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Exploit time for vulnerabilities plummets to negative days

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The average time to exploit software vulnerabilities has dramatically decreased, moving from 63 days in 2018 to an estimated -7 days by 2025. This negative trend indicates that exploits are now, on average, occurring before a patch is even released. This alarming acceleration suggests a significant shift in the cybersecurity landscape, where defensive measures are consistently outpaced by offensive capabilities. AI

IMPACT Accelerating exploit times suggest a growing arms race in cybersecurity, potentially impacting AI systems and infrastructure.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a trend in vulnerability exploitation times, which is a research finding related to cybersecurity. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Exploit time for vulnerabilities plummets to negative days

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    2 - the mean time to exploit (TTE) for vulnerabilities has continually decreased "from 63 days in 2018 to -1 day in 2024 and further downward to an estimated -7

    2 - the mean time to exploit (TTE) for vulnerabilities has continually decreased "from 63 days in 2018 to -1 day in 2024 and further downward to an estimated -7 days in 2025. A negative number indicates that exploitation of a vulnerability, on average, occurred before a patch was…

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