RemoteThreat launches with $7 million to sell AI-driven offensive cyber operations tools

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RemoteThreat has launched as a new offensive cybersecurity startup with $7 million in pre-seed funding, entering a corner of the security market that focuses less on defensive monitoring and more on tools for simulating or carrying out sophisticated cyber operations. The company was founded by Chris Thompson and Shawn Jones, former leaders of IBM’s X-Force Red team, and is pitching an AI-enabled platform meant for enterprise red teams as well as U.S. government and defense users. (The Register, SiliconANGLE)

RemoteThreat says its O/C/O Platform is designed to help customers plan, execute, and adapt offensive cyber operations with AI assistance, going beyond the automated penetration-testing tools commonly sold into enterprise security teams. Thompson previously founded IBM’s first dedicated red team and later became global head of X-Force Red, while Jones has described the company’s aim as preserving expert operator control rather than replacing it with black-box automation. (SiliconANGLE, The Register)

RemoteThreat says access to the platform is restricted to vetted enterprises, defense contractors or defense partners, and U.S. government customers or mission teams, reflecting the obvious misuse risks around software built for offensive operations. According to the company, the platform is made up of eight connected systems covering mission planning, command and control, implants, initial access, advanced attack capabilities, obfuscation, analysis, and AI-assisted operations. It also says the system can be operated either by human users or by AI agents. (The Register, SiliconANGLE)

The startup says it currently has 15 employees, including operators, researchers, engineers, and malware developers drawn from organizations including X-Force Adversary Services, Mandiant, SpecterOps, Dreadnode, Bugcrowd, Microsoft, defense contractors, and government agencies. RemoteThreat also says it has already signed customers including a major bank, a securities exchange operator, a large U.S. healthcare company, and a leading AI lab. ()

RemoteThreat launches with $7 million to sell AI-driven offensive cyber operations tools

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