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Cronicle Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-85076)
A non-admin Cronicle user can inject environment variables through event params and run code in another job's context...
Nov 07, 2026
SonicWall SSLVPN SAML Bypass, Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-19868)
A SonicOS SSLVPN flaw lets an account with valid alternate-method credentials skip SAML and its MFA; exploited, fixed...
Nov 07, 2026
Kubeflow Pipelines Cross-Tenant RCE (CVE-2026-77596)
Kubeflow Pipelines before 2.18.0 skips authorization for shared pipeline uploads, letting a low-privilege tenant run ...
Nov 06, 2026
OpenEMR IDOR Exposes Any Patient Document (CVE-2026-102940)
Any signed-in OpenEMR user can move another patient's document to a record they can read, bypassing document access c...
Nov 06, 2026
kaniko Azure Token Leak to Lookalike Registries (CVE-2026-105769)
kaniko before 1.25.20 sends the build's Azure Resource Manager token to any registry host containing .azurecr.io, inc...
Nov 06, 2026
FreeSWITCH SIP MESSAGE RCE, Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-116779)
A SIP MESSAGE to a stock FreeSWITCH profile can run FreeSWITCH API and OS commands; fixed in 1.11.3 and exploited in ...
Nov 06, 2026
OpenSSH musl Password Bypass, Fixed in 10.6p2 (CVE-2026-123158)
OpenSSH on musl libc without PAM accepts a 257-byte password for locked accounts; fixed in 10.6p2 and Alpine's packages.
Nov 06, 2026
Keycloak SAML Auth Bypass, Fixed in 26.8.2 (CVE-2026-117691)
Keycloak's SAML redirect binding verifies a different parameter than it processes, letting an attacker log in as any ...
Nov 05, 2026
GPUStack Auth Bypass RCE, Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-102895)
GPUStack before 2.2.0 trusts a loopback request source, so a same-host reverse proxy turns a remote request into admi...
Nov 05, 2026
Malicious ARTEX Docker Image Hands Out Root Shells
A copycat ARTEX Docker image added a hidden login handler that runs shell commands as root, and 62 internet consoles ...
Nov 05, 2026
APT29 Watering Holes Exploit Mobile n-Days (CVE-2024-27834)
APT29 compromised Plerdy's analytics script and legitimate sites to serve patched iOS and Android exploit chains; CIS...
Nov 05, 2026
Apache OFBiz Pre-Auth RCE Fixed in 24.09.08 (CVE-2026-68524)
Apache OFBiz before 24.09.08 loads a screen definition from an attacker-chosen file descriptor on the login page and ...
Nov 05, 2026
APT Package-Swap RCE as Root on Debian and Ubuntu (CVE-2026-109518)
APT on Debian and Ubuntu can install an attacker's package after a redirect and a retry, giving an on-path attacker r...
Nov 05, 2026
NIKKE PC Launcher Supply-Chain Attack Installed a Backdoor
Attackers modified four official NIKKE PC launcher scripts on Level Infinite's CDN to install the K2F remote-access a...
Nov 05, 2026
Stanza Lemmatizer RCE via Pickle Deserialization (CVE-2026-115878)
Stanza 1.14.0 loads an inner gzip pickle from a lemma checkpoint with no restriction, so a crafted model runs code; f...
Nov 04, 2026
Zyxel GS1900 Pre-Auth RCE Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-107441)
Zyxel GS1900 switches before 2.90 patch 3 take an unauthenticated HTTP request that runs root commands, and attackers...
Nov 04, 2026
FreeRDP RDP Man-in-the-Middle, Fixed in 3.32.2 (CVE-2026-121392)
FreeRDP before 3.32.2 accepts a server certificate on two hand-rolled identity checks, so a trusted-CA man-in-the-mid...
Nov 04, 2026
Xen Hypervisor Guest Escape (CVE-2026-102703, CVE-2026-102704)
Two grant-copy validation flaws let a malicious Xen guest read and write the memory of other domains, including Dom0;...
Nov 04, 2026
Rails Active Storage RCE, Fixed in 8.1.4.1 (GHSA-f3w6-w445-fwh9)
Rails Active Storage before 8.0.5.2 and 8.1.4.1 lets crafted uploads make ImageMagick or FFmpeg write or read server ...
Nov 04, 2026
EPICS Base Heap Overflow, Fixed in 7.0.11 (CVE-2026-114595)
Unauthenticated Channel Access messages corrupt memory in EPICS Base 7.0.10 and earlier; the batch is fixed in 7.0.11...
Nov 03, 2026
Load/Mine: Malicious Hugging Face Models Backdoor GPU Hosts
Malicious Hugging Face model repositories ran cryptominers and backdoors on GPU hosts that loaded them; the campaign ...
Nov 03, 2026
Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX File Read to RCE Chain (CVE-2026-18672)
Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX reads web.config unauthenticated and chains to RCE on sites with static keys; both flaws ...
Nov 03, 2026
BTCPay Server Hot Wallet Thefts, Fixed in 2.4.2
Attackers stole Bitcoin and Litecoin from hot wallets on BTCPay Server 2.4.1 and earlier through the flaw fixed in 2....
Nov 03, 2026
Siemens IoT2050 Node-RED RCE, Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-58115)
An unauthenticated Node-RED interface on Siemens SIMATIC IoT2050 gateways lets attackers run commands; fixed in V4.3....
Nov 03, 2026
libexpat Billion Laughs Bypass, Fixed in 2.10.0 (CVE-2026-115506)
libexpat through 2.9.0 detects some billion-laughs attacks too late. Learn the affected parser paths, four flaws, and...
Nov 02, 2026
Control Web Panel Unauthenticated RCE Chain (CVE-2026-73696)
Control Web Panel before 1.12 exposes user-panel code without login; learn the three-CVE chain, affected versions, an...
Nov 02, 2026
Barracuda ESG Pre-Auth Bypass to Root, Patched (CVE-2026-116606)
A pre-authentication bypass in Email Security Gateway chains with a root command injection across six Barracuda produ...
Nov 02, 2026
SMS of Death: Android Zero-Click Telephony DoS (CVE-2026-58882)
One malformed WAP Push SMS crashes Android telephony and drops calls with no tap from the victim; the fix ships at th...
Nov 02, 2026
TeamViewer RCE via Screen Size, Fixed in 15.83 (CVE-2026-111585)
A malicious TeamViewer host runs code on the viewer that connects to help it, through one truncated screen-size multi...
Nov 02, 2026
TightVNC Viewer Pre-Auth RCE, Fixed in 2.8.90
A malicious VNC server runs code on the TightVNC Viewer before any password prompt; upgrade the Viewer to 2.8.90 and ...
Nov 02, 2026
EDK II PXE Driver RCE Before Secure Boot (CVE-2026-97631)
An oversized ICMP error message corrupts memory while a server PXE-boots, running attacker code before the OS loads. ...
Nov 01, 2026
LXD and Incus mTLS Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-112816)
LXD and Incus mTLS authentication bypass lets network attackers impersonate trusted clients using public certificates...
Nov 01, 2026
CakePHP SQL Injection, Fixed in 5.4.4 (CVE-2026-119418)
CakePHP window offsets and collation names allow SQL injection when fed untrusted input. Check exposure and upgrade t...
Nov 01, 2026
ChatGPT Shared-Link Account Takeover via MathLive Sandbox Escape
A shared ChatGPT link ran attacker JavaScript inside the victim session through MathLive unchecked messages; OpenAI f...
Oct 31, 2026
GhostAction: Stolen GitHub Tokens Hit 23,000 Repos
Stolen GitHub tokens pushed 72,026 malicious commits to 22,964 repositories in nine days; revoke the tokens and hunt ...
