Can AI Do Cyber Security: Evaluating AI capabilities for threat detection, response, and vulnerability management — June 5, 2026

Published 05 Jun 2026 · ai, cybersecurity, threat detection, vulnerability management, cybersecurity news

The Current State of Can AI Do Cyber Security in Late 2025 As I sit here in mid-2026, reflecting on the discourse around "AI in cybersecurity," I can't help but feel a blend of cautious optimism and experienced skepticism. The hype cycle, as we all know, is a relentless beast. Five years ago, AI was going to solve world hunger; three years ago, it was going to write all our code. Now, it's firmly entrenched in solving all our cyber woes. The reality, as always, is far more nuanced, complex, and frankly, a lot grittier than the whitepapers suggest. The threat landscape, for its part, hasn't stood still. We’re seeing a significant uptick in highly sophisticated, fileless malware leveraging obfuscation and polymorphic techniques that traditional signature-based AV/EDR solutions struggle with. Supply chain attacks, facilitated by compromised CI/CD pipelines, are becoming increasingly c