----------------🎯 AI: ARTEX and AI-enabled penetration testing frameworks===================Cisco Talos reports in-the-w...

----------------🎯 AI: ARTEX and AI-enabled penetration testing frameworks===================Cisco Talos reports in-the-wild use of AI-enabled penetration testing frameworks, including malicious use of ARTEX. It also found more than 700 internet-reachable PentAGI instances. Reachability alone does not establish unauthorized access or a vulnerability.🔹 Scope and methodologyThe supplied report describes Talos tracking these frameworks and analyzing IP addresses associated with ARTEX. It says a diverse set of tools was present on the associated infrastructure, but the excerpt does not identify those tools or explain how the IP addresses were attributed. It also cites public reporting of criminal and targeted campaigns using ARTEX within weeks of its release, without naming the campaigns or victims in the supplied text.🔹 Technical findingsARTEX was published on GitHub in July 2026 by a developer using the pseudonym Autumn-27. It was designed for authorized penetration testing. An operator s...