NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hack The Box (HTB), the global leader in AI-powered cybersecurity readiness, today unveiled HTB AI Range, the world’s first controlled AI cyber range built to test and benchmark the safety, limits and capabilities of autonomous security AI agents. HTB AI Range replicates live, high-stakes cyber battlegrounds, tailored for enterprise readiness, where AI agents and human operators are evaluated side-by-side. Every model and every human is tested, refined and retested until mastery is measurable.
AI is now an important part of many systems and activities. This quick growth makes the attack surface much bigger because more and more autonomous AI systems are utilized to power business programs, apps, and agent-building tools. These tools are often employed by people who don’t fully understand what they can do or what threats they provide. HTB AI Range is the first live-fire training ground in the world. It sets the standard for how businesses get ready for hybrid defense, which is when people and robots have to work together.
Haris Pylarinos, CEO and Founder of Hack The Box, said, “AI is now part of the cyber battle and the ecosystem as a whole. We’re building the arena where it can be tested and used safely to defend responsibly.” “For more than two years, we’ve been working on AI-driven learning paths, labs, and research where machines and people compete, work together, and grow together.” We’re not just reacting to AI’s development in cyber with HTB AI Range; we’re also defining how defense changes with it. “Not through fear, but through mastery” is how cybersecurity moves forward.
In an AI versus. Human CTF put on by HTB in April, autonomous AI teams solved 19 out of 20 simple-tier challenges. This means they were successful 95% of the time on jobs that were easy for HTB. AI teams did just as well as 403 human red teams on these easy, one-step issues, but they didn’t do as well on the last set of problems, which were harder and had more steps. Attackers are already utilizing AI to make thousands of automated requests, frequently more than one per second, to big tech, financial, manufacturing, and government organizations. Now, defenders need to use AI in the same way to make their defenses bigger and deal with attacks and campaigns that use AI.
“Hack The Box is where AI agents and people learn to work together under real pressure,” said Gerasimos Marketos, Chief Product Officer at Hack The Box. “We’re working on the urgent need to keep checking AI systems in real-world situations where the stakes are high and human oversight is still very important. HTB AI Range makes that happen. It’s the next step in making AI for cyber defense more trustworthy, safe, and effective.
The HTB AI Range is as complicated as running a business, with thousands of offensive and defensive targets that are always being updated. It was made for businesses, managed security service providers (MSSPs), and governments that want to stress-test AI models, make sure they are secure, and compare the performance of hybrid human-machine systems to standards like MITRE ATT&CK, NIST/NICE, and OWASP Top 10.
“AI is changing the danger picture in a big way. Early research is already showing how AI can automate reconnaissance and connect possible exploit paths in ways that were very hard to do just a year ago. As these skills get better, defenders will need teams who are prepared to work in more unpredictable, real-world situations. Dawn-Marie Vaughan, Global Offering Lead – Cybersecurity at DXC, remarked, “That’s why I’m excited about the work Hack The Box is doing for the industry.”
HTB AI Red Teamer Certification will be available in the first quarter of 2026.
In a 10-day AI red teaming CTF conducted by HTB and HackerOne, only 43% of people who signed up finished even one task. This shows that there is a big gap in people’s awareness of AI and security. This year, HTB and Google worked together to establish the AI Red Teamer Path, a job-role learning path that gives cybersecurity professionals the skills they need to review, test, and strengthen AI systems.
HTB also announced its AI Red Teamer Certification today, which will be accessible in the first quarter of 2026. This certificate is the highest level of the AI Red Teamer job-role route, which was created in partnership with Google. HTB is the first and only upskilling provider to follow Google’s Secure AI Framework (SAIF). The program gives security experts the skills they need to evaluate, exploit, and protect AI systems from start to finish, providing a new global standard for AI security knowledge.
About Hack The Box
Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and MSSPs all trust Hack The Box to help them establish effective cyber resilience on a large scale. It is the best AI-powered platform for cybersecurity readiness and upskilling. Hack The Box helps teams learn how to attack and defend in the age of AI by putting them in real-world situations. It does this using AI-enhanced intelligence, gamified laboratories, live-fire simulations, and the strength of one of the world’s largest cybersecurity communities. Hack The Box started in 2017 and now boasts a global community of over 4 million users and 1,500 industry and government customers. It helps businesses test their resilience, lower the risk of breaches, and find new cyber talent.