Penetration Testing

As reported by The Cyber Express, two cybersecurity experts arrested during a sanctioned security assessment at the Dallas County Courthouse have reached a $600,000 settlement with Dallas County, Iowa, and its former sheriff.

The agents solved most challenges at low cost but struggled with more broadly scoped tasks.

AI has been integrated by 82% of ethical hackers into their workflows to facilitate accelerated findings and more efficient assessments, representing a sharp increase from the 63% of respondents who leveraged AI in 2023, while the rate of those who believed AI to be value-adding to their profession held steady year-over-year at 74%, reports Infosecurity Magazine.

The new framework builds upon HackerOne's existing Gold Standard Safe Harbor for traditional software.

Founded in May 2025, Novee is developing an AI platform designed to continuously simulate sophisticated hacker tactics.

Western European high-speed rail service operator Eurostar has accused Pen Test Partners researchers of blackmail after their disclosure of four security flaws impacting the firm's AI chatbot through its vulnerability disclosure program, The Register reports.

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The new law, Article 8-A, carves out exceptions for actions that might otherwise be deemed illegal, such as unauthorized system access, provided the researcher acts solely in the public interest of cybersecurity.