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Software Engineering Daily · Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Open Source Vulnerabilities Explode, Driven by AI and Increased Attack Frequency

Matt Moore highlights the exponential growth in reported CVEs, which he anticipates will be exacerbated by AI models like Anthropic's 'Methos.' He notes that malware attacks have shifted from rare occurrences to daily events, emphasizing the critical need for rapid patching.

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The number of CVEs being reported has just exploded. And this is only going to get, you know, an order of magnitude worse post Methos, right?
Matt Moore
These used to be relatively rare, and they've gone to monthly occurrences, to weekly occurrences, to daily occurrences.
Matt Moore
And so while no layer of defense is going to promise 100% protection, one of the things that also hasn't changed in the last two years is that none of our customers have been impacted by any of these attacks where they were using our product, right?
Matt Moore
Heard on Software Engineering Daily — “AI-Powered Threats to the Software Supply Chain, published Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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