{"id":3410,"date":"2025-07-04T10:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ai-hacking-leaderboard-number-one\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:45:42","slug":"ai-hacking-leaderboard-number-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ai-hacking-leaderboard-number-one\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Seizes Top Spot on Leaderboard for White Hat Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the first time ever, an AI model has seized the top spot on a white hat hacking leaderboard.<\/p>\n

In a blog post<\/a>, the cybersecurity firm\u00a0Xbow\u00a0boasted about its historic rise to the top of the HackerOne leaderboard<\/a>, which ranks the top ethical hackers in the US against each other as they duke it out in the name of cybersecurity.<\/p>\n

Xbow’s use of AI for white hat hacking follows a long tradition of automation<\/a> on both sides of the ethics divide, culminating in a majority of hackers using the technology<\/a>. Xbow claims its AI is “fully autonomous,” operating with minimal human input,\u00a0though of course that’s a common claim that often turns out to be more complicated in reality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Xbow’s AI is centered on what’s known as “automated penetration testing,” a method that simulates cyberattacks by exploiting vulnerabilities in a given system \u2014 a much faster version of the so-called “pentests” that human white hat hackers do on behalf of clients to probe their potential vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

As company founder Oege de Moor told\u00a0Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>, such “manual” \u2014 read: human-conducted \u2014 tests cost about $18,000 on average and can take weeks to complete, often leading businesses to put off this important security measure<\/a> until it’s too late.<\/p>\n

“By automating this,” de Moor said, “we can completely change the equation.”<\/p>\n

While it’s clear that Xbow’s process works, it’s not without flaws. As PC Gamer<\/em> notes<\/a>, Xbow’s tech is as prone to hallucination<\/a> as any other AI \u2014 but the company circumvents any harm, it says, by having humans vet each issue as it arises.<\/p>\n

Beyond winning the top hacker spot, the year-old startup has also raised $117 million in seed funding<\/a> to date from financiers including Sequoia Capital and the venture capital firm NFDG. Speaking to Bloomberg<\/em>, NFDG partner Nat Friedman said that although Xbow’s AI is “exciting,” he also finds it “somewhat terrifying.”<\/p>\n

“We are now in the era of machines hacking machines,” Friedman said.<\/p>\n

More on AIs with jobs:<\/strong> Anthropic Let an AI Agent Run a Small Shop and the Result Was Unintentionally Hilarious<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post AI Seizes Top Spot on Leaderboard for White Hat Hackers<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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