AI’s Double-Edged Sword in Cybersecurity : Insights from CYFIRMA CEO Kumar Ritesh (Sentaku Magazine – May Issue)
Publish Date: 2026-05-11 09:26:00
Source Domain: www.cyfirma.com
Published On : 2026-05-11
The security industry is currently on high alert as rapidly evolving AI begins to pose a threat that could fundamentally transform corporate crisis management.
A symbolic event occurred in early April. The American AI company Anthropic announced a new AI model (a large language model similar to ChatGPT) called “Mythos,” only for it to be pulled from public release almost immediately. The reason: the model’s capabilities were terrifyingly high. For instance, without any human instruction, it autonomously discovered “zero-day” vulnerabilities—undisclosed flaws usable for cyberattacks that humans had overlooked for decades—within major operating systems like Windows and leading browsers such as Chrome and Safari. Furthermore, it autonomously sent emails to relevant parties and even posted its own activities online.
From a corporate crisis management perspective, AI at this level has the potential to destroy any company’s systems. If such technology falls into the hands of malicious actors, including criminals or state-sponsored agencies, companies will find their vulnerabilities exposed and breached at an unprecedented speed. It is safe to say it is now technically possible for AI to be exploited for attacks on critical infrastructure, ransomware campaigns, and espionage, easily outpacing the cycle of security updates and patching.
Moreover, even low-skilled attackers will be able to leverage AI for sophisticated operations. This would dramatically increase the volume and success rate of breaches, leading to a catastrophic destabilization of global digital systems. AI capabilities have reached a dimension where this is a reality.
As someone witnessing this AI evolution at the front lines of security, I believe humans have no choice but to treat AI as a “strategic partner” and coexist with it. Rather than completely replacing jobs with AI, we should use it for “augmentation.” For critical…
