Why AI is accelerating both attackers and defenders: From MWC Barcelona

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Artificial intelligence is reshaping cybersecurity on both sides of the battlefield. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Jo Lintzen speaks with two experts working at different layers of the security ecosystem.



Geri Revay, Principal Security Researcher at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, explains how cybercrime has evolved into a structured ecosystem where attackers specialize in different roles such as gaining initial access, developing ransomware, or negotiating payments. He discusses how AI is accelerating the speed of cyber attacks while also creating new opportunities for defenders through large scale data analysis.



Later in the episode, Haon Park, Co-Founder and CTO of AIM Intelligence, explores the emerging security risks surrounding enterprise AI systems and autonomous technologies. As organizations rapidly deploy AI models, agents, and robotics, these systems introduce entirely new attack surfaces that traditional security practices were not designed to address.



Together, the conversation examines how the threat landscape is evolving and why cybersecurity strategies must adapt to both industrialized cybercrime and the security challenges introduced by AI itself.



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[00:00] Intro

[00:35] Meet Geri Revay: Threat intelligence researcher at Fortinet

[02:32] From ethical hacking to defensive security research

[06:05] The industrialization of cybercrime

[07:12] Why becoming a cybercriminal is easier today

[08:03] How AI accelerates cyber attacks

[10:34] Why defenders may gain an advantage through data

[13:05] Making threat intelligence actionable for organizations

[15:31] Securing operational technology environments

[18:02] Why patching works differently in OT systems

[19:37] Deception technology and detecting attackers in OT networks

[22:41] Harvest now, decrypt later and the future of encrypted data

[24:55] The importance of threat intelligence sharing

[27:25] AI in cybersecurity: short term advantage for attackers

[33:03] AI security and the growing attack surface

[37:20] Meet Haon Park: AI security and automated red teaming

[40:20] Securing AI agents and enterprise AI systems

[43:25] Why AI models remain vulnerable to attacks

[46:53] Building policy driven guardrails for AI systems

[49:26] Why AI agents change the cybersecurity threat model

[51:22] Security risks in multimodal and autonomous AI systems

[54:41] Securing physical AI and robotics

[57:09] Why physical AI may create the next major security incident

[59:16] Closing thoughts



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