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[Webinar] Doing More With Less: How Security Teams Escape Manual Work with Efficient Workflows

Security teams are under constant pressure to do more with the same resources. Manual processes, fragmented tools, and inefficient workflows can slow teams down and pull focus away from what matters most. In this live webinar, experienced security practitioners share how they’ve escaped the constraints of limited resources by

Application Security

DAST vs Penetration Testing: Key Differences in 2026

Learn about the key differences between DAST and pentesting, the emerging role of AI pentesting, their roles in security testing, and which is right for your business.

Product updates

How to Visualize Web & API Coverage with Screenshots and Validate Attack Paths in Escape

We reworked how Escape represents dynamic security testing tool coverage across web applications and APIs, with one goal: Make every executed action observable, verifiable, and explainable. We strongly believe every app is different, and just showing visited URLs is not enough. Why this matters After every security scan, you might

Pentesting

Top 10 Web Application Penetration Testing Tools (2026)

Explore the best web application penetration testing tools of 2026. Learn how modern pentesting solutions detect business logic flaws and scale continuous security testing, so security teams can support modern web apps with faster, more accurate coverage.

Application Security

MCP Endpoint Discovery & External Scanning in Escape ASM

Escape ASM (Attack Surface Management) now natively supports the discovery and external scanning of unauthenticated MCP (Model Context Protocol) endpoints, extending discovery coverage to a new generation of AI-native APIs and LLM infrastructure. As organizations increasingly adopt MCP to connect large language models (LLMs) with tools, data sources, and internal

Application Security

Apple's App Store Source Map Leak: A Preventable Vulnerability We Found in 70% of Organizations

On November 4, 2025, Apple shipped its redesigned App Store website. However, it came with a surprise: JavaScript sourcemaps enabled in production. Within hours, it enabled some to download Apple’s entire front-end codebase directly from the production site. They used a Chrome extension to extract and save all the

Application Security

Duck Store is Open for Business & Business Logic Vulnerabilities

Explore Duck Store, a modern, intentionally vulnerable web app designed for security testing.

Product updates

Introducing Projects: Turn Visibility Into Action With Clear Ownership

Assign the assets to the right project, add the right people, and let them start reviewing findings and patching what needs to be patched.

Pentesting

Best Agentic Pentesting Tools in 2026

Explore the best Agentic pentesting tools of 2026. Learn how modern pentesting solutions detect business logic flaws and scale continuous security testing, so security teams can replace manual pentests with faster, more accurate coverage.

Application Security

Two Major Updates from The Elephant in AppSec Conference: Agenda Is Live & Partnership with InfoSecMap

Two exciting updates in the Elephant in AppSec corner! 1. The Elephant in AppSec Conference 2026 Agenda Is Now Live The agenda for the 2026 edition of The Elephant in AppSec Conference is officially published. This year’s program brings together a lineup of speakers who aren’t afraid to

Product updates

Escape Monthly Product Updates — December

Discover the latest features we’ve shipped, from multi-tenant testing to enhanced scan failure visibility!

Agentic Pentesting: The Complete Guide to Get Started in 2025

Explore this complete guide to agentic pentesting and learn how agentic pentesting architecture works, the key benefits it delivers, and the tools you can integrate into your security workflow.

Pentesting

Best AI Pentesting Tools in 2026

Explore the best AI pentesting tools in 2026. Learn how modern pentesting solutions detect business logic flaws and scale continuous security testing, so security teams can replace manual pentests with faster, more accurate coverage. Updated: January 2026

Product updates

Reproduce complex exploits in Escape: Multi-Step Custom Rules Are Here

Until now, custom rules in Escape were limited to single-request vulnerabilities. You could only define and test one request at a time. This meant that more complex vulnerabilities, such as those requiring multiple chained steps (e.g., creating a user, then editing that user to escalate privileges), couldn’t be

[Webinar] Automating Offensive Security with AI: A Guide to Scaling Pentesting with Escape

Automated pentesting is now one of the most hyped topics in cybersecurity, with AI systems promising to replace human hackers. But how much is real, and how much is marketing hype? This webinar provides a practical guide to automating offensive security, built from the perspective of offensive and application security

Case Study

From Complex Authentication to Confident Coverage: How Applied Systems Transformed Their AppSec with Escape

In a recent webinar on "From Business Logic Vulnerabilities to Actionable Insights: AI-powered Pentesting + ASM in Action," Andrew Orr Erwing, Manager of Security Engineering (AppSec) at Applied Systems, shared his team's journey in modernizing their application security approach. For organizations that have grown rapidly through acquisitions,

Security Research

Methodology: How we discovered over 2k high-impact vulnerabilities in apps built with vibe coding platforms

Hey there, With Halloween around the corner, what’s scarier for organizations than vulnerabilities in their web applications? And it's even scarier when the development of these applications is in the hands of users not familiar with security practices. This year, the Escape research team has focused on

Attack Surface Management

Why context is king in Attack Surface Management (ASM): Key insights from my conversations with security leaders

When I launched this research, my goal was to understand the current perception of security practitioners regarding Attack Surface Management (ASM) solutions. Unlike in my previous article, "What is wrong with the current state of DAST?" I didn't start with an overall negative perception from the

Product updates

Introducing AI-Powered Exploit Validation and Remediation Guidelines

Security teams know that finding a vulnerability is only half the battle. The harder part is validating that it can be exploited and applying the right fix with confidence. Too often, remediation guidance is static, generic, or incomplete, leaving engineers guessing. This also strains the relationships between security and developers.

Application Security

[Webinar] From Business Logic Vulnerabilities to Actionable Insights: AI-powered Pentesting + ASM in Action

For years, security teams have relied on human penetration testers to uncover critical vulnerabilities hidden in complex business logic. These flaws are subtle, context-dependent, and unique to every system’s workflow. Even modern scanners struggle to capture them, focusing only on a limited range of vulnerabilities displayed in their UI.

Product updates

August Product Updates: Enhancements to the Escape Public API and CLI, and the Introduction of Global Configuration Management

August is usually synonymous with vacations, beach days, and relaxation. But here at Escape, we’re not taking a break from empowering security teams (just kidding, we still took a break, but we shipped more efficiently!). While many are winding down, we’re cranking up the pace with some exciting

Podcast

Security Culture: When Are We Really Creating Change? with Marisa Fagan

Discover insights from The Elephant in AppSec episode with Marisa Fagan.

Application Security

How to Automate Your Penetration Testing?

AI is revolutionizing penetration testing, transforming traditionally manual exploits, once spanning several days, into automated systems that can now handle reconnaissance, scanning, and fuzzing in a matter of hours. Automate your pentesting For teams that deploy every day Book a demo → Learn more "AI is already transforming pentesting. If

Podcast

The Future of Pentesting: Can AI Replace Human Expertise? ⎥ Jyoti Raval

Discover insights from The Elephant in AppSec episode with Jyoti Raval

Podcast

Security Wins Only When Institutionalized – Here’s Why! ⎥ Kevan Bard

Discover insights from The Elephant in AppSec episode with Kevan Bard.