AI-Driven Acceleration of Vulnerability Exploitation (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• Median time to exploit vulnerabilities has plummeted to five days.
• AI tools are drastically reducing the exploit development lifecycle for attackers.
• The trend underscores the failure of traditional, slow-moving patching schedules.

"Rapid7's latest research highlights a significant compression in the window between vulnerability disclosure and active exploitation. The median time for a flaw to be included in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list has dropped to just five days. This shift is driven by AI-enabled adversaries capable of automating exploit generation and target identification. This development directly impacts European digital sovereignty, necessitating a move away from manual patching toward automated, real-time cyber defense and AI-integrated resilience strategies to protect critical infrastructure."