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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,
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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
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Product updates
Introducing Multi-User Testing with Natural Language Queries in Escape DAST
Most of today’s SaaS structures are multi-tenant environments. Making sure that each tenant’s data and resources are securely isolated from others is critical. Weaknesses or misconfigurations in tenant isolation can lead to unauthorized access or data leaks between tenants, compromising the security of the entire system.
If you’
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Competitor Comparison
Detectify alternatives in 2026: Escape vs Detectify and 4 more tools
Looking for a Detectify alternative? Compare Escape vs Detectify on API and app security, pricing, G2 ratings, and key features. See why security teams choose this application security scanner for business logic testing and internal app scanning.
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Application Security
Gin & Juice Shop Benchmark: How DAST Tools Really Stack Up
This month, we set out to compare our DAST against some of the established names in Dynamic Application Security Testing. We’ve already benchmarked our scanner on vulnerable apps like VAMPI and DVGA, and now we’re putting it up against Qualys, ZAP, and Intruder (available in free trial) on
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Pentesting
Top Automated Penetration Testing Tools (2026)
Explore the best automated penetration testing 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.
29 min read
Application Security
Top Vulnerability Scanning tools 2026
In 2026, vulnerability scanning tools are essential for modern security teams, but running a scan is rarely the hard part anymore. The real challenge is automating it at scale: across thousands of assets, spanning APIs, web applications, and cloud services, in environments that can change by the hour.
Security engineers
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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.
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"AI is already transforming pentesting. If
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Announcement
Escape Honored with Inaugural Wiz Integrations (WIN) Partner Award
Escape has been recognized by Wiz as a winner in the inaugural WIN awards, earning the WINvaluable Award for its outstanding partnership!
This recognition highlights Escape's track record of delivering real outcomes for joint customers through the WIN program.
💡Launched in 2023, WIN is Wiz’s open, bidirectional
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How to Efficiently Implement DAST in CI/CD (2026 Guide)
Working with multiple customers implementing DAST in CI/CD has allowed us to learn a lot about what works, what doesn’t, and most importantly how to do it efficiently.
The truth is, it’s not about adopting just any tool. It's about making testing for runtime vulnerabilities
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GraphQL
The Paradox of Disabling GraphQL Introspection: Lessons from the Parse Server GraphQL API vulnerability
Last week, the security community was alerted to a vulnerability in Parse Server GraphQL API, which allowed public access to the GraphQL schema without requiring a session token or the master key. It is now identified as CVE-2025-53364.
So, the question comes up: Should we disable introspection entirely in production
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Application Security
Feedback From Escape Customers: Securing AI-Driven Applications with DAST
“You ask the developer why they wrote the code the way that they did, and they don’t have an answer anymore. They’re like, ‘Well, AI wrote it.” - Seth Kirschner, DoubleVerify
AI is now deeply embedded in software development workflows, and the implications for application security teams are
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Product updates
More Support for Complex Authentication Flows: TOTP MFA and Text-Based CAPTCHA
This June, we’re making it easier to test real-world applications with complex authentication flows without sacrificing automation.
Security teams need to test applications exactly as they exist in production, including MFA and CAPTCHA-protected flows. Historically, these protections aren’t "scanner-friendly" and often introduce friction into DAST workflows.
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Application Security
[Webinar] Securing AI-driven applications with DAST
Join us for a live webinar with application security experts and Escape clients - Seth Kirschner (DoubleVerify), Nathan Byrd (Applied Systems), Nick Semyonov (PandaDoc), as they break down how their teams are rethinking testing strategies to keep up with AI-influenced codebases.
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Compliance
Why DAST Is Critical for Cyber Resilience Act Compliance
The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act is reshaping how companies build and secure digital products. Learn why modern DAST is critical for CRA compliance from secure development to incident response and how to prepare before the 2027 deadline.
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