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Microsoft says the patching window is shrinking fast. Here is what that means for ordinary people.
Software flaws are being turned into working attacks within hours of being made public. Microsoft says companies can no longer patch their way out of the problem fast enough, and is pushing a new defensive approach to buy time.
From Months to Minutes: How AI Is Forcing Companies to Rethink Software Security
Criminals once needed two years to turn a software flaw into a working attack. By next year, that window is expected to shrink to four hours. Companies that patch on a quarterly schedule are already behind.
Patching Once a Month Is No Longer Enough, Rapid7 Warns
Security firm Rapid7 says the old model of fixing software flaws on a fixed schedule is breaking down, as the number of new vulnerabilities grows faster than most organisations can respond.
Black Hat 2026: Five Security Findings Every Organisation Should Know About
From fake AI tools downloaded 1.7 million times to a flaw that lets attackers hijack internet connections through network devices, this year's hacker conference in Las Vegas carried some practical warnings for businesses of every size.
Some of the Bugs That Hid Inside Everyday Software for Decades
From a print-spooler flaw that Stuxnet quietly exploited to a 30-year-old graphics library hole, a handful of the most stubborn software vulnerabilities ever found show how long danger can lurk unnoticed.
AI Found Thousands of Flaws in Days. Humans Can't Patch Them Fast Enough.
Anthropic's Claude Mythos model discovered more security holes in major software than years of human review had caught. That's exciting for defenders and terrifying for everyone else, because the gap between finding a flaw and fixing it is already dangerously wide.
AI Isn't Bringing New Attack Tricks. It's Making the Old Ones Much Faster
Security experts say the lesson from AI-assisted hacking isn't panic about sci-fi threats. It's that the basics your organisation has been ignoring for years just got a lot more dangerous to skip.
Can You Still Patch Your Way to Safety? Why the Old Playbook Is Breaking Down
Artificial intelligence can now turn a published vulnerability description into a working attack in under a day. That changes the math for every organisation relying on traditional patch schedules.
Microsoft Wants You to Patch in Three Days. Security Teams Say That's Not How It Works.
Microsoft is telling IT administrators to apply security fixes within 72 hours, citing AI tools that find and exploit software flaws faster than ever. Experts agree on the threat. They disagree, sharply, on whether three days is workable.
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro users have three months before security updates stop
Microsoft has set 13 October 2026 as the cut-off for monthly patches on Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro, and on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016.
F5 Fixes Serious Security Flaws in NGINX and BIG-IP
Multiple vulnerabilities in two widely used pieces of networking software could have let attackers take control of systems, crash services, or steal data. Patches are now available.
AI Is Finding Software Flaws Faster Than Companies Can Fix Them. Something Has to Change.
Security experts are calling time on the old 'scan once a month, patch when you can' model. Artificial intelligence now finds vulnerabilities faster than human teams can close them.
CISA's New Patching Directive Drops CVSS as the North Star
BOD 26-04 introduces a four-factor framework that prioritizes internet exposure, active exploitation, and attacker automation over raw severity scores — and gives agencies three days to act on the worst cases.