Oct 31, 2026
Ivanti Connect Secure Zero-Day Chain, Exploited (CVE-2026-104935)
A three-flaw chain gives unauthenticated root on Ivanti Connect Secure; upgrade to 22.8R2.6 or 25.1.1.3 and audit for...
Oct 31, 2026
imgproxy ICO Loader RCE, Fixed in 4.0.16 (GHSA-hff9-5pqw-6w9f)
imgproxy 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allocates ICO data with a wrapping size that unauthenticated crafted-image requests turn int...
Oct 31, 2026
pgAdmin 4 Import/Export RCE, Fixed in 9.19 (CVE-2026-116241)
pgAdmin 4 before 9.19 lets any Import/Export user run a psql TO PROGRAM command on the host, and lockout bypasses ope...
Oct 31, 2026
WordPress Core Upgrade-Window RCE, Fixed in 7.1.4 (CVE-2026-119977)
WordPress 4.7 to 7.1.3 can expose an installer during core updates that unauthenticated attackers race to run code; i...
Oct 31, 2026
Langflow Auto-Login Superuser Bypass, RCE via MCP (CVE-2026-93680)
Langflow OSS 1.0.0 to 1.12.8 hands any caller a superuser session that reaches RCE through its MCP tools; fixed in 1.13.0.
Oct 30, 2026
testmetest: npm Worm Arms 42 GitHub Repos with a Hidden Publisher
An npm worm stole credentials, planted AI-tool hooks in 42 real GitHub repositories and hid a package publisher; trea...
Oct 30, 2026
Trojanized Claude Code Extension on Cursor Plants SSH Backdoor
A malicious Claude Code extension 2.1.313 on the Cursor Marketplace added an SSH backdoor; at most 5,000 users instal...
Oct 30, 2026
Drupal Commerce Access Bypass, Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-118539)
Drupal Commerce before 2.41 and 3.3.13 lets limited users take over other vendors' variations and coupons via JSON:AP...
Oct 30, 2026
Gotenberg PDF Metadata RCE, Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-42589)
A newline in a PDF metadata key runs ExifTool Perl code as a command on unauthenticated Gotenberg servers before 8.31...
Oct 30, 2026
Linux Kernel TCP Handshake Race RCE (CVE-2026-98432)
A race in Linux IPv4 TCP handshakes since 4.4 frees socket options in use; kernel team scores 9.8, RHEL fixed, Ubuntu...
Oct 30, 2026
Telegram for Android Voice-Call RCE, Fixed in 12.10.4
Telegram for Android 8.6.2 to 12.10.3 let a caller run code once the victim answered a voice call. No known exploitat...
Oct 29, 2026
Cisco ASA and FTD SSL VPN DoS Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-76418)
An unauthenticated crafted request reloads Cisco ASA and FTD firewalls using secondary authentication on a tunnel gro...
Oct 29, 2026
GoAhead mTLS Accepts Revoked Client Certificates (CVE-2026-115881)
GoAhead loads the CRL but never checks it, so revoked client certificates pass mTLS; fixed in 6.1.1, shipped to devic...
Oct 29, 2026
Oracle PeopleSoft RCE Exploited by ShinyHunters (CVE-2026-35273)
Unauthenticated RCE in PeopleTools 8.61 and 8.62 through an SSRF chain into PSEMHUB: exploited as a zero-day by Shiny...
Oct 29, 2026
Apple CoreGraphics Code Execution Exploited on iOS (CVE-2026-86950)
CVE-2026-86950, an exploited CoreGraphics out-of-bounds write, is in CISA KEV; iOS and iPadOS 26.7.1 and 18.7.11, mac...
Oct 28, 2026
MLflow Unauthenticated RCE on Tracking Servers (CVE-2026-116692)
CVE-2026-116692 (CVSS 9.8) lets any caller of a default MLflow 3.12.0-3.16.x tracking server upload and run Python co...
Oct 28, 2026
Magento and Adobe Commerce PolyShell RCE Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-48356)
PolyShell (CVE-2026-48356) is an unauthenticated file upload in Magento's REST API, mass-exploited since March 2026; ...
Oct 28, 2026
Ostorlab vs. Manual Pentesting: More Critical Findings, Less Time, Lower Cost
Ostorlab reports more critical findings, shorter testing time, and assessment costs of one-tenth to one-fortieth of m...
Oct 28, 2026
AuthMask: Microsoft Authenticator for Android Token Theft (CVE-2026-80097)
Before 6.2606.4246, Microsoft Authenticator for Android handed work-account tokens to any app posing as an installed ...
Oct 27, 2026
Authlib JWS Signature Bypass, Fixed in 1.9.0 (CVE-2026-96760)
Authlib up to 1.8.0 treats a JWS JSON object with empty signatures as verified without checking the key: Critical CVE...
Oct 27, 2026
How to Vet a Third-Party Mobile App Before You Allow It in Your Company
A five-step mobile app vetting checklist for security teams (permissions, trackers, malware, data flows, store reputa...
Oct 27, 2026
Precheck: Know Your Mobile Scan Will Work Before It Runs for Hours
Precheck verifies that a mobile app installs, launches, logs in and runs its UI prompts on a real device. When a bloc...
Oct 27, 2026
OpenHands Software Agent SDK Unauthenticated Sandbox RCE (CVE-2026-112346)
The OpenHands Software Agent SDK exposes its sandbox agent port on every interface with auth off by default, allowing...
Oct 27, 2026
Tailworm: Tailscale SSH Privilege Escalation to Root
Tailscale SSH's root daemon dials and replaces unix sockets for approved users, reaching root on permitted servers; u...
Oct 27, 2026
Malicious OVHcloud CLI Release Archives Steal Secrets
Swapped archives on five OVHcloud CLI releases delivered a secret-stealing build for 94 minutes on October 19, 2026; ...
Oct 26, 2026
OpenCode MCP OAuth Sign-In RCE on Windows, Fixed in 1.18.33
In OpenCode 1.0.137 to 1.18.32 on Windows and WSL, a malicious MCP server's OAuth sign-in URL reaches PowerShell and ...
Oct 26, 2026
Linux KSMBD Pre-Auth Flaw, ZDI-Rated CVSS 9.0 RCE (ZDI-CAN-33774)
Linux KSMBD flaws are rated CVSS 9.0 by ZDI, one reachable before authentication. Linux 7.2.15 fixes the race; check ...
Oct 26, 2026
FortiSIEM gRPC Path Traversal RCE with a Public PoC (CVE-2026-106173)
FortiSIEM 7.5.0's unauthenticated gRPC service on TCP 27918 lets an attacker overwrite files for RCE; fixed in 7.5.1,...
Oct 26, 2026
Ostorlab Free Scans Now Cover Websites, Source Code and App Vetting
Ostorlab offers free security scans for mobile apps, websites and source code, with the report emailed to you. Securi...
Oct 26, 2026
Free Source Code Security Scan: Find Vulnerable Code, Dependencies and Leaked Secrets
Scan a .zip or a GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps repository for free with Ostorlab: static analysis of your...
Oct 26, 2026
Free Website Vulnerability Scan: What a Passive Scan Finds, and What It Can't
Run a free, production-safe website security scan with Ostorlab: TLS, security headers and known-vulnerable component...
Oct 26, 2026
Postiz Full Takeover by Any Registered User (CVE-2026-115931, CVE-2026-115932, CVE-2026-115933)
In self-hosted Postiz 2.23.0 to 2.25.2 any registered user can read server files, and in 2.15.0 to 2.25.2 they can fo...
