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HOG3 Security

AI hacker that proves how attackers get in

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HOG3 is an autonomous AI pentester that shows how attackers could break into your app. It chains weaknesses into working attacks, gives engineers reproducible proof, & prioritizes fixes by impact. Your team fixes it. HOG3 retests it. All testing stays within your authorized scope. 9/10 times HOG3 finds CVSS9+ criticals.

PH · launched Sep 8, 2026 · 3 upvotes (top 11%) · 3 views

Niche: penetration testing tools · 138 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▼ -43% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Security
  • Agent / copilot
  • B2B
  • AI-native
  • Commercial product
  • Developer Tools
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Security

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Could you build this?

No Autonomous penetration testing that chains zero-day or non-trivial multi-step exploits into working proofs requires elite offensive cybersecurity research and execution sandboxes that cannot be replicated by prompting an LLM.

What it would actually take: Building an autonomous pentester requires an automated red-teaming engine combining dynamic application security testing (DAST), automated reconnaissance, headless browser interaction, and exploit payload generation. It must safely execute non-destructive exploit chains against target infrastructure without causing denial-of-service or data corruption. This demands deep vulnerability research, exploit development expertise, and advanced sandboxing infrastructure.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 112 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #13 of 113 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 214 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Super Pentest · ph · 2026-10-18 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Bypass Labs · ph · 2026-09-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
  • Lorikeet Security · ph · 2026-09-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
  • HEXBOX · ph · 2026-10-19 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.41
  • Astra Autonomous Pentest · ph · 2026-06-04 · 406 upvotes · similarity 0.40
  • TestBot · ph · 2026-09-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
  • ClawSecure · ph · 2026-03-15 · 316 upvotes · similarity 0.40
  • ClawSecure · ph · 2026-05-11 · 247 upvotes · similarity 0.40

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