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

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 at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. Amidst the buzz of the industry being in one place, they discuss the security landscape in the AI era. The guests are working at different layers; 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 and services. Later in the episode, Haon Park, Co-Founder and CTO of AIM Intelligence, focuses on the emerging risks around AI systems themselves. As organizations rapidly deploy AI models, agents, and autonomous technologies, these systems introduce an entirely new category of attack surface. Together, the conversation highlights a critical shift in the security landscape. Attackers are moving faster through automation and specialization, while defenders must adapt to new forms of risk created by the technologies they are deploying.