Oct 26, 2026
Pillow Ghostscript Argument Injection RCE (CVE-2026-112900)
Pillow 2.6.0 to 12.3.0 passes an attacker-controlled EPS or PostScript filename to Ghostscript unsanitized, allowing ...
Oct 26, 2026
GitLab Unauthenticated RCE Across 12 Years (CVE-2026-110264)
CVE-2026-110264, a 10.0 integer overflow, exposes every self-managed GitLab since 7.0 to unauthenticated RCE; fixed O...
Oct 25, 2026
Node2Shell: Brotli RCE in Node.js, Bun and Python (CVE-2026-111497)
CVE-2026-111497 (CVSS v4.0 9.2): Brotli decoder overflow in Node.js, Bun, .NET, Python, Envoy and Istio, now in CISA'...
Oct 25, 2026
Plex2Shell: Plex RCE Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-96656)
Four chained flaws in Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 let an unauthenticated attacker run code as the Plex user...
Oct 25, 2026
eMudhra CA Compromise: Chrome Drops emSign ECC Root CA - G3 October 27
Eight eMudhra intermediate CA private keys are computable from their public certificates, enabling site forgery; abou...
Oct 25, 2026
Malicious LiteLLM 1.107.0 Steals Credentials and Backdoors Hosts
A threat actor hijacked LiteLLM's release pipeline with a leaked, never-revoked master key and pushed a malicious 1.1...
Oct 25, 2026
PHP2Shell: PHP RCE Bug Triggers Millions of Exploit Attempts (CVE-2026-109618)
PAN-OS is actively exploited; separately, a chain rooted 25 servers via an undisclosed vendor's firewalls: PHP RCE fi...
Oct 25, 2026
Echo WebSocket Proxy Auth Bypass (GHSA-cxf3-9h37-7rr8)
Rejected WebSocket upgrades through Echo's Proxy middleware leave a raw tunnel open to the upstream, and later HTTP r...
Oct 24, 2026
Laravel Token Guard Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-114509)
Laravel rates CVE-2026-114509 as Critical, CVSS v4.0 9.2: an unauthenticated attacker can sign in as an existing user...
Oct 24, 2026
Pillow FlashPix Heap Overflow RCE (CVE-2026-112398)
Decoding a crafted FlashPix image in Pillow 12.3.0 or older with olefile installed lets an attacker run commands; Pil...
Oct 24, 2026
Collabora CODE Server RCE Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-110447)
Collabora rates CVE-2026-110447 as Critical, CVSS v4.0 9.2: an unauthenticated attacker can run operating-system comm...
Oct 24, 2026
Sentry Next.js SDK Middleware Bypass (CVE-2026-114139)
Sentry rates CVE-2026-114139 as Critical, CVSS v4.0 9.1: the @sentry/nextjs SDK skips the application middleware for ...
Oct 24, 2026
Wasmtime Sandbox Escape via Compiler Miscompilation (CVE-2026-115889)
CVE-2026-115889 is a Critical Wasmtime sandbox escape: Cranelift packs indices into 24-bit fields that a crafted modu...
Oct 24, 2026
How Ostorlab Detects LLM Vulnerabilities
See how Ostorlab detects LLM vulnerabilities through banking chatbot examples of private statement leaks, unauthorize...
Oct 23, 2026
GHSA-2464-fhr4-w9xw (CVE-2026-96889): Unauthenticated RCE in Next.js Image Optimization
Vercel rates GHSA-2464-fhr4-w9xw Critical, CVSS v4.0 9.5: an unauthenticated attacker can run code on a Next.js 10.0....
Oct 23, 2026
GHSA-673q-mjm6-r5xr: Unauthenticated RCE in Next.js "use cache" Functions
GHSA-673q-mjm6-r5xr is rated Critical, CVSS v4.0 9.5, in the GitHub Advisory Database: an unauthenticated attacker ca...
Oct 23, 2026
GHSA-cg2g-xh64-v4q7: DOMPurify SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES Bypass in Shadow Roots
DOMPurify 3.4.4–3.4.16 lets split ${...} expressions survive SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES inside attached shadow roots (Critica...
Oct 23, 2026
Your AI Pentester Now Asks Before It Takes a Risky Action
Agentic scans can now ask for your approval before a risky action. Choose how the agent handles it, answer from the A...
Oct 23, 2026
Choose the Hours Your Scans Run In
Choose the hours and days your Ostorlab scans may run. Scans wait outside the window; scans that support pausing resu...
Oct 23, 2026
Ostorlab vs MobSF: Analyst-Driven vs AI-Driven Mobile Security Testing (2026)
Ostorlab vs MobSF (Mobile Security Framework) for mobile app security testing: static and dynamic analysis, device re...
Oct 07, 2026
Ostorlab vs Oversecured: Mobile App Security Testing Compared (2026)
Ostorlab vs Oversecured for mobile app security testing: iOS and Android coverage, exploit proof, authenticated testi...
Oct 07, 2026
Snyk and Checkmarx Alternatives: Ostorlab vs Snyk Code, Checkmarx One and GitHub Advanced Security (2026)
The best Checkmarx alternatives and Snyk alternatives for SAST in 2026: how Ostorlab compares with Snyk Code, Checkma...
Oct 07, 2026
We Built an AI Agent for Our Own Backlog. Now It's Yours.
How a small agent that turned bug tickets into pull requests became Ostorlab's ticket agent: an AI teammate you give ...
Oct 06, 2026
The True Cost of False Positives: Calculating the Engineering Tax of Noisy Scanners
False positives are an engineering-capacity problem, not only a scanner-quality problem. Learn how to measure their c...
Sep 28, 2026
Who Should Use Ostorlab? Best-Fit Teams, Use Cases, and When to Choose Something Else
Ostorlab fits teams testing connected mobile, web, API, and code assets on every release. Where it fits, which plan t...
Sep 28, 2026
Ostorlab vs. Pentesting Firms: 2026 Cost & Depth Comparison
Ostorlab vs. pentesting firms: cost, testing frequency, depth and remediation, and when to use AI pentests, consultan...
Sep 25, 2026
Why API Security Testing Misses Cross-Asset Attack Chains
API-only scanners miss attack chains that start with secrets or routes in mobile apps, web bundles, or code. Two real...
Sep 25, 2026
AI Pentesting for SOC 2: 6 Providers Compared
Compare Ostorlab, XBOW, Aikido, Intruder, Escape and Penti for SOC 2 pentests on exploit evidence, human review, samp...
Sep 25, 2026
How Much Does an Application Penetration Test Cost in 2026?
Manual app pentests cost $3,000–$50,000+ in 2026; published AI pentests run $499 to about $8,000. What drives price, ...
Sep 25, 2026
Best Tools for Testing Mobile App Shielding Bypass
Compare Apktool, JADX, Ghidra, Frida, Objection and LLDB for manual tests with Ostorlab’s automated Android and iOS m...
Sep 23, 2026
How Deep Agentic Scan Catches Tricky Real-World Vulnerabilities
How Ostorlab's Deep Agentic Scan uncovers and empirically proves complex vulnerabilities across web, mobile, and sour...
Sep 23, 2026
Can an AI Agent Prove SAST Findings at Runtime?
Static analysis flags possible bugs but cannot prove them. Runtime validation proved a Langflow authenticated RCE and...
Sep 23, 2026
The Map and the Window: How an Agentic Scan Chained a Documentation Leak Into Stolen Credentials
See how Ostorlab's Agentic Deep Scan chained a Medium-severity OpenAPI disclosure and an SSRF vulnerability to bypass...
