Mythos has made 2026 patching hell. It might make 2027 a breeze
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); “Think about how much technical debt has been retired in products just in the last six months,” he said. Lawson pointed to the fact security vendors, who in theory know what it takes to create secure products, are also using AI to find flaws in their wares. Those discoveries, he suggested, again indicate AI is taking out potential avenues for zero-day attacks.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); “Think about how much technical debt has been retired in products just in the last six months,” he said.
- ▪Lawson pointed to the fact security vendors, who in theory know what it takes to create secure products, are also using AI to find flaws in their wares.
- ▪Those discoveries, he suggested, again indicate AI is taking out potential avenues for zero-day attacks.
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| Publication time | Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:54:47 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); Security Mythos has made 2026 patching hell. It might make 2027 a breeze Gartner sees huge amounts of technical debt paid down, and better scanning that could make software safer sooner Simon Sharwood Simon Sharwood APAC Editor Published wed 16 Sep 2026 // 06:54 UTC READ MORE TypeSafe AI debuts model for machines that plays Doom 4 hours ago The vulnpocalypse rains iBugs down on Apple with record-setting number of patches 8 hours ago Your AI agents' reports and questions have a new inbox,…
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