CVE program gets last-minute lifeline.

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

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The CVE program gets a last-minute reprieve. A federal whistleblower alleges a security breach at the NLRB. Texas votes to spin up their very own Cyber Command. BreachForums suffers another takedown. A watchdog group sues the federal government over SignalGate allegations. The SEC Chair reveals a 2016 hack. ResolverRAT targets the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors worldwide. Microsoft warns of blue screen crashes following recent updates. On our CertByte segment, Chris Hare is joined by Troy McMillan to break down a question targeting the EC-Council® Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) exam. 4chan gets Soyjacked. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CertByte Segment Welcome to CertByte! On this bi-weekly segment hosted by Chris Hare, a content developer and project management specialist at N2K. In each segment, Chris is joined by an N2K Content Developer to help illustrate the learning. This week, Chris is joined by Troy McMillan to break down a question targeting the EC-Council® Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) exam. Today’s question comes from N2K’s EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker CEH (312-50) Practice Test. Have a question that you’d like to see covered? Email us at [email protected]. If you're studying for a certification exam, check out N2K’s full exam prep library of certification practice tests, practice labs, and training courses by visiting our website at n2k.com/certify.To get the full news to knowledge experience, learn more about our N2K Pro subscription at https://thecyberwire.com/pro. Please note: The questions and answers provided here, and on our site, are not actual current or prior questions and answers from these certification publishers or providers. Selected Reading Funding Expires for Key Cyber Vulnerability Database (Krebs on Security) CISA extends funding to ensure 'no lapse in critical CVE services' (Bleeping Computer) CVE Foundation (CVE Foundation) NoVa govcon firm Mitre to lay off 442 employees after DOGE cuts contracts (Virginia Business) Federal employee alleges DOGE activity resulted in data breach at labor board (NBC News) Whistleblower claims DOGE took sensitive data - now he’s being hounded by threatening notes (CNN via YouTube) New state agency to deal with cyber threats advances in Texas House (Texarkana Gazette) BreachForums taken down by the FBI? Dark Storm hackers say they did it “for fun” (Cybernews) Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages (WIRED) After breach, SEC says hackers used stolen data to buy stocks (CNET) New ResolverRAT malware targets pharma and healthcare orgs worldwide (Bleeping Computer) Microsoft warns of blue screen crashes caused by April updates (Bleeping Computer) Infamous message board 4chan taken down following major hack (Bleeping Computer) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.3	Thank you. The CVEE program gets a last-minute reprieve.
1:04.4	A federal whistleblower alleges a security breach at the NLRB.
1:08.6	Texas votes to spin up their very own cyber command.
1:12.1	Breach forums suffers another takedown.
1:14.5	A watchdog group sues the federal government over Signalgate allegations.
1:18.8	The SEC chair reveals a 2016 hack.
1:22.1	Resolver rat targets the health care and pharmaceutical sectors worldwide.
1:26.4	Microsoft warns of blue screen crashes following recent updates.
1:30.5	On our cert bite segment, Chris Hare is joined by Troy McMillan
1:33.7	to break down a question targeting the EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker Exam.
1:39.3	And 4chan gets soyjacked.
1:57.1	Music 4chan gets soy jacked. It's Wednesday, April 16th, 2025.
2:00.7	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel Briefing.
2:17.3	Thanks for joining us here today on what is a busy newsday. We're glad to have you with us.
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