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ai security and penetration testing agents

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-06), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

security · 170 members · Data as of 2026-10-09

These products leverage autonomous AI agents and specialized models to automate penetration testing, vulnerability discovery, and red-teaming exercises. They are built for cybersecurity teams, ethical hackers, and developers tasked with defending modern applications and agentic workflows. Unlike traditional static application security tools, this cluster centers on autonomous offensive security and real-time defense against vulnerabilities in software and AI systems.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
134
Prior count
24
Total count
170
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.49
Crowding
0.67
Concentration
0.83
Opportunity
0.50

Opportunity components

Attention
0.49
Low crowding
0.33
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.17

Source split

github
53 (0.40)
hn
29 (0.22)
ph
44 (0.33)
yc
8 (0.06)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.34

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
RASPIRE - App Security at AI Speed. YC 1176 2026-06-04
Apfel HN 743 2026-04-03
Offensive-Security-AI-Models GITHUB 511 2026-09-27
Astra Autonomous Pentest PH 406 2026-06-04
iFixAi PH 345 2026-09-29
Seep-Reverse-Lab GITHUB 344 2026-09-23
ClawSecure PH 316 2026-03-15
Parameter: AI that Hacks before Attackers do YC 303 2026-02-09
ClawSecure PH 247 2026-05-11
Watch bots interact with an SSH honeypot in real time HN 181 2026-07-17
Comma GITHUB 171 2026-09-30
CodeAnt AI - Autonomous offensive and defensive security YC 137 2026-05-26
Fabraix: The Frontier Agent that Hacks Customer-facing AI. YC 127 2026-07-20
Nightcrawler HN 120 2026-08-03
pi-warden GITHUB 103 2026-09-16
REx-skill GITHUB 96 2026-09-23
We post-trained a model that pen tests instead of refusing HN 93 2026-06-20
heimdall-pentest GITHUB 67 2026-09-14
Prowler Cloud PH 65 2026-09-22
Deltix – AI Driven Testing HN 54 2026-08-15
Cyber-Frost-Harness GITHUB 50 2026-10-05
Geiger HN 49 2026-09-09
Agent Arena HN 47 2026-02-06
OSINT-X GITHUB 46 2026-10-02
Purple-Team-Automation GITHUB 45 2026-09-24
Scan your AI agents for dangerous capabilities HN 44 2026-07-06
Magma - AI labs will pay you to learn from your agent's mistakes YC 37 2026-08-14
pcybox-attackgraph GITHUB 36 2026-09-25
Ghosthand GITHUB 30 2026-09-20
misalignment GITHUB 30 2026-09-20
CyberCodex GITHUB 29 2026-09-27
AiPC GITHUB 29 2026-10-04
Cybersecurity-Mastery GITHUB 29 2026-10-07
Sentrial: Production Monitoring for AI Agent Behavior YC 27 2026-02-05
snifftest GITHUB 27 2026-09-17
ARTEX GITHUB 26 2026-10-06
bundlebleed GITHUB 26 2026-09-13
I Put an AI Agent on a Nokia 110 HN 25 2026-10-08
learning_ai_pentesting GITHUB 24 2026-09-26
1c-testpilot-agent-kit GITHUB 23 2026-09-29
skill-audit GITHUB 22 2026-09-09
See how much your AI knows about you HN 22 2026-08-24
Tired of duct-taping access control into agent prompts. Here's the fix HN 22 2026-06-03
MouseCat 🐭🐱 AI-Powered Fraud Investigations YC 20 2026-03-03
Nyx HN 20 2026-04-19
AI Law Tracker HN 20 2026-07-16
dfirswarm GITHUB 20 2026-09-22
Aurick PH 20 2026-09-23
sac-agent-skill-assurance GITHUB 20 2026-09-14
Deadend CLI HN 18 2026-02-11