# AI: Friend or Faux in Cybersecurity? Huntress Tradecraft Tuesday

DevFeed: [AI: Friend or Faux in Cybersecurity? Huntress Tradecraft Tuesday](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-friend-or-faux-in-cybersecurity-huntress-tradecraft-tuesday-54190.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.huntress.com/blog/ai-friend-faux-tradecraft-tuesday-recap>)

Author: Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch

Published: 2025-06-30T05:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Huntress Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/huntress-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI in cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-in-cybersecurity.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Threat Research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/threat-research.md>), [Social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/social-engineering.md>), [spoofing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spoofing.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-in-cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-in-cybersecurity.md>), [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [deepfakes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deepfakes.md>), [detection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/detection.md>), [generative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative.md>), [huntress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/huntress.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [north-korea](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/north-korea.md>), [other](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/other.md>), [phishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phishing.md>), [recap](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recap.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sensitive-data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sensitive-data.md>)

## AI overview

This recap examines how generative AI is affecting cybersecurity defenders and threat actors. It describes potential benefits such as threat detection, threat modeling, and signal context, alongside malicious uses including phishing, deepfakes, scams, fake AI tools, and AI-generated robocalls.

## Source excerpt

Is AI in cybersecurity a tool for defenders or the attackers? Find out in our recap of Huntress' June Tradecraft Tuesday, where we break it down.