Sep 23, 2026
Best API Security Testing Tools in 2026: 4 Compared
The best API security testing tools in 2026: StackHawk, 42Crunch, Escape, and Ostorlab compared on DAST, BOLA/BFLA te...
Sep 22, 2026
Post-Mortem: Why Autonomous AI Agents Escape Scope and How to Contain Them
A technical post-mortem on an AI agent that wandered outside its testing scope during an authorized API assessment, w...
Sep 18, 2026
The Fastest Way to Get an Audit-Ready Pentest Report for SOC 2 Compliance
Learn how B2B SaaS startups bypass the 4-week consultancy delay to generate audit-ready SOC 2 pentest reports and Let...
Sep 16, 2026
Ostorlab Neutron on UC Berkeley CyberGym: 97.1% Verified Exploitation (1,463/1,507 Tasks)
A technical deep-dive into how Ostorlab Neutron reached a 97.1% verified exploit solve rate (1,463/1,507 tasks) and l...
Sep 15, 2026
Best On-Premises AppSec Testing Platforms (2026)
Compare Ostorlab, Invicti, Burp Suite DAST, HCL AppScan and Fortify for on-premises AppSec testing: deployment model,...
Sep 15, 2026
Ostorlab Neutron Reaches 97.1% on the CyberGym Benchmark
Ostorlab Neutron reached a 97.1% verified exploit solve rate on CyberGym, producing working differential proofs of co...
Sep 14, 2026
7 Best External Attack Surface Management Tools (2026)
Compare 7 external attack surface management platforms, such as Ostorlab, Defender EASM, Cortex Xpanse and CyCognito,...
Sep 11, 2026
Best Web App Security Testing Tools in 2026
Compare Ostorlab, Burp Suite DAST, Invicti, InsightAppSec, AppScan, XBOW and OWASP ZAP, plus when DAST is enough and ...
Sep 11, 2026
Best Enterprise Mobile App Vetting Platforms 2026
Compare Ostorlab, NowSecure, Quokka, Zimperium, Appknox and Data Theorem for Android and iOS app vetting: operating m...
Sep 10, 2026
Best AI Pentesting Platforms in 2026
Compare leading AI pentesting platforms in 2026 by asset coverage, autonomous exploitation, attack chaining, evidence...
Sep 09, 2026
Autonomous Pentesting vs Traditional Pentesting
Compare traditional pentests, PTaaS and autonomous AI testing: where agents win on coverage and evidence, where human...
Sep 08, 2026
Introducing Multi-Asset Deep Agentic Scan: Connected Testing Across the Application
Multi-Asset Deep Agentic Scan assesses related mobile, web, API, network, source-code, and documentation assets in on...
Sep 02, 2026
Bypassing Mobile App Shielding: Where Detection Ends and Enforcement Fails
Detection and enforcement are different security properties. Across five production banking apps protected by four co...
Aug 12, 2026
The 2026 Guide to Penetration Testing for Startups (Costs, Process, and Vendor Selection)
A comprehensive guide on what penetration testing is, how much it costs for startups in 2026, the 5-step testing proc...
Aug 09, 2026
Introducing the Ostorlab Platform MCP Server
Ostorlab now supports MCP, giving AI assistants and agents permission-controlled access to security data and workflows.
Aug 08, 2026
Introducing Risk Reruns: Granular Control for Agentic Deep Scans
Introducing Risk Reruns for Agentic Deep Scans—rerun specific risk investigations with customized effort levels, AI m...
Aug 07, 2026
AI Can Run the Attack. Can You Trust the Result?
AI can produce a convincing exploit story in seconds. Runtime proof, negative controls, and human review determine wh...
Aug 06, 2026
Can SOC 2 Accept an AI-Conducted Penetration Test?
SOC 2 doesn't name a required testing method, so auditors judge evidence, not tools. Here's what an AI-conducted pene...
Aug 06, 2026
Introducing Agentic Scan Knowledge: The Scanner That Never Forgets
Agentic Scan Knowledge gives Ostorlab security agents persistent application context, allowing every scan to build on...
Aug 05, 2026
Introducing Ostorlab Mobile Shielding Scan
Ostorlab Mobile Shielding Scan tests Android and iOS protections against real bypasses, including root detection, ant...
Aug 04, 2026
Announcing Ostorlab’s On-Premises Vulnerability Scanner
Announcing the general availability of the Ostorlab On-Premises Vulnerability Scanner, designed to identify and conte...
Aug 04, 2026
Ostorlab vs Aikido: AppSec Platform Comparison
Ostorlab vs Aikido on SAST, web and API pentesting, mobile binary testing, cloud posture, BYOK and remediation, with ...
Aug 03, 2026
Ostorlab vs Appknox: Setting the Record Straight
Ostorlab responds to the Appknox 'Top 10 MAST Tools' list: what it got wrong, KnoxIQ vs Agentic Deep Scan, full-stack...
Jul 29, 2026
XBOW vs Ostorlab: AI Pentesting Compared
XBOW and Ostorlab compared on target scoping, mobile and API coverage, cross-asset exploit chaining, CI/CD testing, e...
Jul 28, 2026
How AI Catches Complex Vulnerabilities: Inside Agentic Pentesting and Exploit Chaining
Discover how agentic AI catches business logic flaws rule-based scanners miss. See a real exploit chain escalating a ...
Jul 28, 2026
Ostorlab vs NowSecure: Mobile AppSec Comparison
Ostorlab vs NowSecure in six areas: cost and scale, CI/CD integration, business-logic coverage, framework support, ta...
Jul 27, 2026
Best SAST Tools in 2026: Source Code Scanning Tools Compared
The best SAST and source code scanning tools in 2026, Ostorlab, GitHub Code Security (CodeQL), Semgrep, Snyk Code, Ch...
Jul 27, 2026
The Ostorlab Threat Center Now Supports the EU Vulnerability Database
Ostorlab Threat Center now brings EUVD intelligence alongside NVD data, giving security teams broader vulnerability v...
Jul 24, 2026
AI Pentesting Prompts That Produce Evidence, Not Just Findings
A practical guide to designing AI-assisted security testing workflows that turn scoped evidence into reviewable findi...
Jul 23, 2026
When Does an AI Scanner Become an AI Pentest?
Learn what separates AI-powered scanning from AI pentesting and how Ostorlab Deep Agentic Scan follows evidence to va...
Jul 22, 2026
Source Code Security: From Signal to Validated Risk | Ostorlab
Learn how source code security testing works, why traditional SAST creates false positives, and how agentic analysis ...
Jul 16, 2026
Breaking Down the Latest Version of GoPhish: Source-Code Assessment with Ostorlab Agentic Deep Scan
A technical assessment of the latest version of GoPhish that examines how the platform handles trust: identity, untru...
Jul 16, 2026
Ostorlab vs Quokka Q-mast: Mobile DAST Comparison
Ostorlab vs Quokka Q-mast for mobile DAST: authenticated flows, TLS pinning bypass, PCAP evidence, geo-restricted app...
Jul 15, 2026
Introducing Ostorlab Source Code Scanning
Source Code Scanning helps you identify security vulnerabilities directly in your source code before they reach produ...
Jul 07, 2026
Deep Scan Improvements: Faster Execution, Better Decisions, and Incremental Testing
The latest Deep Agentic Scan release introduces faster mobile testing, improved reverse engineering, stronger vulnera...
Jun 30, 2026
Introducing Mobile Shielding That Can Resist AI Attacks
Ostorlab has launched Mobile Shielding Scan, an automated, AI-powered testing solution designed specifically for shie...
Jun 25, 2026
The App Was Never Opened
Agentic harnesses change what an LLM can do in mobile app security testing. On its own, a model can name likely risks...
