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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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NIST struggles with an NVD backlog. Cisco and Splunk ship critical patches. Researchers flag a systemic flaw in Anthropic’s MCP. ShinyHunters leak 13.5 million McGraw Hill accounts. Cargo theft goes cyber. A Tennessee hospital breach hits 337,000 patients. Two Americans are sentenced in a North Korean fake-IT-worker scheme. Our guest is Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, describing security gaps addressed by zero trust. OpenAI lets security teams take off the training wheels. 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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices segment we are joined by Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, security gaps addressed by zero trust. If you enjoyed this conversation check out the full interview here. Selected Reading NIST Drops NVD Enrichment for Pre-March 2026 Vulnerabilities (Infosecurity Magazine) Cisco says critical Webex Services flaw requires customer action (Bleeping Computer) Splunk Enterprise Update Patches Code Execution Vulnerability (SecurityWeek) Systemic Flaw in MCP Protocol Could Expose 150 Million Downloads (Infosecurity Magazine) Data breach at edtech giant McGraw Hill affects 13.5 million accounts (Bleeping Computer) Freight Hacker Wields Code-Signing Service to Evade Defenses (GovInfo Security) Data Breach at Tennessee Hospital Affects 337,000 (SecurityWeek) US nationals behind DPRK IT worker 'laptop farm' sent to prison (Bleeping Computer) OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 Cyber And It's Built Specifically for Defenders (TechGlow) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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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0:48.6	Thank you. NIST struggles with an NVD backlog.
1:04.0	Cisco and Splunk ship critical patches.
1:07.0	Researchers flag a systemic flaw in Anthropics MCP.
1:14.4	Shiny hunters leak 13.5 million McGraw-Hill accounts.
1:16.3	Cargo theft goes cyber.
1:19.9	A Tennessee hospital breach hits over 300,000 patients.
1:24.1	Two Americans are sentenced in a North Korean fake IT worker scheme.
1:29.1	Our guest is Rob Allen, chief product officer at Threat Locker, describing security gaps addressed by zero trust. And OpenAI let security teams take off the training wheels. It's Thursday, April 16th, 2026.
1:55.8	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing.
2:13.2	Thank you. and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing. Thanks for joining us here today.
2:15.0	It is great as always to have you with us.
2:17.5	The U.S. National Vulnerability Database, the NVD, operated by the National Institute of Standards
2:24.6	and Technology, NIST, is shifting to a risk-based prioritization model after a sharp surge in
2:32.0	reported vulnerabilities outpaced its processing capacity.
2:36.5	CVE submissions rose by 263 percent between 2020 and 2025, and early 2026 reporting is already
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