If your AI pen testing demo is impressive but the answers to these questions are evasive, you are looking at an LLM wrapper, not a production platform. Quick Answer The fastest way to tell an enterprise AI pen testing platform apart from an LLM wrapper is to ask five questions: false positive rate with methodology,… Read More »5 Questions for Your AI Pen Testing Vendor: CISO Checklist
A CISO’s reference for evaluating modern web app pentesting programs, what AI actually changes, and how to tell platforms apart from LLM wrappers. Quick Answer Web application penetration testing in 2026 looks structurally different from the annual consulting model most enterprises still run. The shift is driven by three mismatches: applications change daily but get… Read More »Web Application Penetration Testing in 2026: A Practical Guide for CISOs
What our firsthand experience building pentest agents taught us about verifiability, benchmark saturation, and where human researchers still matter most Our firsthand experience with application pentest agents at FireCompass has been unexpected. When we started building them, I assumed AI would become a useful force multiplier for researchers. I did not expect it to start… Read More »Why AI May Disrupt Application Pentesting Earlier Than Most Security Teams Expect
Overview: Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX was breached, with attackers stealing wallet credentials and transaction data, causing $1.2M in losses. Technical Details: Attack Vector: Exploited CVE-2025-20281 (Cisco ISE injection vulnerability, CVSS 10.0) in a third-party payment gateway’s API endpoint (/admin/XXX) integrated with CoinDCX. Exploitation: Attackers sent crafted POST requests (Content-Type: application/json) with malicious SQL payloads (‘… Read More »CoinDCX Cryptocurrency Exchange Breach
Zero-day vulnerabilities are a serious threat to organizations all over the world in the consistently elevating field of cybersecurity. Recently, a critical vulnerability known as CVE-2025-48827 surfaced, leaving systems vulnerable to privilege escalation alongside remote code execution (RCE) attacks. This blog post provides an in-depth analysis of the vulnerability, a step-by-step exploitation guide, and actionable… Read More »Zero Auth, Full Control: Inside the Critical vBulletin CVE-2025-48827