CISA extends MITRE’s funding period to prevent lapse in CVE program.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has decided to extend its contract with MITRE to ensure the continuity of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program. This move is crucial as a funding lapse could have severely impacted national cybersecurity efforts.

Source: BleepingComputer

Key Points

  • CISA’s extension of MITRE’s funding secures the CVE program’s critical services.
  • A lapse in funding would deteriorate national vulnerability databases and incident response operations.
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  • Apple has released emergency updates for two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting iOS.
  • US Justice Department prohibits bulk data transactions with specified “countries of concern.”
  • Ahold Delhaize USA confirmed data was stolen during a cyberattack last November.
  • 4chan went offline following a hack exposing internal data and code.

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