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Jul 9, 2026 · Information Security

Designing and Deploying an AI‑Driven Autonomous Penetration Testing Bot

The article details the design of an expert‑driven AI penetration‑testing agent called Zero, built on Cairn with Claude code, and walks through a real‑world attack where the bot discovers a Django site, brute‑forces SSH, writes a webshell, while discussing efficiency, cost, and current limitations.