AI Hackers Are Faster Than Your Pen Test — Eli Cohen, Snyk

This post introduces the concept of AI-assisted offensive security, arguing that traditional security practices are insufficient against AI-powered attackers and AI-generated code. It details a proposed system composed of an orchestrator agent, recon agents, vulnerability hunting agents, an exploit-validating judge agent, and remediation/reporting agents. This agent team aims to perform continuous red teaming and pen testing on every pull request, integrating context from other scanners to provide comprehensive security validation and reduce false positives. The talk also outlines four key questions to ask any AI pen testing vendor.