New Report: AI threats are here. Why Q2 2026 signals the end of traditional patch cycles
Rapid7 Labs' Q2 2026 threat report finds vulnerability disclosures surging while AI-assisted attackers compress the time from disclosure to exploitation.
Rapid7 Labs' Quarterly Threat Landscape Report for Q2 2026 reports continued growth in vulnerability disclosures alongside attacker use of automation and AI-assisted tooling. The report argues the window between disclosure and exploitation is shrinking, eroding the value of traditional patch cycles. It recommends prioritizing exposures attackers can actually reach rather than attempting to patch everything.
- Vulnerability disclosures continued to surge in Q2 2026
- Attackers use automation and AI tooling to exploit faster
- Report urges exposure-based prioritization over volume patching
- Traditional reactive patch cycles described as no longer sufficient
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You can’t patch everything. So what do you fix first? Findings in Q2 2026 have changed traditional answers.
By Rapid7 Labs · rapid7.com
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