CrowdStrike was granted a patent for predicting vulnerability exploitation risk

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    "patent_abstract": "A system and method of predicting the probability of exploitation of vulnerabilities of a computing environment. The method includes acquiring one or more environment variables associated with a computing environment. The method includes identifying a vulnerability in the computing environment based on a vulnerability database (VDB) and the one or more environment variables associated with the computing environment. The method includes generating an input dataset based on behavioral-based endpoint detection and response (EDR) data associated with the vulnerability. The method includes providing the input dataset to one or more predictive models respectively trained to predict probabilities of exploitation of vulnerabilities of computing environments based on the input dataset. The method includes generating, by a processing device, a vulnerability risk score for the vulnerability of the computing environment based on the input dataset and the one or more predictive models.",
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