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DarkMoon: Open-source AI pentesting platform

DarkMoon, an open-source platform, uses AI agents to automate penetration testing, reducing reliance on manual expert time and costs. The platform plans and executes security probes autonomously, aiming to standardize results and accelerate engagements.

read1 min views1 publishedJun 29, 2026

Penetration testing has long run on expert time, with specialists spending days probing a network or web application by hand. Manual engagements stretch across weeks, expert consultants run into thousands of dollars a day, and results vary with the tester. Automation promises to narrow those gaps. A growing set of projects now hands the work to AI agents that plan and execute on their own. DarkMoon, an open-source platform, sits in that group. It runs … More

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