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The Patch That Didn’t Hold

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Monday 19th October, 2026

Terra Security analysed vulnerability records and GitHub advisories to show that security fixes are increasingly being bypassed. Its hook was a sharp comparison: the share of fixes followed by a failed-patch advisory rose from about 0.2% in 2019–2025 to 2.3% in 2026, alongside examples of exploited flaws and advice for vendors and defenders.

Why it worked: It paired a surprising year-on-year failure-rate spike (0.2% to 2.3%) with concrete exploited CVEs, making a timely AI-driven counter-narrative credible.

The lesson: Consider quantifying a sudden failure surge in a core assumption, then anchor it with named case studies and a three-question checklist.

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Publication	Headline	Date
theregister.com	Security patches need patches now that attackers have AI	Monday 19th October, 2026

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