Authorized Autonomous Penetration Testing

Your scanner says you're patched.
We prove whether you actually are.

Red Queen runs 500+ behavioral tests against your authorized infrastructure — then goes further. When we find a path, we execute the full attack chain: credential extraction, service pivoting, RCE verification. Audit-grade evidence of what's actually exploitable.

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Real Output

What an authorized assessment actually looks like

This is anonymized output from actual client engagements. Not theoretical attack plans — executed exploitation with verified results.

red_queen — assessment results
[Alpha] Target: ███.███.██.199 — OpenSSH 7.4 / nginx 1.25.4 / MySQL 8.0.35
[Alpha] Precision probes executed: 348 across 5 services
[Alpha] Baseline observations: 50,209

[Results] VULNERABLE — 12 confirmed exploitable (AI-TRIVIAL: automated tools exist)
[Results] EXPOSED — 21 attack surface present, requires further testing
[Results] PATCHED — 39 behavioral test confirms remediation applied
[Results] NOT APPLICABLE — 18 CVE does not affect this configuration

[Anomaly] TIMING DEVIATION — CVE-2016-20012 on SSH
[Anomaly] Response: 1,582ms (6.1σ above 712ms baseline, confirmed 2/3 retries)

[Anomaly] DEPRECATED CRYPTO — 6 weak algorithms in SSH negotiation
[Anomaly] diffie-hellman-group1-sha1, ssh-rsa (SHA-1), 3des-cbc, blowfish-cbc

[Report] Executive summary sealed: SHA-256 a4f8c2e1...
[Seal] Evidence chain verified.
red_queen — pivot chain (authorized engagement)
[Beta] Authorization verified. Exploitation level: DEMONSTRATE

[Chain] Entry: Misconfigured cache service → harvested 43 connection strings
[Chain] Pivot: Authenticated to internal database using extracted credentials
[Chain] Result: Superuser access confirmed — 19 production databases enumerated

[RCE] COPY TO PROGRAM: AVAILABLE
[RCE] pg_read_file: CONFIRMED — server hostname extracted
[RCE] Persistence vector: pg_cron extension installed

[Evidence] Full chain documented with hash-sealed artifacts
[Time] Initial access → verified RCE: 58 seconds
500+ Behavioral Probes
160+ Service Families
50,000+ Baseline Observations
7 Anomaly Detection Types
The Difference

Version matching vs. behavioral proof

Scanners check version numbers. If the CVE says "fixed in 8.0.27" and that's what the banner reports, it's marked green. But patches fail. Configs conflict. Backports break version logic. We test actual behavior.

✕ Traditional Scanner

✕ Reports 286 CVEs — which ones are actually exploitable?
✕ Version says "patched" — but was the service restarted?
✕ Can't detect deprecated crypto or protocol weaknesses
✕ No baseline — same report every scan

✓ AetherCipher Red Queen

✓ 286 CVEs → 12 confirmed exploitable, 39 verified patched, 18 not applicable
✓ Behavioral probes test actual service response, not version string
✓ Detects weak crypto, timing anomalies, information leakage
✓ Learning engine flags behavioral drift across scans
Two-Phase Assessment

Verification first. Exploitation when authorized.

Every assessment starts with behavioral verification. With authorization, Red Queen executes the full attack chain — credential harvesting, pivoting, RCE confirmation — to prove what's actually at risk.

01 — ALPHA

Behavioral Verification

500+ CVE-specific probes test each vulnerability through actual protocol interaction. Request smuggling? We send malformed headers. Weak crypto? We negotiate deprecated algorithms. The response is the evidence.

02 — BETA

Authorized Exploitation

With explicit authorization, Red Queen executes attack chains: credential extraction from application data, authentication to internal services, RCE verification. Every step documented.

03 — EVIDENCE

Audit-Grade Reporting

Hash-sealed evidence chain for every finding. What was tested, what responded, what was exploited. Compliance-ready documentation that proves exactly what an attacker could do.

Learning Engine

Anomaly detection that scanners can't match

Beyond CVE matching, Red Queen monitors every response for patterns that indicate zero-days, misconfigurations, or infrastructure drift.

TIMING ANOMALY — 6.1σ deviation SSH probe took 1,582ms vs 712ms baseline. Auto-retried 3×, confirmed 2/3 anomalous. Server processes this request measurably slower than comparable targets — possible processing vulnerability.
PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE — deprecated algorithms SSH server offers diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 (Logjam-vulnerable), ssh-rsa (SHA-1 deprecated), 3des-cbc (Sweet32). Modern servers removed these years ago.
CROSS-TARGET OUTLIER — unique misconfiguration This server exposes .git/ repository on HTTP. Zero of 30 comparable targets show this pattern. Source code, commit history, and potentially credentials downloadable.
INFORMATION LEAKAGE — debug endpoints /server-status, /server-info, and /phpinfo.php accessible. Internal architecture, request statistics, and runtime configuration exposed.
Report Excerpt

Evidence-based findings, not probability scores

Every finding includes the evidence chain, exploitation status, and AI exploitability classification. Hash-sealed and timestamped.

Executive Summary — Sample Assessment

Target: ███.███.██.199 | Probes: 348 | Seal: SHA-256 a4f8c2e1…
Finding Status AI Exploitability Evidence
CVE-2023-25690 (Apache) VULNERABLE AI-TRIVIAL CL-TE and TE-CL desync confirmed on ports 80, 443
CVE-2025-26466 (SSH) EXPOSED AI-ASSISTED Version in vulnerable range. Behavioral probe confirms.
CONFIG-CREDENTIAL-EXPOSURE VULNERABLE AI-TRIVIAL .git/ accessible. Source code downloadable.
CVE-2024-38474 (Apache) PATCHED — Behavioral probe confirms correct path handling.
CVE-2023-48795 (Terrapin) MITIGATED — kex-strict-s-v00@openssh.com present.
Coverage

160+ service families with dedicated probe logic

Each service type has CVE-specific behavioral tests, credential extraction patterns, and pivot chain support.

SSH / OpenSSH HTTP / HTTPS Apache httpd nginx IIS MySQL / MariaDB PostgreSQL MSSQL MongoDB Redis Elasticsearch RabbitMQ SMB / CIFS RDP FTP / SFTP SMTP LDAP Docker API Kubernetes Fortinet FortiOS Palo Alto PAN-OS Ivanti VPN Citrix NetScaler Cisco ASA F5 BIG-IP Jenkins GitLab VMware vCenter Confluence / Jira Tomcat / WebLogic

See what we find on your infrastructure

We'll assess one of your external hosts — behavioral verification, anomaly detection, the full report. You evaluate the evidence. No commitment.

Only submit hosts you own or have written authorization to test.