Former X-Force hackers chase the offensive cyber gold rush

Two former leaders of IBM's X-Force Red team have launched RemoteThreat, an offensive cybersecurity startup backed by $7 million in pre-seed funding. CEO Chris Thompson and CTO Shawn Jones claim their platform uses AI to plan, execute, and adapt offensive cyber operations, going beyond traditional automated security tools. With a team of senior operators, security researchers, engineers, and malware developers, RemoteThreat aims to provide defenders and government operators with access to the same speed and scale that AI may offer their adversaries.

The startup's platform includes eight connected systems for mission planning, command and control, implants, initial access, advanced attack capabilities, obfuscation, analysis, and AI-assisted operations. RemoteThreat currently has customers such as a major bank, a securities exchange operator, a large US healthcare company, and a leading AI lab.

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