NorseStar operates the training ground where the next generation learns to build, wield, and supervise autonomous offensive agents. A living threat-intel company — and the home of SANS SEC590.
Students arrive knowing little about AI and leave as practitioners who build custom pentest agents, orchestrate autonomous assessments, and supervise AI-driven operations. Fifty-fifty lecture and labs, every day, for five days.
A tribute to the most spectacular flameout in threat-intel history — rebuilt as a teaching environment. The company is fiction. The lessons are real.
1 · Attack surfaces for AI pentesting
2 · AI pentest harnesses
3 · Getting it right
4 · Autonomous operations
5 · Supervise & govern
A curated, continuously-maintained inventory of the open-source AI offensive-security landscape.
| Tool | Category | Stars | Δ 7d | Posture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HexStrike-AI | MCP · 150+ tools | 8.9k | +412 | Orchestrator |
| Strix | Autonomous · web | 6.1k | +288 | Agent |
| PentestGPT | Guided assistant | 9.4k | +77 | Assistant |
| CAI | Framework · REPL | 3.7k | +154 | Framework |
| Nebula | Assistant · local-LLM | 1.9k | +33 | Assistant |
Full index: 47 tools · sourced from the SEC590 research pipeline · browse all ▸