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XBOW autonomous AI pen tester reaches HackerOne US leaderboard top in June

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XBOW's autonomous, AI-powered penetration testing tool reached the top of HackerOne's US leaderboard in June, marking a concrete milestone for a security tool that can find real vulnerabilities at scale. The result matters because the system combined AI-driven discovery with deterministic validation to reduce false positives while producing confirmed findings.

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  1. 13.08.2025 16:22 1 articles · 11mo ago

    XBOW autonomous AI pen tester reaches HackerOne US leaderboard top in June

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    In June, XBOW's autonomous, AI-powered pen testing tool became the first non-human bug hunter to reach the top of HackerOne's US leaderboard. The achievement followed a Black Hat USA demonstration of the system's vulnerability-finding and validation workflow.

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