Jun 25, 2026
Introducing Ostorlab Cyber Models
Ostorlab has launched Cyber Models, a managed, prepaid AI infrastructure tier for Agentic Deep Scans. It gives securi...
Jun 23, 2026
There Is No Magic Box: Why AI-Era AppSec Needs a Stack
Walk the floor of any major cybersecurity conference today and you will hear about the promise of autonomous AI-power...
Jun 22, 2026
The Definitive Guide to Mobile App Vetting: Securing the Enterprise App Ecosystem
This comprehensive guide covers the architecture, risk methodologies, and deployment frameworks required to architect...
Jun 19, 2026
Introducing Ostorlab App Vetting for the Agentic Era
Ostorlab has launched App Vetting, a mobile application risk assessment solution that helps teams evaluate Android an...
Jun 16, 2026
Building an AI PR Reviewer Engineers Actually Trust
We built an AI-powered pull request reviewer, shut it down after hallucinations and false positives eroded developer ...
Jun 08, 2026
Introducing Ostorlab’s Single Vulnerability Assessment and Dig Deeper
Ostorlab is launching a powerful, highly targeted AI orchestration engine accessible through two distinct UI workflow...
Jun 02, 2026
Exploit CVE-2026-42208: LiteLLM Unauthenticated SQL Injection via Bearer Token
A technical breakdown of CVE-2026-42208, a CVSS 9.3 critical unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability in the LiteL...
May 22, 2026
DirtyFrag: Universal Linux Local Privilege Escalation via Page-Cache Write
A technical breakdown of DirtyFrag, a pair of Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-43284...
May 13, 2026
CVE-2026-44109: OpenClaw Feishu Auth Bypass to RCE
A technical breakdown of CVE-2026-44109, a CVSS 9.2 Critical authentication bypass vulnerability in OpenClaw (< 2026....
May 07, 2026
CVE-2026-5205: Critical SSRF in Chatwoot Uploads
A deep dive into a critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Chatwoot's upload endpoint (≤ v4.12.1...
Apr 29, 2026
DORA Compliance Checklist for Banking & Fintech: Audit-Ready Operational Resilience Validation
A DORA compliance checklist helps banking and fintech organizations evaluate operational resilience across core areas...
Apr 29, 2026
BeatBanker/BTMOB Android Banking Malware Analysis
Static analysis of TV_V_23.apk, BeatBanker/BTMOB Android banking malware disguised as a flashlight app: four-stage ch...
Apr 28, 2026
HarmonyOS Next Security Testing: Tools and Risks
How HarmonyOS Next security testing differs from Android: ArkTS, DSoftBus, testing tools, SafetyDetect, ArkGuard, com...
Apr 28, 2026
Android Intent Redirection: Attacks and Fixes
How intent redirection lets attackers reach unexported Android components, leak data via setResult() and abuse Pendin...
Apr 23, 2026
Introducing HarmonyOS App Scans + Huawei AppGallery Scans
Find a vulnerability scanner for HarmonyOS apps and Huawei AppGallery releases: Ostorlab adds automated, repeatable s...
Apr 20, 2026
Mobile Game Security Testing: Stop Cheats and Hacks
Mobile game security testing stops cheating, bots and tampering across client, network and backend layers: threats, t...
Apr 20, 2026
Mobile AppSec Testing Best Practices at Scale
Mobile AppSec testing for teams shipping iOS and Android fast: MAST vs SAST vs DAST, a testing checklist, CI/CD patte...
Apr 16, 2026
Healthcare Application Security Testing Guide
How to security test patient portals, medical apps, APIs and SaMD: ePHI risks, HIPAA and GDPR duties, SDLC testing, c...
Apr 16, 2026
Mobile Banking App Security Testing Guide
Protecting mobile banking apps requires more than securing the client alone. This guide explores the risks across dev...
Apr 16, 2026
Twenty CRM Serverless Functions Expose Critical RCE and Permanent Unauthenticated Backdoor Risk (CVE-2026-26720) - PoC & Exploit
A technical breakdown of CVE-2026-26720, a CVSS 9.8 Critical authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Twe...
Apr 15, 2026
DORA Third-Party Risk: Mobile SDK Governance
Manage DORA third-party risk in mobile apps with per-release SDK inventories and diffs, approval and ban rules, patch...
Apr 14, 2026
Mobile App Shielding: What It Is, How It Works
App shielding explained: how mobile application shielding prevents reverse engineering and tampering on untrusted dev...
Apr 13, 2026
Roundcube IMAP Command Injection and SSRF Flaws
A deep dive into two critical vulnerabilities uncovered in Roundcube Webmail (< 1.6.14, 1.5.14, 1.7 RC4) during a sou...
Apr 08, 2026
Announcing Ostorlab for Harness: Mobile Security Scanning in CI Pipelines
Ostorlab now integrates with Harness CI to run automated mobile application security scans inside CI pipelines. Using...
Apr 06, 2026
CVE-2026-27971 : Qwik server$ Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
A technical breakdown of CVE-2026-27971, a CVSS 9.2 critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Q...
Apr 01, 2026
Security Testing Behind Login Walls: 2FA and MFA
Why scanners stop at the login page and how Ostorlab automates testing behind SMS, email and TOTP 2FA, with a manual ...
Mar 30, 2026
Announcing Ostorlab for Bitrise: Mobile security scans in your CI
Ostorlab now integrates with Bitrise to run automated mobile application security scans inside CI workflows. Using a ...
Mar 27, 2026
CVE-2026-2599: WordPress PHP Object Injection to RCE
A technical breakdown of CVE-2026-2599, a CVSS 9.8 Critical unauthenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the...
Mar 25, 2026
Mobile Operational Resilience Under DORA: The simplest drill library for BFSI journeys
A mobile-first guide to DORA compliance for BFSI teams. Learn how to define your scope, simplify your release process...
Mar 24, 2026
Ostorlab Launches Agentic Deep Scan: The next-generation vulnerability scanner
Ostorlab has launched Agentic Deep Scan, a next-generation vulnerability scanner that validates real-world risks in i...
Mar 19, 2026
CVE-2025-68461: Roundcube SVG Animate XSS Bypass
CVE-2025-68461 (CVSS 7.2) lets SVG animate tags slip past the Roundcube sanitizer via namespace prefixes. PoC, patch ...
Mar 17, 2026
GHSA-cr3w-cw5w-h3fj: 1-Click RCE in Saltcorn
Analysis of GHSA-cr3w-cw5w-h3fj, a CVSS 9.7 critical XSS-to-RCE vulnerability in Saltcorn (≤ 1.5.0-beta.19). Two chai...
Mar 11, 2026
DORA Compliance for Mobile Releases: The easiest baseline, verdict, and exceptions model
A mobile-first guide to DORA regulation and DORA compliance for BFSI teams. Learn how to define your scope, simplify ...
Mar 10, 2026
CVE-2026-26019 : LangChain RecursiveUrlLoader Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
A technical breakdown of CVE-2026-26019, a CVSS 4.1 medium Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in the LangChain...
Mar 04, 2026
DORA Compliance for Mobile Teams: Understanding scope and what you need to do
A mobile-first guide to DORA regulation and DORA compliance for BFSI teams. Learn how to define your scope, simplify ...
Mar 03, 2026
Top 10 Mobile App Penetration Testing Tools (2026)
The 10 tools our team uses to pentest mobile apps, from Frida, Ghidra and Jadx to mitmproxy and Nuclei, with best use...
Feb 27, 2026
CVE-2025-64712: Path Traversal RCE in Unstructured Library MSG Processing
A technical breakdown of CVE-2025-64712, a CVSS 9.8 critical path traversal remote code execution vulnerability in th...
