Vulnerability exploitation has long been a popular tactic for threat actors. Observed cases of vulnerability exploitation resulting in data breaches surged three-fold annually in 2023, according to one estimate. Another trend is of targeting perimeter-based products with vulnerability exploitation. Making things worseAs if that weren’t enough to concern network defenders, their efforts are complicated further by:The sheer speed of vulnerability exploitation. In time, they may even be able to use GenAI to help find zero-day vulnerabilities.