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Threat Actor Abuses Agentic AI Pentesting Framework to Target South Korean Financial Institutions

IntroductionZscaler ThreatLabz analyzed a recently active exploitation campaign in which a threat actor abused ARTEX to target South Korean financial institutions. ARTEX is an open source agentic ...

The Blind Spots of Agentic Pentesting and How to Close Them

AI-powered penetration testing can uncover complex attack paths, but safety restrictions and network limitations leave many ...

Ridge Security Launches RidgeOne, a Self-Contained Appliance for AI Pentesting and Red Teaming

Ridge Security today announced RidgeOne, a self-contained solution that brings autonomous AI-powered penetration testing and agentic red teaming to mid-sized organizations. Combining Ridge Security’s ...

Can Palo Alto Networks' 'Always-On AI Pentesting' Really Be Operationalized to Let GPT and Claude Attack Your Own Environment?

On September 22, 2026, Palo Alto Networks announced a somewhat unusual security service.The name is "Unit 42 Continuous Frontier AI Defense".When I first saw the name, I thought, "Are they going to ...
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The Best Pentesting Programs Pair AI Speed with Human Judgment

In Synack’s latest research, The State of Continuous Security Validation, the top-line finding matches what I hear from customers: people are confident in their pentesting programs, right up until a ...