Fewer than one in ten cybersecurity professionals trust AI testing tools to detect vulnerabilities, and more than three-quarters say their AI vulnerability scanning tools missed critical flaws.
Cobalt’s State of Pentesting 2026 report shows that confidence in fully automated AI testing has plummeted, from 29% in 2025 to 9% this year. 78% of respondents found that automated tools ignored critical vulnerabilities; The LLM flaws proved complex, with MTTR dropping from 19 to 36 days and most issues remaining unresolved. Hybrid models have […]







