AI-Powered Penetration Testing Now On-Demand for Web Apps
▼ Summary
– Intruder launched AI Pentesting for web applications, allowing organizations to connect codebases via GitHub or GitLab for automatic scoping and testing within minutes, with results in hours.
– Annual penetration tests are misaligned with current rapid code deployment, and AI-assisted “vibe coding” introduces vulnerabilities faster, increasing the need for continuous testing.
– Intruder’s AI Pentesting uses autonomous AI agents trained by CREST-certified pentesters to deliver white-box tests that ingest codebases for full system awareness.
– The service provides audit-ready reports usable for compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and costs 25% or less than traditional manual engagements.
– Intruder’s CEO Chris Wallis stated that the high cost and long timeline of traditional pentests are unsustainable in today’s accelerated threat environment.
Intruder has officially launched AI-powered penetration testing for web applications, now available on demand. After introducing issue-level investigations last quarter, the platform now lets organizations securely connect their codebases through GitHub or GitLab. From there, it automatically scopes and launches penetration tests in just minutes, delivering results and audit-ready reports within hours.
The rise of AI tools like Mythos and Daybreak has proven that artificial intelligence is exceptionally skilled at uncovering security flaws. But that same capability is also accelerating the speed at which attackers operate. Traditional annual penetration tests no longer provide the level of protection organizations need, especially when businesses are shipping code weekly. Without more frequent testing, security and engineering teams risk falling dangerously behind.
Stretched teams, faster engineering
According to Intruder’s latest survey, The Security Middle Child Report, 49% of security leaders now rank AI and automation as their top investment priority for 2026. Meanwhile, AI-assisted “vibe coding” is producing insecure code at an alarming rate. Engineering teams using AI coding assistants are introducing new vulnerabilities without sufficient security review, creating a growing demand for continuous application testing.
AI-enabled security solutions are no longer optional. Embracing autonomous capabilities is the only practical path to a truly continuous security posture. This shift has become critical as the average time-to-exploit has dropped to just one day, a window that is expected to shrink even further in the coming months.
“Our mission at Intruder has always been to make robust cybersecurity accessible to everyone,” said Andy Hornegold, Chief Security Technologist at Intruder. “Providing web application testing marks an exciting step on that journey. By delivering the depth of a pentest on demand and at a fraction of the price, we’re helping businesses keep up with an accelerating threat environment.”
On-demand pentesting
Intruder’s web application penetration testing is powered by autonomous AI agents that actively discover weaknesses across application ecosystems. These agents bring the strategic depth and creative problem-solving of a manual, human-led engagement into an automated framework that teams can run on every release.
The framework is designed to transform how modern engineering and security teams manage software risk, offering several critical capabilities out of the box:
- White-box pentests: Pentesting agents gain full awareness of the system by ingesting the codebase.“Historically, the cost of a pentest has been very high and has taken a long time,” said Chris Wallis, CEO at Intruder. “In today’s accelerated threat environment, that timeline and cost don’t hold up. We’re ensuring that resource-constrained small and medium-sized businesses aren’t excluded from good security purely based on budget.”Zach Rattner, CTO at Yembo, added, “Securing a global AI platform requires continuous defense. While Yembo continues to leverage human pentesters, annual assessments alone leave dangerous windows of exposure. Intruder’s AI pentesting bridges that gap by delivering human-grade depth at machine speed to keep our platform permanently hardened.”
