Evaluating the capabilities of AI-based penetration testing tools

Jacques Ophoff; Ibeabuchi Egbu; Sanaz Kavianpour

Evaluating the capabilities of AI-based penetration testing tools

Department of Cybersecurity and Computing

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computer Security. ESORICS 2025 International Workshops
Subtitle of host publication	ANUBIS 2025, SSECAI 2025, SecAssure 2025, STMUS 2025, Toulouse, France, September 22–24, 2025, Revised Selected Papers, Part II
Editors	Romain Laborde, Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, Gregory Blanc, Pierre-François Gimenez, Harsha Kalutarage, Naoto Yanai, Ankur Shukla, Sandeep Pirbhulal, Joachim Posegga, Kwok-Yan Lam
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
ISBN (Electronic)	9783032160928
ISBN (Print)	9783032160911
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 14 Aug 2025
Event	Workshop on Security and Artificial Intelligence - Toulouse, France Duration: 25 Sept 2025 → 26 Sept 2025 https://sites.google.com/view/secai2025/home

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Publisher	Springer
Volume	16232
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Workshop

Workshop	Workshop on Security and Artificial Intelligence
Abbreviated title	SECAI 2025
Country/Territory	France
City	Toulouse
Period	25/09/25 → 26/09/25
Internet address	https://sites.google.com/view/secai2025/home

Keywords

AI
Penetration testing
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Ophoff, J., Egbu, I., & Kavianpour, S. (Accepted/In press). Evaluating the capabilities of AI-based penetration testing tools. In R. Laborde, J. Garcia-Alfaro, G. Blanc, P.-F. Gimenez, H. Kalutarage, N. Yanai, A. Shukla, S. Pirbhulal, J. Posegga, & K.-Y. Lam (Eds.), Computer Security. ESORICS 2025 International Workshops: ANUBIS 2025, SSECAI 2025, SecAssure 2025, STMUS 2025, Toulouse, France, September 22–24, 2025, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 16232). Springer.

Ophoff, Jacques ; Egbu, Ibeabuchi ; Kavianpour, Sanaz. / Evaluating the capabilities of AI-based penetration testing tools. Computer Security. ESORICS 2025 International Workshops: ANUBIS 2025, SSECAI 2025, SecAssure 2025, STMUS 2025, Toulouse, France, September 22–24, 2025, Revised Selected Papers, Part II. editor / Romain Laborde ; Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro ; Gregory Blanc ; Pierre-François Gimenez ; Harsha Kalutarage ; Naoto Yanai ; Ankur Shukla ; Sandeep Pirbhulal ; Joachim Posegga ; Kwok-Yan Lam. Cham : Springer, 2025. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)).

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Ophoff, J , Egbu, I & Kavianpour, S 2025, Evaluating the capabilities of AI-based penetration testing tools. in R Laborde, J Garcia-Alfaro, G Blanc, P-F Gimenez, H Kalutarage, N Yanai, A Shukla, S Pirbhulal, J Posegga & K-Y Lam (eds), Computer Security. ESORICS 2025 International Workshops: ANUBIS 2025, SSECAI 2025, SecAssure 2025, STMUS 2025, Toulouse, France, September 22–24, 2025, Revised Selected Papers, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), vol. 16232, Springer, Cham, Workshop on Security and Artificial Intelligence, Toulouse, France, 25/09/25.

Evaluating the capabilities of AI-based penetration testing tools. / Ophoff, Jacques ; Egbu, Ibeabuchi ; Kavianpour, Sanaz.
Computer Security. ESORICS 2025 International Workshops: ANUBIS 2025, SSECAI 2025, SecAssure 2025, STMUS 2025, Toulouse, France, September 22–24, 2025, Revised Selected Papers, Part II. ed. / Romain Laborde; Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro; Gregory Blanc; Pierre-François Gimenez; Harsha Kalutarage; Naoto Yanai; Ankur Shukla; Sandeep Pirbhulal; Joachim Posegga; Kwok-Yan Lam. Cham: Springer, 2025. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 16232).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Ophoff J , Egbu I , Kavianpour S. Evaluating the capabilities of AI-based penetration testing tools. In Laborde R, Garcia-Alfaro J, Blanc G, Gimenez PF, Kalutarage H, Yanai N, Shukla A, Pirbhulal S, Posegga J, Lam KY, editors, Computer Security. ESORICS 2025 International Workshops: ANUBIS 2025, SSECAI 2025, SecAssure 2025, STMUS 2025, Toulouse, France, September 22–24, 2025, Revised Selected Papers, Part II. Cham: Springer. 2025. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)).

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