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Threat Actor Abuses Agentic AI Pentesting Framework to Target South Korean Financial Institutions
Zscaler.com·October 14, 2026·1 min read

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A threat actor exploited ARTEX, an open-source agentic AI penetration testing framework developed in China, to target financial institutions in South Korea. The framework leverages large language models to conduct automated security testing, which attackers repurposed for malicious exploitation campaigns.
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IntroductionZscaler ThreatLabz analyzed a recently active exploitation campaign in which a threat actor abused ARTEX to target South Korean financial institutions. ARTEX is an open source agentic penetration testing framework developed in China that uses larg…
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