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Al-Powered Web Security Penetration Testing
AI now drives entire pentest workflows, from recon and fuzzing to exploit analysis and reporting. This hands-on guide shows security professionals which AI tools to trust, where they fail, and how to use them responsibly, with real-world scenarios and 13 practical labs covering prompt injection, the OWASP LLM Top 10, and red teaming AI agents.
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In June 2025, an autonomous AI system called XBOW climbed to the number one spot on HackerOne’s US leaderboard, ahead of every human researcher. A few months later, an AI system found all twelve zero-day vulnerabilities in a coordinated OpenSSL release. AI-assisted offensive security is no longer an experiment. It is now the default way the work gets done.
AI-Powered Web Security Penetration Testing: Tools, Techniques, and Real-World Lessons is a practical guide to working in this new reality. AI has moved beyond suggesting exploit ideas in a chat window. It now drives complete tool-using loops across reconnaissance, scanning, fuzzing, exploit analysis, and reporting. This book shows you how that shift works in practice, which tools deserve your trust, where they break down, and how to fold them into a workflow that still respects written scope, safe-harbor rules, and responsible disclosure.
Written for intermediate security professionals, ethical hackers, bug bounty hunters, and DevSecOps engineers, the book covers the full modern offensive stack. You will learn how a pentest copilot is built and governed, how AI transforms attack surface mapping and vulnerability template generation, and how fuzzing evolves from random bytes into hypothesis-driven testing. You will also see how large language models speed up exploit chain analysis, triage, and evidence-backed reporting.
The book also tackles the other side of the equation: testing applications that are themselves powered by AI. Dedicated chapters walk you through prompt injection in practice, a complete pentester’s checklist for the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2026, and red teaming AI agents for excessive agency, tool poisoning, and MCP weaknesses. You will examine how autonomous offensive agents behave in the wild and where the field is heading next.
Every chapter opens with a verified real-world scenario, walks through a reproducible workflow, compares the strengths and limits of the available tools, and closes with a hands-on lab you can run safely in DVWA, OWASP Juice Shop, or PortSwigger Web Security Academy. Thirteen labs take you from baselining your current workflow to building your own rules of engagement and a chain-aware verification harness.
This is not a shortcut around authorization. It is a manual for using powerful new tools responsibly, so you can stay effective, credible, and ahead of the curve in a profession that is growing alongside its tools.
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SouthStone Publications
SouthStone Publications is a publisher dedicated to advancing practical knowledge across web development, IT engineering, programming, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. Working closely with a network of subject matter experts and industry practitioners, SouthStone produces books, guides, and training programs designed to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable knowledge. Its catalog has supported developers, engineers, analysts, and security professionals around the world in building more resilient, scalable, and well-architected systems.
Proud to be the first publisher in the Cybersecurity category on LeanPub, SouthStone Publications is committed to bridging the gap between deep technical expertise and accessible education, helping practitioners at every stage of their careers stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
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