Mythos and the patch cycle: will the ‘patch apocalypse’ become a reality?

2026-06-22T15:06:00

David Neeson, deputy SOC team lead at Barrier Networks, argues that while AI is accelerating phishing and lowering the barrier to entry for threat actors, organisations should avoid panic over a looming patching crisis and focus instead on understanding which vulnerabilities create real risk in their own environment.

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