# Palo Alto Networks launches continuous AI penetration-testing service

_Published Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 1:09 PM EDT · Security, AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Palo Alto Networks launched Continuous Frontier AI Defense, a worldwide subscription service that repeatedly tests customers' web applications, APIs, cloud infrastructure, code repositories and networks. Unit 42 software routes tasks among Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5, OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber and open-weight models, then attempts to verify vulnerabilities, map possible attack paths and propose fixes or temporary virtual patches.

The service extends an earlier one-time assessment. Palo Alto Networks says six months of development across more than 100 engagements found exposures at every tested customer, with 37% rated high or critical; those results are company-reported.

## Sources

- [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/palo-alto-networks-unit-42)

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