Patch management goes from hard, to ludicrous in the agentic AI era

This Coveware report explains that agentic AI (e.g., Anthropic’s Mythos) is compressing vulnerability discovery and exploit timelines, turning patch management into a race, and increasing the risk surface (including firmware and supply-chain dependencies); it also summarizes Q1 2026 ransomware telemetry — higher average ransom payments, leading variants, predominant initial access via identity/SaaS-backed remote access and phishing, and top tactics (lateral movement, exfiltration, C2) — and recommends faster risk-based patching, compensating controls, and improved identity/asset visibility.