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This page collects Pentest-as-a-service industry news from the companies themselves. Parano.ai tracks 12 companies in this market, including Astra Security, BreachLock, Bugcrowd, Cobalt, Edgescan and 7 more, and turns what they publish and change into digestible intel reports, battlecards and sales enablement assets.
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- Oct 16 to Oct 23, 2026
Most active in the last 7 days, mostly event pages and blog posts:
Horizon3.ai8 updates
Synack6 updates
Intigriti5 updates
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Executive Summary
Sprocket Security launched 'Link', an AI agent for authenticated web application testing, and introduced 'Launch with Context' to enable focused agentic testing via plain language instructions.[1][2]
Edgescan's Atomic assessment uses AI agents to perform autonomous, adaptive, and non-destructive offensive security validation by mimicking human attacker reasoning.[3]
Cobalt identified seven critical security vulnerabilities, including memory corruption and OS command injection, within the AXERA-TECH ax-llm edge AI inference runtime.[4][5]- Horizon3 reached $100M in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) and is expanding its Pax8 partnership into Europe to provide NodeZero platform access to European MSPs.[6][7]
- Intigriti is promoting a unified security testing subscription that combines bug bounty, PTaaS, and VDP into a single model, alongside a researcher matching service tailored to specific tech stacks.[8][9]
BreachLock won the Best Autonomous Penetration Testing Solution award at the Cyber Defense Magazine 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards for its Breach360 platform.[10]
Astra Security, Pentera, and YesWeHack released research or updates regarding Shopify supply-chain attacks, PHP2Shell vulnerabilities, and upcoming participation in the 14th CESIN Congress, respectively.[11][12][13]
13 sources
- Sprocketsecurity — Sprocketsecurity Launches Link AI Agent for Authenticated Web Testing
- Sprocketsecurity — Sprocket Security Launches Launch with Context Feature
- Edgescan — Edgescan Explains AI-Powered Atomic Security Assessments
- Cobalt — Cobalt Discovers Seven Security Defects in AXERA-TECH AI Runtime
- Cobalt — Cobalt Explores Security Vulnerabilities in ax-llm Edge AI Runtime
- Horizon3 — Horizon3 Expands Pax8 Partnership into Europe
- Horizon3 — Horizon3 Reaches $100M ARR Milestone
- Intigriti — Intigriti Promotes Unified Security Testing Subscription
- Intigriti — Intigriti Promotes Targeted Security Researcher Matching
- Breachlock — BreachLock Wins Best Autonomous Penetration Testing Solution Award
- Astra Security — Astra Security Explores Shopify Checkout Hijack via App Supply Chains
- Pentera — Pentera Explores Critical PHP2Shell Vulnerabilities
- YesWeHack — YesWeHack to Participate in 14th CESIN Congress
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Bugcrowd Shares On-Demand Webinar on Integrated Risk Intelligence
Intigriti to Sponsor WICCON Event in Haarlem
YesWeHack to Attend Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress 2026
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Synack to Showcase Continuous Testing Solutions at DigitExpo Scotland
Intigriti Hosts PWN The Pot Casino Night at Hacker Summer Camp 2026
Sprocket Security Attends Three Rivers Information Security Symposium
Horizon3.ai Surpasses $100M ARR and Expands Global Presence
Horizon3 Releases NodeZero Rapid Response Check for PHP2Shell
Horizon3 Discusses Governing AI Agents in San Francisco
Synack Shares 2025 Vulnerability and AI Security Trends
Synack Shares Omdia Research on Agentic AI in Pentesting
Synack Discusses Overcoming Public Sector Cybersecurity Hiring Hurdles
Synack Explores Moving Beyond Compliance to Risk-Based Offensive Security
Synack Discusses Integrating Compliance and Security Testing
Cobalt CEO to Discuss Continuous Security Assurance at IATA Summit
Sprocketsecurity Launches Link AI Agent for Authenticated Web Testing
Horizon3 Shares TTEC Customer Story on Proactive Security
Bugcrowd Promotes Upcoming Hive Exchange Nuremberg Event
Bugcrowd Releases Updated AI Safety and Security Guide
Intigriti Recaps Activities at Hacker Summer Camp 2026
Intigriti Shares Insights on AI and Evolving Bug Bounty Trends
BreachLock Wins Best Autonomous Penetration Testing Solution Award
BreachLock to Showcase Breach360™ at FS-ISAC Americas Fall Summit
Horizon3 Named Finalist for Two CRN UK Awards
Horizon3 to Discuss CTEM Strategies with Brinqa
Intigriti Joins LASCON as a Gold Sponsor
Sprocketsecurity Welcomes Peter Cipolone to Service Delivery Team
Horizon3 Reaches $100M ARR Milestone
Horizon3 Concludes Texas Stops of the Attack Path Tour
Pentest-as-a-service companies we track
- Astra Security
- BreachLock
- Bugcrowd
- Cobalt
- Edgescan
- Horizon3.ai
- Intigriti
- Nodeware
- Pentera
- Sprocket Security
- Synack
- YesWeHack
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