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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Bruno Ferreira

Standard 90-day vulnerability disclosure policy is likely dead thanks to AI, expert warns that AI can weaponize patches in 30 minutes — LLM-assisted bug-hunting ushers in a new cyberworld order

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In case you haven't been in the cybersecurity news lately, here's a quick summary: discoveries and exploits of high-profile software vulnerabilities are becoming faster than ever, in part due to AI-assisted code scanning tools. For example, most every Linux distribution recently found itself on the wrong end of the Copy Fail and Dirty Frag privilege escalation vulnerabilities (gaining administrator access with a local account), for which patches hadn't been made widely available as there wasn't enough time between their disclosure and publication.

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