Hackers or Hallucinators? A Comprehensive Analysis of LLM-Based Automated Penetration Testing

The rapid advancement of Large Language Models LLMs has created new opportunities for Automated Penetration Testing AutoPT, spawning numerous frameworks aimed at achieving end-to-end autonomous attacks. However, despite the proliferation of related studies, existing research generally lacks...

CVE-2026-34406

APTRS Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System is a Python and Django-based automated reporting tool designed for penetration testers and security organizations. Prior to version 2.0.1, the edituser endpoint POST /api/auth/edituser/ allows Any user who can reach that endpoint and submit...

Agentic AI for Cyber Resilience: A New Security Paradigm and Its System-Theoretic Foundations

Cybersecurity is being fundamentally reshaped by foundation-model-based artificial intelligence. Large language models now enable autonomous planning, tool orchestration, and strategic adaptation at scale, challenging security architectures built on static rules, perimeter defenses, and...

EUVD-2024-53129

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

Inside the Mind of the Adversary: Why More Security Leaders Are Selecting AEV

Cybersecurity involves both playing the good guy and the bad guy. Diving deep into advanced technologies and yet also going rogue in the Dark Web. Defining technical policies and also profiling attacker behavior. Security teams cannot be focused on just ticking boxes, they need to inhabit the...

Sparring in the Cyber Ring: Using Automated Pentesting to Build Resilience

"A boxer derives the greatest advantage from his sparring partner…" — Epictetus, 50–135 AD Hands up. Chin tucked. Knees bent. The bell rings, and both boxers meet in the center and circle. Red throws out three jabs, feints a fourth, and—BANG—lands a right hand on Blue down the center. This wasn't...

The Golden Age of Automated Penetration Testing is Here

Network penetration testing plays a vital role in detecting vulnerabilities that can be exploited. The current method of performing pen testing is pricey, leading many companies to undertake it only when necessary, usually once a year for their compliance requirements. This manual approach often...

Nettacker - Automated Penetration Testing Framework

OWASP Nettacker project is created to automate information gathering, vulnerability scanning and eventually generating a report for networks, including services, bugs, vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and other information. This software will utilize TCP SYN, ACK, ICMP, and many other protocol...

OWASP-Nettacker - Automated Penetration Testing Framework

OWASP Nettacker project is created to automate information gathering, vulnerability scanning and eventually generating a report for networks, including services, bugs, vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and other information. This software will utilize TCP SYN, ACK, ICMP and many other protocols...