AI is shrinking the time to patch software vulnerabilities

AI is compressing the time between vulnerability disclosure and active exploitation from days to hours, forcing organisations to abandon reactive patching and shift to prevention-first defences like multifactor authentication and identity security. Microsoft's record 600+ vulnerability patches in one month and observed nine-hour exploit creation cycles highlight the acceleration.

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