A heavy patch Tuesday lands.

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

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Patch Tuesday. CISA directs furloughed employees back to work. Experts warn Anthropic’s Glasswing signals a new era of AI-driven vulnerability discovery. Federal prosecutors crack down on chip smuggling. Sweden says a pro-Russian cyber group attempted to disrupt power plant operations. A fake app in Apple’s App Store drains crypto wallets. Virginia bans the sale of precise geolocation data. Our guest is Johnny Hand, VP for AI Excellence at TrendAI, discussing AI operational discipline. Do you need to buy a separate seat for your AI agent? 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 on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by ⁠Johnny Hand⁠, VP for AI Excellence at ⁠TrendAI⁠, discussing AI operational discipline and real-world cyber impact. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2026 fixed actively exploited SharePoint zero-day (Security Affairs) ICS Patch Tuesday: 8 Industrial Giants Publish New Security Advisories (SecurityWeek) Adobe Patches 55 Vulnerabilities Across 11 Products (SecurityWeek) CISA Workers Recalled Despite Shutdown (GovInfoSecurity) CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse (CyberScoop) Anthropic’s Mythos signals a structural cybersecurity shift (CSO Online) We’re only seeing the tip of the chip-smuggling iceberg (CyberScoop) Swedish power plant targeted by pro-Russian group in 2025, government says (Reuters) Exclusive: Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows (Reuters) Users lose $9.5 million to fake Ledger wallet app on the Apple App Store (web3isgoinggreat) Virginia enacts ban on precise geolocation data sales as momentum for similar prohibitions builds (The Record) Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy software licenses, just like employees (Business Insider) 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. We got your patch Tuesday update.
1:03.2	Sisa directs furloughed employees back to work.
1:06.1	Experts warn Anthropics Glasswing signals a new era of AI-driven vulnerability discovery.
1:12.1	Federal prosecutors crackdown on chip smuggling.
1:15.3	Sweden says a pro-Russian cyber group attempted to disrupt power plant operations.
1:20.2	A fake app in Apple's app store drains crypto wallets.
1:23.9	Virginia bans the sale of precise geolocation data.
1:27.7	Our guest is Johnny Hand, VP for AI excellence at Trend AI, discussing AI operational discipline.
1:35.0	And do you need to buy a separate seat for your AI agent?
1:55.6	Music It's Wednesday, April 15th, 2026.
1:59.3	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing.
2:17.6	Thanks for joining us here today. It is great, as always, to have you with us.
2:24.8	Yesterday was Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft addressed 165 vulnerabilities,
2:29.5	including an actively exploited SharePoint server spoofing flaw.
2:33.9	Eight vulnerabilities are rated critical, most others important. The SharePoint issue stems from improper input validation
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