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The Villager framework, an AI-powered penetration testing tool, integrates Kali Linux tools with DeepSeek AI to automate cyber attack processes. Developed by the Chinese group Cyberspike, it was released on the Python Package Index in July 2025 and quickly gained over 10,000 downloads in two months.
Villager marks a major change in cybersecurity, with experts cautioning that it may turn into a tool for cybercriminals like Cobalt Strike did.
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Villager uses natural language processing to turn plain text commands into dynamic, AI-driven attack sequences, unlike traditional penetration testing frameworks that depend on scripted playbooks.
Villager functions as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) client, using a complex distributed system with various service components aimed at high automation and low detection.
The framework has key parts: an MCP Client Service on port 25989 for message coordination, a database with 4,201 AI prompts for improved decision-making, and automatic creation of isolated Kali Linux environments for network scanning and vulnerability assessment.
AI-powered Pentesting Tool ‘Villager’
This tool can avoid forensic detection by wiping activity logs every 24 hours and using random SSH ports, making analysis difficult. The temporary nature of attack containers and AI-driven orchestration makes it difficult for incident response teams to monitor malicious activity.
Villager’s integration with DeepSeek AI models occurs through custom API endpoints hosted at http://gpus.dev.cyberspike.top:8000/v1/chat/completions, utilizing a proprietary model designated “al-1s-20250421” with GPT-3.5-turbo tokenization.
This AI integration allows the framework to modify attack strategies based on system characteristics, automatically launching WPScan when it detects WordPress or switching to browser automation for API endpoints.
The Villager group, Cyberspike, registered their domain cyberspike[.]top on November 27, 2023. They are part of Changchun Anshanyuan Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese firm specializing in AI and application software development.
However, investigations reveal concerning gaps in the company’s legitimacy, with no official website available and minimal business traces discoverable through standard corporate databases, Straiker said.
Archived website snapshots show that Cyberspike once sold a product suite with Remote Administration Tool (RAT) features. Version 1.1.7, released in December 2023, included a “built-in reverse proxy” and “multi-stage generator.”
The entire Cyberspike toolset was essentially a modified version of AsyncRAT, a popular Remote Access Trojan that cybercriminals have widely used since its 2019 GitHub release.
The developer of Villager is @stupidfish001, a former CTF player from the Chinese HSCSEC Team who has several email addresses. Click here to read the full report.
