security researchers and journalists answered our survey and told us how they experienced threats for doing their work. Here are some of the top takeaways.

NEW at this.weekinsecurity.com: Over 100 security researchers and journalists responded to a survey about legal and criminal threats they have faced for doing their jobs.

A key finding is that while legal and criminal threats are common, most researchers and journalists stood their ground.

More:

Spyware maker is hijacking diplomatic efforts to limit commercial hacking, civil society warns Spyware maker NSO Group trumpeted the company’s participation in the Pall Mall Process, which drew criticism from civil society leaders and government officials who called out human rights abuses.

UK and French govts say they "didn't invite" NSO to participate in Pall Mall after spyware maker trumpets its participation in annual "transparency report." French officials note "extremely serious" allegations involving Pegasus in France

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StopICE Data Breach Sent Names And Locations of 100,000 Users to The US Government StopICE, the anti-ICE activist platform, suffered a major security breach exposing names, logins, phone numbers and GPS locations of over 100,000 users to US federal agencies.

Why do your organizing over Signal? So that you don't do your organizing on an app that hasn't been tested or reviewed, run by a guy who doesn't tell his users about data breaches and security problems.

www.ibtimes.co.uk/stopice-hack...

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

Breaking on MS NOW:

Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.

The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

Statement from FPF Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern: “The government’s arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are naked attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon because the evidence for these vindictive and unconstitutional charges was insufficient, and Lemon has every right to document news and inform the public. Instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. “These arrests, under bogus legal theories for obviously constitutionally protected reporting, are clear warning shots aimed at other journalists. The unmistakable message is that journalists must tread cautiously because the government is looking for any way to target them. Fort’s arrest is meant to instill the same fear in local independent journalists as big names like Lemon. “The answer to this outrageous attack is not fear or self-censorship. It’s an even stronger commitment to journalism, the truth, and the First Amendment. If the Trump administration thinks it can bully journalists into submission, it is wrong. We’ve recently seen that even in the Trump era, public pressure still can work. It’s time to do it again. News outlets across the political spectrum need to loudly defend Lemon’s and Fort’s rights. Journalists are not making themselves the story, Trump is.”

The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press.

Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.

Read our statement:

White House with image of a Black man and an emoji of chains.

And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.

Unconstitutional Arrest of Independent Journalists, Including Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, Fits Lawless Pattern of Escalation by Trump Administration While journalists continue to heroically document conditions in the face of escalating violence from federal agents, the White House is violating the First Amendment to shut down reporting and dissent...

Today's arrests are the latest in a long line of 1A violations.

"In order to ensure our essential constitutional rights are protected, Congress needs to exercise oversight of the Department of Justice by calling Attorney General Bondi before Congress." - @ruddock.bsky.social

Our statement:

Why the domain registration system is a major security threat, according to Secret Service A Secret Service official warns the domain registration system has major security vulnerabilities that enable phishing and fraud, yet the issue remains largely overlooked.

The ‘staggering’ cybersecurity weakness that isn’t getting enough focus, according to a top Secret Service official cyberscoop.com/secret-servi...

US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world The U.S. is urging global adoption of American AI cybersecurity standards and norms, aligning diplomacy efforts with its AI agenda and upcoming national cybersecurity strategy.

US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world cyberscoop.com/us-global-ai...
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Apple's new iPhone and iPad security feature limits cell networks from collecting precise location data | TechCrunch The new security feature makes it more difficult for police and malicious hackers to obtain a person's precise location data from a cell phone company.

NEW, by me: A security and privacy feature rolled out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it more difficult for law enforcement, spies, and malicious hackers to obtain a person's precise location data from their phone provider.