Xbow, a startup developing an AI-powered hacking tool, is seeking to raise $75 million in funding. The company claims its AI can rival and surpass top-tier human hackers in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities. Xbow's technology autonomously solves a high percentage of web application security benchmarks, discovering vulnerabilities and creating exploits without human intervention.
The AI is designed to enhance offensive security measures, accelerating the discovery of vulnerabilities across various software types. It can adapt learned attack patterns to new situations, operating continuously to redefine secure development lifecycles. Xbow's AI can also bypass security filters and exploit complex cross-site scripting by using HTML entities encoding.
The company's mission is to stay ahead of malicious actors by providing security teams with advanced AI tools. Xbow's technology is intended to be used safely and responsibly, with the goal of scaling offensive security to meet the challenges posed by AI-driven cyberattacks and the increasing volume of software that needs to be secured.
