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DAAn AI Agent replicated a $50K Pentesting service!
⭐100% open-source with 19K+ stars
A "normal" pentest today looks like this:
→ $20K-$50K per engagement
→ 4-6 weeks of scoping, NDAs, kickoff calls
→ A big PDF that's outdated the moment you ship a new feature
Meanwhile, AI agents are quietly starting to perform on par with human pentesters on the stuff that actually matters day-to-day:
✅ Enumerating the attack surface
✅ Fuzzing endpoints
✅ Chaining simple vulns into real impact
✅ Producing PoCs and remediation steps devs can actually use
And they do it in hours instead of weeks at a fraction of the cost.
This approach is implemented in Strix, a recently trending open-source framework (19K+ stars) for AI pentesting agents.
The framework spins up a team of AI "attackers" that probe your web apps, APIs, and code.
It returns validated findings with exploit evidence, remediation steps, and a full PDF report that looks exactly like what you'd get from a traditional firm - but without a $50K invoice and a month-long wait time.
Getting started:
Just run: `strix --target https://your-app.com`
Human red teams aren't disappearing, but the routine pentest (pre-launch, post-refactor, quarterly checks) is clearly shifting to AI.
Strix is one of the first tools that makes that shift feel real instead of hypothetical.
GitHub repo in the comments! 👇
👉 Over to you: Have you tried AI-powered pentesting?
#ai #cybersecurity #pentesting
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