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For years, Android’s openness was one of its biggest strengths. Anyone could build an app, share it, and sideload it freely. Users were warned about the risks, but the choice was always theirs. Starting in 2026, Android will require developer verification for apps to run on certified devices. Apps from unverified developers can be blocked, even when users knowingly install them. Google calls it security. Critics call it a loss of freedom. Understanding what’s changing and where Android draws the line now matters more than ever.

Security

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 _ns...

Wed 21 January 2026

Security

Javascript Interface Exposure

Ostorlab's Pentest Engine identified a JavaScript bridge exposure in an Android WebView, allowing...

Wed 07 January 2026

Security

Understanding Android's FLAG_SECURE for Screen Security

What Android’s FLAG_SECURE does, how it prevents screenshots and screen recordings of sensitive a...

Mon 29 December 2025

Ostorlab's AI Pentest Engine systematically uncovered a critical Broken Function-Level Authorization (BFLA) vulnerability in a GraphQL WebSocket endpoint, allowing unauthenticated access to a real-time translation service. This case study details the AI's step-by-step process, from discovery to proof-of-concept.

Methodical analysis beats blind fuzzing as Ostorlab's AI engine discovers cross-version password reset weakness and achieves account takeover without email access.

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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 redirect into a multi-stage data theft vulnerability through JavaScript analysis and exploit chain validation.

Wed 10 December 2025

Ostorlab AI Pentest Engine: How it Works

Technical deep dive into Ostorlab AI Pentest Engine inner working, from threat intelligence, risk identification, mobile support to vulnerability validation.

Mon 27 October 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 vulnerabilities—including WebView Safe Browsing bypasses, SQLi via projections, WebCrypto key exfiltration, and JWT verification ordering flaws—delivering deeper, smarter, complementary security coverage.

Mon 13 October 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 bounty findings - not theoretical textbook examples.

Mon 22 September 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 codebases, and concerning backend centralization patterns.

Mon 15 September 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 exfiltration without a single stack trace.

Thu 04 September 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 Redirection vulnerabilities. Follow the engine's journey from static analysis and initial findings to rigorous dynamic validation, demonstrating its ability to not only identify potential threats but also to meticulously discard false positives.

Sun 31 August 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 with overprivileged Pub/Sub access discovered in a HackerOne mobile app. It details how Ostorlab’s AI-powered pentesting engine automated the full cycle—from authentication and permission enumeration to end-to-end message injection/interception—enabling remediation within four days.

Thu 28 August 2025