Shannon: Autonomous AI Tool with Nmap Integration Can Uncover and Exploit Security Flaws

Shannon is a fully autonomous AI-powered penetration testing tool that uses a four-phase multi-agent pipeline (reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, reporting) combining white-box code analysis and black-box exploitation to produce verified, reproducible proof-of-concept exploits and pentester-grade reports. The announcement details features (tool integrations, OWASP coverage, parallel agents, workspace/resume support), setup and usage steps, test results against benchmarks and Juice Shop, and clarifies it is intended for sandboxed/staging environments with open-source and commercial editions available.