Comparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Penetration Testing · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.09882/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTComparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Penetration Testing — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46518996urn:hackerpapers:submission:2512.09882:46518996Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:23:07 GMT<p>Comparing AI agents to cybersecurity professionals in real-world pen testing</p><p>WSJ writeup (&quot;AI Hackers Are Coming Dangerously Close to Beating Humans&quot;): https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-hackers-are-coming-dangerousl..., https://archive.ph/L4gh3</p><p>125 points; 92 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.09882/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AIComparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Penetration Testing — mentioned by ChrisArchitecthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46269990urn:hackerpapers:mention:2512.09882:46269990Mon, 15 Dec 2025 03:04:49 GMT<p>Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 WSJ feature: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-hackers-are-coming-dangerousl... (https://archive.ph/L4gh3)</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.09882/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AIComparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Penetration Testing — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46266743urn:hackerpapers:submission:2512.09882:46266743Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:49:06 GMT<p>AI Agents vs. Pentesters</p><p></p><p>2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.09882/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AIComparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Penetration Testing — mentioned by ChrisArchitecthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46258205urn:hackerpapers:mention:2512.09882:46258205Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:23:57 GMT<p>Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 WSJ feature: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-hackers-are-coming-dangerousl... (https://archive.ph/L4gh3)</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.09882/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AIComparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Penetration Testing — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248738urn:hackerpapers:submission:2512.09882:46248738Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:48:55 GMT<p>AI based hacking compared to humans</p><p></p><p>2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.09882/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AI