06-27, 09:45–10:15 (Europe/Vienna), Kreativraum 3.1 (Track 3 - Women4Cyber/Rookie)
AI has industrialized cybercrime. Exploit timelines collapsed from days to hours, ransomware victims surged 389%, and 4.6 billion stolen credentials flooded darknet markets. Then Claude Mythos showed autonomous zero-day discovery at scale. This talk presents current threat data, examines how AI reshapes both offense and defense, and offers practical strategies for security leaders.
In 2025, cybercrime became a continuous, machine-speed system. Exploitation attempts surged 25% to 120 billion globally, time-to-exploit dropped to 24–48 hours, and AI tools like WormGPT eliminated the skill barrier for attackers. Identity replaced malware as the primary attack vector, with billions of stolen credentials enabling login-based intrusions at scale. Deepfakes now target executives directly for fraud and access.
The Claude Mythos announcement in April 2026 marked an inflection point: autonomous discovery of decade-old zero-days across all major operating systems overnight, for under $2,000 per exploit. This talk covers current threat data, the implications for defenders, and why Continuous Threat Exposure Management and AI-enabled defense are no longer optional.
Dr. Ronke Babajide is Manager Systems Engineering at Fortinet Austria, where she leads a technical team advising organizations on securing hybrid IT/OT environments.
With a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Vienna, she started her IT career during the commercialization of the internet — progressing from web development and systems engineering into network performance, application delivery, and security.
Over 15+ years in technical presales and advisory roles at Riverbed, Radware, VMware, and Fortinet, she has built deep expertise across the full infrastructure stack. This background gives her a practical, grounded perspective on how AI is transforming cybersecurity on both sides of the equation.
At Fortinet, she sees this shift firsthand: AI-driven threat detection and automated response are now core to the security platform, while adversaries increasingly use generative AI to scale phishing, develop malware, and accelerate attacks.
Her daily work involves helping customers navigate this new reality — where AI is both the tool and the threat, and where traditional security models no longer hold up against the speed and sophistication of modern attacks.