Microsoft Warns of AI-Era “Patch Gap” as a Quarter of Corporate Devices Remain Unpatched a Month Later — BigGo Finance

Microsoft on November 5 (local time) published its approach to vulnerability management in the AI era on its official “Windows Experience Blog.” Citing the rapid advance of generative AI, which is shortening the cycle from vulnerability discovery to exploitation, the company said it is strengthening its own defenses while calling on enterprises and organizations to apply security updates immediately after they are released.

According to Microsoft, AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery on both the attack and defense sides. While defenders can now identify and fix problems earlier, attackers can more easily hunt for vulnerabilities before patches are available or analyze the contents of published fixes. The time from a fix’s release to the development of attack code, which once allowed a considerable grace period, can now potentially shrink to “within hours,” the company said.

As a result, unpatched devices face heightened risk of attack during the window between a patch’s…