Feb 23, 2026
CVE-2026-1357: Unauthenticated RCE in WPvivid Backup Plugin
A technical breakdown of CVE-2026-1357, a CVSS 9.8 critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in th...
Feb 20, 2026
9 Open-Source AI Pentesting Tools Compared (2026)
PentestGPT, PentAGI, HexStrike AI, Strix, CAI, Nebula, NeuroSploit, Deadend CLI and RedAmon compared: key features of...
Jan 30, 2026
Ostorlab 2025 Year in Review
2025 marked the turning point where AI in cybersecurity graduated from experimental prototypes to production-grade en...
Jan 28, 2026
Android Developer Verification 2026: Who Needs It
From 2026, certified Android devices can block apps from unverified developers. What changes for sideloading, who is ...
Jan 27, 2026
That Time a Zero (could have) Broke the Internet's Plumbing (CVE-2026-0915)
An AI-assisted analysis uncovered a 30-year-old uninitialized buffer vulnerability in glibc's _nss_dns_getnetbyaddr_r...
Jan 21, 2026
Android WebView addJavascriptInterface Risks
Case study: Ostorlab's AI pentest engine finds an Android WebView JavaScript bridge reachable via deep links and chai...
Jan 07, 2026
Best Mobile App Security Testing Platforms 2026
Compare Ostorlab, NowSecure, Appknox, Data Theorem, Quokka, Zimperium and MobSF for Android and iOS, with a feature m...
Jan 05, 2026
Android FLAG_SECURE: Block Screenshots and Recording
How Android's FLAG_SECURE blocks screenshots, screen recording and recent-apps previews, with code samples, use cases...
Dec 29, 2025
AI Pentest Engine Discovers Critical WebSocket BFLA in GraphQL Subscriptions
Ostorlab's AI Pentest Engine systematically uncovered a critical Broken Function-Level Authorization (BFLA) vulnerabi...
Dec 26, 2025
AI Engine Triggers Account Takeover via API Version Confusion
Methodical analysis beats blind fuzzing as Ostorlab's AI engine discovers cross-version password reset weakness and a...
Dec 15, 2025
Uncovering a Second-Order Data Exfiltration Chain in Modern SPAs
How a second-order client-side data exfiltration chain was discovered in a modern SPA, transforming a simple open red...
Dec 10, 2025
Going Beyond: Ostorlab AI Engine Discovers Unknown Vulnerability Classes
Ostorlab’s reasoning-driven AI engine breaks past rule-based limits to surface previously unknown and hard-to-detect ...
Oct 13, 2025
Introducing Ostorlab Security Testing Benchmarks: Real Vulnerabilities, Real Impact
The first open-source benchmark suite featuring 93 realistic vulnerable mobile apps that mirror actual CVE and bug bo...
Sep 22, 2025
Banking Report 2025: Security at the Core of Mobile Finance
Large-scale security analysis of 500+ top mobile banking apps reveals widespread vulnerabilities, decade-old codebase...
Sep 15, 2025
Automating Security Research: AI Engine Exploits Complex Blind Code Injection
Precision beats payload spray using Ostorlab's AI engine to systematically land RCE on Titiler and proves exfiltratio...
Sep 04, 2025
AI-Powered Pentesting: A Deep Dive into Android Intent Redirection
This article showcases Ostorlab's AI Pentest Engine's process for analyzing an Android application for Intent Redirec...
Aug 31, 2025
Automating Security Research: AI Engine Exploits GCP Service Account Secret
This article presents a thorough, hands-on analysis and real-world exploitation of a hardcoded GCP service account wi...
Aug 28, 2025
From Signal to the Android SDK: Chaining Path Traversal, Mimetype Confusion, Security Check Bypass and File Descriptor Bruteforce for Arbitrary File Access
This technical analysis reveals how sophisticated attack chains—combining path traversal, symbolic link manipulation,...
Aug 11, 2025
Automating Security Research: AI Engine Exploits Report Portal XXE (CVE-2021-29620)
This article presents a thorough, hands-on analysis and proof of concept for exploiting an OOB XXE vulnerability CVE-...
Aug 07, 2025
From Random to Intelligent: How AI-Powered Monkey Testing Achieves 10x Mobile App Coverage
Ostorlab’s AI Monkey Tester transforms mobile app security testing by using natural language prompts and generative A...
Aug 01, 2025
Automating Security Research: AI Engine Exploits Zulip Stored XSS (CVE-2025-52559)
This article presents a thorough, hands-on analysis and proof of concept for exploiting the stored XSS vulnerability ...
Jul 28, 2025
Know Your App's Data Habits: A Deep Dive into Our Comprehensive Privacy Analysis
Ostorlab's Privacy Scan automatically detects mismatches between what your app's privacy policy says and what it actu...
May 27, 2025
Ostorlab Security Scanner GitHub Integration
The Ostorlab Security Scanner GitHub Integration enhances mobile app development workflows by embedding automated sec...
May 21, 2025
Scan, Sync, Remediate: Ostorlab Meets Vanta for Faster Audits
This article announces the new integration between Ostorlab and Vanta, explains how it works, outlines the setup proc...
May 20, 2025
Android Deobfuscation with DalvikFLIRT and LLMs
This research introduces a pioneering dual approach that combines signature-based matching (DalvikFLIRT) with LLM-pow...
Apr 16, 2025
From Moonshot to Production: Building Ostorlab Copilot
This article outlines our journey in implementing ostorlab copilot, the challenges we encountered, and the lessons we...
Feb 24, 2025
Effective Vulnerability Ticketing System with Ostorlab
This article announces Ostorlab's vulnerability ticketing system V2 and how it automates and streamlines the entire p...
Feb 18, 2025
AI-Automated Attack Surface Management: The Future of Cybersecurity Discovery
This article explores AI-automated attack surface management, its impact on cybersecurity, and how it automates asset...
Feb 14, 2025
Pre-Auth Root RCE Vulnerability in CyberPanel: Deep Dive Exploit Analysis
A technical analysis of a vulnerability in CyberPanel, a Pre-Auth Root RCE, including confirmed exploitation paths, i...
Oct 30, 2024
Defending Against GraphQL Attacks: A Deep Dive into Common Vulnerabilities
This article is an in-depth look at the most common GraphQL vulnerabilities, why they occur, and how they can be mitigated.
Oct 21, 2024
Assessing the Large-Scale Exposure of CUPS Vulnerabilities: Chained CVEs Leading to Remote Code Execution
This article assesses the large-scale exposure of systems to multiple CVEs affecting the CUPS printing service, which...
Oct 16, 2024
Threat Center v2: Staying Ahead of Vulnerabilities
The Threat Center provides essential updates for organizations to stay informed about security threats, offering acti...
Oct 10, 2024
Deep Dive: Stored XSS Vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache Plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-47374)
An in-depth look at the CVE-2024-47374 vulnerability affecting LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, its impact, and ...
Oct 10, 2024
CVE-2022-21445: Oracle ADF Deserialization RCE
How CVE-2022-21445, an actively exploited Oracle ADF deserialization flaw, gives unauthenticated attackers remote cod...
Sep 25, 2024
Unraveling the VigorConnect Vulnerability: A Journey of Discovery and Correction
The article uncovers an Arbitrary File Read vulnerability in VigorConnect that lets attackers access sensitive files....
Sep 12, 2024
OXO Titan UI: Simplifying Security Scanning for Everyone
OXO Titan UI encapsulates OXO's capabilities within an accessible interface, democratizing advanced security scanning...
