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- 1Pentest Tools returns to DefCamp with AI engine Specter●Good news, everyone! We’re back at DefCamp, sponsoring once again, and this time our booth has a special guest: Specter,
Pentest Tools is returning to DefCamp as a sponsor, where it will showcase Specter, the autonomous engine behind its AI pentesting services, at its booth. The company says Specter's client list includes the US Department of Defense, the UK Ministry of Defence, IBM and Booking.com, among others.
- 2CrowdStrike says lone hacker used AI tools to breach South Korean banks●🤖 CrowdStrike: a single operator used ARTEX, an open-source Chinese agentic pentest tool, plus LLMs, to hit South Korean
CrowdStrike reports that a single operator breached South Korean banks between late September and early October using ARTEX, an open-source Chinese agentic penetration testing tool, alongside large language models. Roughly 68,000 records were exposed through a loan-inquiry service and an employee mobile portal. Analysts note the attackers relied on conventional flaws and cheap, off-the-shelf offensive AI tooling rather than sophisticated custom malware.
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South Korean banks have been breached using an AI-powered penetration testing tool, according to reporting by Security Magazine. The incident raises concerns that offensive security software designed for authorized testing can be repurposed by attackers to automate intrusions against financial institutions. Details about which banks were affected, the scale of the breach, and who was behind the attacks remain limited, but the case highlights growing risks from AI-enabled cyber tools in the financial sector.