New Report: AI threats are here. Why Q2 2026 signals the end of traditional patch cycles
Brief
You can’t patch everything. So what do you fix first? Findings in Q2 2026 have changed traditional answers.
The latest Quarterly Threat Landscape Report from Rapid7 Labs shows vulnerability disclosures still surging while attackers use automation and AI-assisted tooling to compress the time between disclosure and exploitation. The gap that patch cycles were built to fill is closing. Speed and volume are overwhelming security teams that have relied on traditional patch cycles and reactive programs.
Success going forward can’t be about patching as much as possible - it has to be about understanding what matters most and reducing the exposures attackers can actually reach.