[Name] Red Specter POLTERGEIST
[Version] 1.0.0
[Homepage] https://red-specter.co.uk/poltergeist/
[Download] https://red-specter.co.uk/poltergeist/docs/
[Author] Richard Barron / Red Specter Security Research
[Licence] Apache 2.0
[Description] POLTERGEIST is a 10-agent coordinated web application penetration testing swarm. It deploys 10 autonomous agents (Wraith, Specter, Shade, Banshee, Phantom, Ghoul, Lich, Wendigo, Poltergeist, Revenant) across 55 attack vectors with 532 base payloads and a 17-mutator engine. Every finding is triple-mapped to OWASP Web Top 10, OWASP API Top 10, and CWE, scored with CVSS 3.1, and packaged into Ed25519-signed reports with RFC 3161 timestamps.
[Dependencies] None (pure Python)
[Similar tools] Unlike Burp Suite, ZAP, or Nuclei which run sequential checklists, POLTERGEIST coordinates 10 agents in real-time, adapting based on findings. No existing Kali tool provides coordinated multi-agent web application testing.
[Activity] Active development. v1.0.0 released March 2026. 930 tests passing, zero failures.
[How to install] pip install red-specter-poltergeist
[How to use] poltergeist scan https://target.com --campaign full_assault
[Packaged] Yes — Debian package (.deb) available.