PenTest2.0: Advancing Ethical Hacking with GenAI-Driven Privilege Escalation

Haitham Al-Sinani; Chris Mitchell

PenTest2.0: Advancing Ethical Hacking with GenAI-Driven Privilege Escalation

Haitham Al-Sinani
, Chris Mitchell

Department of Information Security

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of AINA-2026: 40th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, April 8-10, 2026, Wellington, New Zealand
Publisher	Springer, [Cham]
Volume	to appear
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 10 Jan 2026

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies (LNDECT)
Publisher	Springer

Cite this

Al-Sinani, H., & Mitchell, C. (Accepted/In press). PenTest2.0: Advancing Ethical Hacking with GenAI-Driven Privilege Escalation. In Proceedings of AINA-2026: 40th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, April 8-10, 2026, Wellington, New Zealand (Vol. to appear). (Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies (LNDECT)). Springer, [Cham].

Al-Sinani, Haitham ; Mitchell, Chris. / PenTest2.0: Advancing Ethical Hacking with GenAI-Driven Privilege Escalation. Proceedings of AINA-2026: 40th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, April 8-10, 2026, Wellington, New Zealand. Vol. to appear Springer, [Cham], 2026. (Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies (LNDECT)).

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PenTest2.0: Advancing Ethical Hacking with GenAI-Driven Privilege Escalation. / Al-Sinani, Haitham; Mitchell, Chris.
Proceedings of AINA-2026: 40th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, April 8-10, 2026, Wellington, New Zealand. Vol. to appear Springer, [Cham], 2026. (Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies (LNDECT)).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Al-Sinani H, Mitchell C. PenTest2.0: Advancing Ethical Hacking with GenAI-Driven Privilege Escalation. In Proceedings of AINA-2026: 40th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, April 8-10, 2026, Wellington, New Zealand. Vol. to appear. Springer, [Cham]. 2026. (Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies (LNDECT)).