
DarkMoon: Open-Source AI-Powered Penetration Testing Platform Automates Security Assessments
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DarkMoon is an open-source AI-powered penetration testing platform designed to automate network and web application security assessments. It leverages AI agents to plan and execute testing tasks, reducing reliance on manual processes that traditionally span weeks and incur high costs from expert consultants. The platform is part of a growing trend of projects using automation to improve consistency and efficiency in penetration testing. No specific technical details, release dates, or impact metrics were provided in the article. DarkMoon is hosted on GitHub as an open-source tool. The source is Help Net Security.