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ARTEX for Everyone: What Widely Available AI Hacking Means for Defenders

In this episode of ShadowTalk, John Dilgen and Dylan Deane examine ARTEX, an AI-powered penetration-testing framework that was openly available on GitHub and is now appearing in real-world intrusions.

Learn what defenders can do now—from rotating exposed credentials and treating application records as security telemetry to using AI-enabled red-team tools and exposure management to find viable attack paths before adversaries do.

Resources: https://linktr.ee/ReliaQuestShadowTalk

John Dilgen: Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at ReliaQuest, where he specializes in researching cyber threats impacting ReliaQuest customers. With a strong technical background, he previously served as an Incident Response Analyst and Trainer at ReliaQuest.

Dylan Deane: Technical Product Marketing Manager with years of experience as a Threat Hunter and a background in Incident and Breach Response. Dylan graduated from Western Carolina University with a B.S.B.A. in Computer Information Systems.

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