The cybersecurity landscape is evolving as Shinobi, an AI-driven firm, announces a significant enhancement to its platform—introducing the capability of performing penetration tests on mobile applications with the accuracy and reasoning of human experts. This advancement allows testing to be carried out continuously and at much faster speeds thanks to machine efficiency.
With mobile devices becoming essential repositories of personal and professional data, encompassing finances, communications, health information, and business interactions, they have increasingly attracted cyber attackers. Each update presents the potential for new vulnerabilities, highlighting the importance of robust security measures.
Challenges of Traditional Penetration Testing
Traditional approaches to mobile app penetration testing have been characterized by their manual nature, often being slow and costly while providing only a limited view of a system’s weaknesses at the time of testing.
These assessments do not keep up with the dynamics of software updates where new vulnerabilities can arise.
Shinobi's AI-Enhanced Testing Capability
Shinobi addresses these challenges with AI-powered testing tools that emulate the approach of top human teams by analyzing code, mapping APIs, and discovering real attack pathways.
Unlike human-dependent tests, Shinobi’s platform operates autonomously and continuously, achieving in hours what could take weeks with traditional methods.
Benefits of the Platform Update
The latest update by Shinobi allows organizations to:
- Conduct mobile app testing at the pace of development cycles
- Identify genuine vulnerabilities, including those involving intricate business logic
- Decrease testing time and expenses by as much as 90%
Mobile Apps as a Business Risk Frontier
Varun Uppal, Founder and CEO of Shinobi, stated, “Mobile apps are so essential to everything that we do. As a result, they have become vaults for our entire lives, which means they become the front line of business risk.”
Uppal continued, “Attackers are already using AI, and Shinobi helps defenders fight back, faster.”
