Engineering

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 such as insecure storage, exposed secrets, risky permissions, vulnerable SDKs, backend issues, and privacy exposure, but the app may remain untouched. With the right tools, context, memory, prompts, execution loops, and runtime feedback around it, the model can inspect the app package, observe behavior, follow traffic, connect signals, and leave behind evidence a security team can review. From permission analysis to GEF-powered native exploitation, the difference is visible in the trace: app evidence, tool output, runtime proof, and reproducible steps instead of report-shaped text.

Thu 25 June 2026

Product

Introducing Ostorlab App Vetting for the Agentic Era

Ostorlab has launched App Vetting, a mobile application risk assessment solution that helps teams evaluate Android and iOS apps before approval. It combines static analysis, dynamic testing, and secure sandbox execution with continuous monitoring, weighted risk scoring, and agentic workflows to identify vulnerabilities, privacy risks, malware indicators, telemetry behavior, and trust issues while helping teams prioritize what matters most.

Tue 16 June 2026

Engineering

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 trust, then rebuilt it with better models, broader context, and a more conservative agent architecture. This article shares what we learned about automated code review, why trust matters more than coverage, and how AI reviewers can help engineering teams reduce repetitive review work without replacing human judgment.

Mon 08 June 2026

Security

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 like ICT risk, incident response, resilience testing, third-party governance, and oversight, while tracking implementation progress and supporting audit readiness.

Wed 29 April 2026

Security

Mobile Banking Security Testing: Protecting Financial Apps, Data, and Transactions

Protecting mobile banking apps requires more than securing the client alone. This guide explores the risks across devices, networks, and backend systems, and explains why continuous mobile security testing is essential for protecting financial data and transactions.

Thu 16 April 2026

Product

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 Harness Secrets and a simple Run step, teams can install the Ostorlab CLI and run ostorlab ci-scan run against the same build artifacts produced by the pipeline (e.g., Android APK, Android AAB, or iOS IPA). The integration helps bring security into CI by improving feedback speed and catching vulnerabilities earlier, with options to tailor scans via profiles (fast, full) and optional inputs like test credentials, SBOM, and UI prompts.

Mon 06 April 2026

Product

How to Automate Security Testing Behind Login Walls (2FA & MFA)

Modern applications are more secure than ever, but that security introduces a major challenge. With the widespread adoption of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), automated security testing often stops at the login stage. As a result, automated testing often fails to reach the parts of the application where real user activity and risk exist.

Mon 30 March 2026