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.

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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