by Rick Tortorella | Mar 17, 2026 | AI, Technology
Scene 1 (Shadow Work) “I don’t think that’s the right way to do it. Telling the AI who he is, prompting. It’s going to cause issues in the long run. Let’s just start from the actual starting point. Let’s just explain what...
by Rick Tortorella | Mar 12, 2026 | AI, Technology
Scene 1 (The Question I Should Have Asked) The ROI question changed everything. Instead of trying to prove business logic vulnerabilities were exploited at scale, literally a question the data couldn’t answer, I could analyze what different vulnerabilities cost...
by Rick Tortorella | Mar 10, 2026 | AI, Technology
Scene 4 (The Gap) But even if fraud and breach statistics were combined into one comprehensive database, I’d still have a problem. Most cybercrime never gets reported at all. The Department of Justice estimates that only 1 in 7 cybercrimes are reported; meaning...
by Rick Tortorella | Mar 5, 2026 | AI, Technology
Scene 1 (The Investigation Begins) OK. I’m irreplaceable. But how do I prove that, objectively? After playing with ChatGPT in our little experiment, I’d been in a downward spiral. LLMs could automate vulnerability scanning, that much was clear. XBOW was...
by Rick Tortorella | Mar 3, 2026 | AI, Technology
Week 1: March 3 – Act I (The Crisis) March 5 – Act II, Scenes 1-3 (The Search Begins) Week 2: March 10 – Act II, Scenes 4-5 (The Gap and Realization) March 12 – Act III (The Reframe) Week 3: March 17 – Act IV, Scene 1 (The Method) March...
by Rick Tortorella | Mar 3, 2026 | AI, Technology
Scene 1 (The Introduction) My first introduction to XBOW was a LinkedIn notification in late 2024. We’re hiring at XBOW! We’re on a mission to redefine offensive security through AI. The email was a LinkedIn summary. A repost from Nico Waisman. The...
