Article
The Vulnerability Window Is Shrinking
June 4, 2026
For years, law firms have approached cybersecurity with a simple assumption: when a new vulnerability is discovered, there will be time to respond.
That assumption may be getting harder to defend.
Google recently disclosed that it disrupted a cyberattack in which threat actors allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and exploit a previously unknown software vulnerability. The attack was stopped before it caused damage, but the implications extend well beyond a single incident.