Aug 26, 2024
How to Bypass 403 Forbidden: Headers, Methods, Paths
Bypass 403 Forbidden responses by altering host and proxy headers, HTTP methods, parameters and URL paths, or by chec...
Aug 05, 2024
Revolutionizing Mobile Security Testing with Ostorlab's AI-Powered Monkey Tester
Introducing the AI-powered Monkey Tester in the Ostorlab mobile vulnerability scanner, significantly boosting test co...
Jul 16, 2024
CVE-2024-5315 Dolibarr SQL Injection Investigation
CVE-2024-5315, an actively exploited Dolibarr SQL Injection with in incorrect patched-in version.
Jul 14, 2024
CocoaPods Supply Chain Fire: What Should You Know
E.V.A Information Security uncovered critical vulnerabilities in CocoaPods, leading to immediate patches, and develop...
Jul 03, 2024
🚀 OXO v1.0!
OXO version 1.0, is 10x times faster, supports ARM64 architectures, and is packed with improved capabilities like sca...
Apr 29, 2024
Apple Privacy: A Comprehensive Guide to Privacy Manifest Files
This article offers a guide to Privacy Manifest files in Apple's ecosystem, stressing their importance for transparen...
Apr 18, 2024
Enhancing PostMessage XSS Detection with Proxy Object Instrumentation
The article introduces a new method for detecting PostMessage Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities using JavaSc...
Apr 04, 2024
Ostorlab KEV update for 02 April 2024
New vulnerabilities added to Ostorlab known exploited vulnerabilities catalog
Apr 02, 2024
Discovering & Monitoring Mobile Applications Attack Surface with Ostorlab
The article introduces Ostorlab Attack Surface Discovery as a solution for discovering and continuously monitoring mo...
Mar 26, 2024
Security Landscape of Mobile Banking Applications in North America
This article examines the security of mobile banking applications in North America, uncovering widespread vulnerabili...
Mar 19, 2024
Swift Under the Microscope: Practical Dynamic Instrumentation
Article on Swift Dynamic Instrumentation. The article explains the steps to perform dynamic analysis of Swift-based a...
Mar 11, 2024
Ostorlab KEV update for 11th March 2024
New vulnerabilities added to Ostorlab known exploited vulnerabilities catalog
Mar 11, 2024
Ostorlab KEV update for 26th February 2024
New vulnerabilities added to Ostorlab known exploited vulnerabilities catalog
Feb 26, 2024
Mapping Dependency Confusion: A Novel Detection Approach using Source Map Files
The article delves into dependency confusion vulnerabilities and introduces a novel detection and exploitation techni...
Feb 13, 2024
Known Exploitable Vulnerabilities: Catching them all
In this article we will Discover essential tools and empirical insights for identifying critical, high-severity, and ...
Jan 10, 2024
2023 in review
As 2023 has concluded, it's time to reflect and prepare for an optimistic 2024.
Jan 10, 2024
New OWASP Mobile Top 10
Release of new OWASP Mobile Top 10 with improvements, updates and a behind the scenes.
Nov 27, 2023
Ostorlab's Victory at the Swiss Cyber defence Security Challenge 2023
Ostorlab clinches the top spot in the Swiss Cyber defense Security Challenge, showcasing their commitment to advancin...
Nov 10, 2023
OAuth Account Takeover via Scheme Hijacking
How a malicious app can hijack a custom URL scheme to take over OAuth accounts, with Google, Facebook, Cognito and Ok...
Oct 17, 2023
ZIP Library Vulnerabilities in Swift and Flutter
Recent in-depth investigations reveal serious vulnerabilities discovered in widely-used zip packages in Flutter and S...
Aug 04, 2023
Ostorlab's Insecure Flutter Apps: A Playground for Learning and Testing Mobile Security
Common Flutter app vulnerabilities, from weak cryptography and cleartext traffic to insecure WebViews, demonstrated i...
Jul 10, 2023
zCamera, 100M+ installation app, from remote compromise to data leaks
This article is a technical deep dive, showing how a 100M+ installation image application can expose its user’s image...
Jul 04, 2023
AI-powered recommendations and fixes, Improved Flutter Detection, and much more
The new release brings a new AI Engine for improved recommendations, powerful new additions to Flutter detection and ...
Jun 26, 2023
Secure Biometric Login in Kotlin, Swift and Flutter
In this Article, we define a secure implementation of mobile biometric authentication and provide detailed implementa...
Jun 20, 2023
Flutter Security: Reverse Engineering and Analysis
Article on Static and Dynamic analysis techniques for Reverse engineering Flutter Applications. The article goes over...
Jun 15, 2023
Strategies for writing super fast Python
In this article, we look at different ways to improve the performance of Python which is an interpreted language.
Apr 18, 2023
Automation rule policies, Artifacts redesign, improved detection and much more.
An overview of all the new features of the Ostorlab platform and its detection capabilities.
Apr 14, 2023
GodFather Android Malware Analysis
In This article, we analyze the GodFather Android malware, which continues to appear in various formats and primarily...
Apr 14, 2023
Ostorlab Completes SOC 2 Type II Audit for Commitment to Security and Data Protection
Ostorlab has successfully completed its SOC2 Type 2 audit, demonstrating its commitment to security and data protection.
Apr 12, 2023
Fix it! at Ostorlab
Ostorlab's Fix it! practice is one of our most successful engineering practices helping us eradicate bugs and kill te...
Feb 19, 2023
Where are all these 3rd party SDKs sending my users' data? 😨
Ostorlab’s new features are laser-focused on helping teams understand, track and search their attack surface, what at...
Feb 02, 2023
Ostorlab, top 10 vulnerability management innovators of 2023 by GRC Viewpoint
Ostorlab has been selected as one of the top 10 vulnerability management innovators of 2023 by GRC Viewpoint.
Jan 16, 2023
2022 at Ostorlab
2022 is a year that brings with it many global challenges, including war, economic uncertainty, and rising inflation ...
Jan 03, 2023
Mobile CI/CD with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
This article will cover the main challenges when implementing a CI/CD pipeline for mobile applications. We will also ...
Oct 27, 2022
Text4Shell (CVE-2022-42889) in Mobile Applications ... should I worry?
CVE-2022-42889 is a vulnerability in the Apache Commons Text Library caused by string interpolation abusing powerful ...
Oct 24, 2022
New Dashboard, Better Insights
As a reflection of the many new capabilities and changes we have made, we have released a new dashboard providing bet...
Oct 20, 2022
OWASP Mobile Application Verification Standard Support
The Mobile Application Security Verification Standard is an important step toward building secure Mobile Applications...
Oct 04, 2022
Tips and tricks for developing & debugging OXO Agents.
Tips and tricks to make your life easier when developing & debugging OXO Agents.
Aug 18, 2022
Improved Attack Surface Discovery, Mobile and Web Security Scanning
Largest release with improvements to Attack Surface, Open-Source, Mobile and Web scanning and much much more.
Aug 18, 2022
Life of a Scan: how OXO's open-source vulnerability scanner works
This article talks about how OXO works under the hood.
Aug 02, 2022
Attack Surface Insights - part 2
Attack Surface is not just about open ports and services; this article covers key insights beyond the standard techni...
Jun 16, 2022
Mapping your Attack Surface - part 1
Attack surface mapping has become the number one headache of CISO's of most large organization, this article goes ove...
May 17, 2022
What I've learned from my first job as a Software Engineer at Ostorlab
This article talks about the experience of Rabson Phiri who works as a Software Engineer at Ostorlab.
Apr 19, 2022
Ostorlab vs. NowSecure vs. MobSF vs. Immuniweb vs. AppKnox vs. Quixxi vs. Oversecured
This article provides a comprehensive view of the security mobile security scanning solutions, while at the same time...
