The Patch Gap: Why Defenders Need to Think in Chains, Not Checklists

Dark Reading coverage highlights emerging and active cyber threats, including widespread exploitation of iOS chains, authentication bypasses in RMM infrastructure, AI-agent sandbox escapes and prompt injection, supply-chain weaknesses, device-code phishing, deepfake-enabled fraud, critical-infrastructure targeting, and malware-as-a-service. The collection also includes defensive guidance on risk-based patching, SBOMs, certificate inventories, AI security, and organizational resilience.