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.

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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)

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