Clear your calendar, it’s Patch Tuesday.

Patch Tuesday is a doozy. The Feds warn China-based AI companies are distilling U.S. AI models. A new ClickFix campaign goes straight for the browser. Smart TVs get nosy. Hackers gift themselves a $47 million bug bounty. An Ohio man gets 15 years in federal prison for cyberstalking and sextortion. Andy Hornegold, Chief Security Technologist from Intruder, discusses what makes up a reliable AI pentests and the benefits and risks that come with AI-enabled security. Putting AI at the head of the class. 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 Today we are joined by Andy Hornegold, Chief Security Technologist from Intruder, discussing what makes up a reliable AI pentests and the benefits and risks that come with AI-enabled security. Selected Reading Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 966 Vulnerabilities, Including 2 Exploited 0-Days (Hackread) Ivanti Patches Critical Flaws Across Enterprise Security Products (SecurityWeek) Chrome 153 Patches Seventh Zero-Day of 2026 (SecurityWeek) Adobe Patches Over 170 Vulnerabilities, Including Commerce Zero-Day (SecurityWeek) ICS Patch Tuesday: Schneider Electric, Siemens Fix Critical Flaws (SecurityWeek) CISA, NSA and FBI Warn Chinese AI Firms Are Targeting U.S. AI Models at Industrial Scale (HSToday) Europe's push for space sovereignty. (N2K Networks) History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight (Isar Aerospace) ClickFix moves into the browser: Cryptocurrency theft with Google-hosted C2 (Talos Intelligence) LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby (The Verge) 'White hat' hackers take $47 million bounty after $320 million crypto theft (The Record) Man gets 15 years for extorting women with AI-generated porn videos (Bleeping Computer) Alpha School’s AI teaching model is expanding. Does it work? (Scientific American) 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.