Grey Noise Launches Project Swarm, A Call for Collective Defense of the Network Edge
Summary: GreyNoise announced Project Swarm on April 29, 2026, a collective research initiative that invites partners to contribute IP space, device profiles, and detection capabilities, turning its proprietary sensor network into a shared ecosystem. The company cites an average edge-device patch time of about 32 days against often-instant exploit time, and points to state-sponsored groups hijacking built-in tools on firewalls, VPN gateways, and load balancers to persist without triggering traditional detection.
Bottom line: State-sponsored actors are living inside perimeter devices using the devices' own built-in tools, and with patch cycles running roughly 32 days against instant exploitation, that dwell time is measured in months rather than hours.
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