Security Weekly #444 – John Strand – Pen Testing 5 Questions

SiliconAngle reports that more companies have been conducting purple team cybersecurity threat evaluations, with security penetration testing firm SpecterOps being the latest to create a collaboration between its offensive and defensive cybersecurity teams in testing and defending corporate systems.

SecurityWeek reports that more than $1 million in cash and prizes will be offered by the Zero Day Initiative for its first Pwn2Own Automotive hacking contest that will be held in Tokyo from Jan. 24 to 26, 2024.

Automated cybersecurity and penetration testing solutions provider Horizon3.ai has pulled in $40 million from a Series C funding round, bringing total investment to $78.5 million, reports SiliconAngle.