Shinobi's shortcut to AI-powered pentests in staging and dev envs

Founded in 2023 by Varun Uppal, Shinobi leverages an autonomous swarm of AI agents to emulate a red-team mindset, enabling them to collaborate, escalate privileges, chain vulnerabilities, and think like real attackers. Once developers provide contextual information about a new app version, these agents autonomously seek out vulnerabilities, offering actionable insights rather than overwhelming alerts. While customers were hesitant to allow testing on production apps, Shinobi adapted by using ngrok to create public endpoints for local machines, significantly reducing setup time for penetration tests to just 15 minutes. Despite occasional challenges like internal DNS names or redirect flows, Shinobi developed unique traffic policies to maintain agent functionality and user experience. The integration of ngrok streamlined customer access, enhancing Shinobi's ability to deliver intelligent vulnerability testing efficiently, positioning its AI agents as indispensable security testers within development workflows.

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