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Microsoft is accelerating its use of AI to detect vulnerabilities in Windows.
The new test routines have already deployed critical fixes to customers.
Enterprise admins should be prepared to see more fixes in each update.
In the ongoing battle between the criminals who attack corporate networks and the engineers who defend them, one side has an unfair advantage. The bad guys can launch a thousand unsuccessful attacks without consequences, but if they succeed once, they can reap riches and create havoc. The good guys have to repel every attack.
Adding AI to the mix makes the problem even worse, with attackers able to find new vulnerabilities and attack them at dramatically increased speed. The biggest target of all is Microsoft Windows, which runs on more than 1.5 billion PCs and servers worldwide.
Also: 5 ways to fortify your network against the new speed of AI attacks
To fight back, Microsoft is going all-in on an automated, AI-based process to find those vulnerabilities earlier, deliver them to engineers for review, and deliver updates faster.
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