Mar 21, 2022
Ostorlab is Open-Source 🎊
This is a major release open-sourcing Ostorlab and announcing tons of new features and capabilities.
Feb 21, 2022
How did we react to Log4j vulnerability? Read our analysis for mobile applications.
What is the impact of Log4j vulnerability on mobile applications
Dec 20, 2021
Ostorlab Q&A with Safety Detectives
Wanna learn a bit more about Ostorlab? We answered Aviva Zack’s questions for Safety Detective about the Company, our...
Nov 08, 2021
New Features, improved ticket management, integrations including Jira support
Vulnerability management is a hard journey, the help enable fixing of vulnerabilities urgently, diligently and effici...
Nov 04, 2021
Release of a new remediation capabilities to enable fast, diligent and efficient fixes
Vulnerability management is a hard journey, the help enable fixing of vulnerabilities urgently, diligently and effici...
Oct 06, 2021
UI call coverage release for dynamic security testing
Ostorlab released the UI call coverage in the analysis environment to show the UI flow exercised during the dynamic s...
Sep 01, 2021
Ostorlab Nuggets in June issue 5
Health Tech, Compromises and attacks, Instrumentation, Black Hat conferences, eBPF and more….
May 27, 2021
Universal bypass of SSL Pinning ... from theory to a full working PoC with LLDB
This article is about bypassing SSL pinning without needing to. Sounds confusing? We will go over the theory, build a...
May 18, 2021
5 things every mobile security professional should know about WebViews
This article is about WebViews and the security notions we need to have in mind when using these component in both An...
May 18, 2021
Ostorlab detects Dependency Confusion
Dependency Confusion is a new attack with high severity impact. This article is an overview of the vulnerability as w...
Mar 03, 2021
Finding superhuman XSS polyglot payloads with Genetic Algorithms
The following article is a technical deep dive into how genetic algorithms can be leveraged to create superhuman XSS ...
Mar 01, 2021
News and Updates of Week 8
This weeks is marked by multiple high profile data breaches affecting Cashalo, Npower, Kia, T-Mobile and Clubhouse.
Feb 28, 2021
Ostorlab adds Web Security Scanning to its arsenal
Ostorlab is adding Web Security Scanner to its arsenal with novel approaches to vulnerability discovery.
Feb 15, 2021
Release of a new analysis environment to aid manual assessment
New Analysis Environment with access to disassembly, decompiled source, call trace, function tagging and many other features.
Jan 11, 2021
Finding and Validating Hardcoded Keys and Secrets
Hardcoded secrets are easy to find and might open a gate to sensitive data or privileged access. This makes them a gr...
Oct 30, 2020
Autonomous Security: Pushing Security Automation to the Next Level
The article introduces the term Autonomous Security in the context of security scanning and defines 5 tiers of maturity.
Oct 26, 2020
Two efficient features to continuously monitor mobile applications
Whether we are developing a mobile application or assessing its security, we need to continuously review it with ever...
Oct 24, 2020
Create scans directly from the Android and iOS Store
Ostorlab now supports creating scans directly from Android Play Store and iOS App Store
Aug 16, 2020
How to Carry out Nation-scale Mobile Devices Compromise: COVID-19 Contact Tracing App BeAware Bahrain Review
Mobile security testing of Covid-19 Contact Tracing Application BeAware
Jul 05, 2020
COVID-19 Contact Tracing App Wiqaytna Mobile Application Security Review
Mobile security testing of Covid-19 Contact Tracing Application Wiqaytna
Jun 15, 2020
[Online Event] Security of 3rd party dependencies in Mobile Applications
Mobile applications assessments, automation of 3rd party dependency review
Jun 12, 2020
What's New in Ostorlab Mobile Security Scanner 2020.05.08
Xamarin decompilation, deprecated TLS protocols, hardcoded secrets and even more, Owasp top 10
May 08, 2020
May 01, 2020
What's New in Ostorlab 2020.04
Better management of scan lifecycle, export scan results and subscriptions
Apr 08, 2020
Dec 29, 2019
Ostorlab Mobile Security Scanner: Release New Portal
Ostorlab Mobile Security Scanner Release of a new portal to track scans progress and access scan history.
Dec 26, 2019
Oct 18, 2019
Taking Cloud Run for a Test drive
We took Cloud Run for a Test Drive, these are we what learnt.
Oct 16, 2019
Ostorlab Insecure Application
This article describes the usage of Ostorlab Insecure Application.
Oct 14, 2019
Application Security Testing on non-Jailbroken iOS from Linux
How to perform security checks of an iOS application file on a non-jailbroken iPhone from a Linux Machine.
Oct 08, 2019
Community scanner goes full capabilities
In a mission to build the best security scanning technologies, Ostorlab team is proud to announce that the community ...
Mar 03, 2019
Security, what opportunities and challenges for 2019?
Use the start of the year to contemplate how the previous year went, and prepare for the upcoming is an important exe...
Jan 07, 2019
DOM XSS Fuzzing strategies - Part 1
XSS are still by far the most common type of vulnerabilities, this article presents strategies to automate the search...
Dec 22, 2018
Hardcoded AWS keys in Mobile Applications
This article is about how to manage AWS access keys when using AWS services in your mobile application.
Dec 20, 2018
Oct 28, 2018
New Features and Roadmap
The last few months, Ostorlab team has been hard at work adding exciting new features. Some of these have already hit...
Sep 20, 2018
Reinforcement Learning & Automated Testing - part 1
I will be sharing through a series of blog posts our past experimentations with the use of reinforcement learning for...
Jan 22, 2018
Jan 17, 2018
Finding security bugs in Android applications the hard way
Ostorlab is a community effort to build a mobile application vulnerability scanner to help developers build secure mo...
Jun 16, 2017
New Taint Engine ... more vulnerabilities found
We have been for the last few months hard at work developing a new scan engine to identify new classes of vulnerabili...
Apr 23, 2017
Testing Cordova Applications
Hybrid frameworks like Cordova offers the advantage of building one app for multiple platform (support for Android, i...
Nov 24, 2016
Android, SQL and ContentProviders or Why SQL injections aren't dead yet ?
Before we get into SQL injections and what might go wrong, we'll start by covering some technical information on Cont...
Nov 03, 2016
Android external libs!
For an Android developer, it has become standard practice to use external libraries to easily extend the functionalit...
Nov 01, 2016
Vulnerabilities tested by Google Play Store
Google will start identifying security weaknesses in Apps pushed to the Play Store...
Sep 05, 2016
Python ProcessPoolExecutor: A Custom Process Pool
At Ostorlab we scan hundreds of Mobile Applications each day, each scan is very resource intensive but at the same ti...
Jul 18, 2016
New in Android M and N: Runtime Permissions
In Android, the permission system was one of the major security concerns of the platform for many reasons...
May 27, 2016
What Is SSL Pinning? Android Guide with OkHttp
Implement SSL pinning on Android with Network Security Config, OkHttp and Retrofit, then test it and rotate pins safe...
May 11, 2016
Reversing JNI, or how Facebook is crashing their own application
Apparently Facebook is crashing their apps intentionally in order to test users reaction and evaluate their adherence...
Jan 07, 2016
What every pentesters should learn in 2016
The last years have come with meaningful changes in the way IT professionals operate and the way we approach security...
Jan 02, 2016
Ostorlab Beta is out
We are pleased to release the Beta version of our online mobile application security scanner.
Dec 20, 2015
Best SSL/TLS resources (Attacks, Tools, Talks)
This article will reference the best current resources on SSL/TLS.
Aug 25, 2015