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Posted on Originally published at gridthegrey.com

Agentic AI Pentesting Closes Gap as Exploit Speed Hits 5 Days

Forensic Summary

A new guide for CISOs highlights the growing role of autonomous AI agents in continuous web pentesting, citing industry data showing attackers exploit vulnerabilities in ~5 days while defenders take 43 days to patch. The piece references proven autonomous pentesting capability — including an AI system topping HackerOne's leaderboard in 2025 — and warns that AI/LLM applications carry critical findings at 2.7x the rate of traditional apps. Security leaders are urged to demand provable coverage, blast-radius guardrails, and audit trails before deploying agentic pentesting tools against production environments.


Read the full technical deep-dive on Grid the Grey: https://gridthegrey.com/posts/agentic-ai-pentesting-closes-gap-as-exploit-speed-hits-5-days/

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