A mysterious Chinese AI pentesting tool has appeared online, with over 10,000 downloads so far

The developers built malware before and participated in competitions used as recruiting platforms for Chinese state hackers.
Infosecurity Magazine

Chinese AI Villager Pen Testing Tool Hits 11,000 PyPI Downloads

AI-native Villager, which automates Kali and DeepSeek penetration tests, has reached 11,000 PyPI downloads fueling dual-use ...
Security Boulevard

Chinese-Made Villager AI Pentest Tool Raises Cobalt Strike-Like Concerns

Villager is being pitched as a legitimate AI-powered pentest tool for red teams, but the platform, made by Chinese company Cyberspike, has been loaded almost 11,000 times on PyPI in two months, ...
Bleeping Computer

PyPi package backdoors Macs using the Sliver pen-testing suite

A new package mimicked the popular 'requests' library on the Python Package Index (PyPI) to target macOS devices with the Sliver C2 adversary framework, used for gaining initial access to corporate ...
KTLA

Raxis Innovates With AI-Augmented Pentesting, Delivering Faster and More Effective Cybersecurity Testing

ATLANTA, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Raxis, a leading cybersecurity company specializing in advanced penetration testing, today announced the integration of AI-augmented tools into its flagship ...