The Harness Is the Hard Part of Agentic Pentesting

The Hacker NewsPublished 6 days ago

AI-powered penetration testing relies heavily on the engineering of the surrounding harness to ensure safe and effective attacks on web applications. The harness enforces scope, manages credential use, and mitigates prompt injection risks, which are critical to maintaining security during AI-driven pentests.

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The Harness Is the Hard Part of Agentic Pentesting

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