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Vulnerability research, CVE deep dives and engineering write-ups from the Ostorlab team on AI pentesting and mobile, web and API security testing.
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 uses, strengths and limits for each one.
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...
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...
Feb 20, 2026
9 Open-Source AI Pentesting Tools Compared (2026)
PentestGPT, PentAGI, HexStrike AI, Strix, CAI, Nebula, NeuroSploit, Deadend CLI and RedAmon compa...
Jan 30, 2026
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Latest from Engineering, Product & SecurityThe 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 measu...
Sep 28, 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 evid...
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...
Jul 16, 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-for...
Oct 28, 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, st...
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. W...
Oct 27, 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,...
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, authentic...
Oct 07, 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,...
Sep 25, 2026
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View all changesOctober 2026: From Security Findings to Tested Fixes
Oct 17, 2026
The Breach Brief Newsletter
Offensive AI and cybersecurity breakdowns curated by Ostorlab every two weeks.