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Apex Black Field Report coverLatest publicationField Report · July 2026
100days of testing
612production targets
4,032reported findings
702high or critical
37.4%of targets affected
99.9%network-reachable
Field ReportAutonomous AppSec

Autonomous Adversarial Discovery of Web-Application Vulnerabilities at Scale

Apex Black tested live web applications and APIs, developed attack hypotheses, and checked whether weaknesses could be exploited. Across its first quarter in use, the system produced 4,032 CVSS-scored findings across 612 production targets. The report examines where risk concentrated, which security boundaries failed most often, and what continuous adversarial testing changes for modern security teams.

By Pranamya Keshkamat11 pages
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