AI has collapsed the disclosure-to-exploit window from months to hours, making traditional vulnerability management and patch-first approaches too slow to keep up. The article argues for TTP-chain validation and control-aware testing to determine what is actually exploitable in an environment, with Picus Security positioning this as a better way to prove risk than live exploitation alone. #PicusSecurity #CVE-2025-29824 #OpenBSD #Storm2460 #RansomEXX #Anthropic #Mythos
Keypoints
- AI has reduced exploit development time from days or months to hours.
- Patching alone cannot keep pace with the current vulnerability volume.
- Most organizations take weeks to fix known-exploited vulnerabilities.
- Live pentesting cannot cover no-exploit CVEs, off-limits assets, or day-one threats.
- TTP-chain validation tests exploit steps against real controls to prove actual exposure.