AIThe Registerabout 3 hours ago
Infosec professionals sour on automated pentesting tools
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Support for fully autonomous pentesting dropped from 29% to 9% of security pros in one year. Cobalt's 2026 State of Pentesting report found 78% of respondents experienced critical false negatives from automated scanners. The tools fail to detect AI-specific vulnerabilities like prompt injection and excessive agency flaws.
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