AI vs. AI: The New Cybersecurity Arms Race
SC Media, Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) has delivered undeniable gains in productivity. Employees move faster. Workflows are automated. Creativity gets scaled. But the same generative AI capabilities reshaping businesses are also transforming cybercrime - and the imbalance has already had considerable real-world impact.
The Osterman Research Group reports that 98% of security leaders say AI has already been widely used in cyberattacks against their organizations. Meanwhile, the FBI reported $2.7 billion in losses from business email compromise (BEC) attacks in 2024 alone. These are not projections. They are proof that the threat landscape has fundamentally shifted.