The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast

Ransomware in the age of agentic AI with Behnaz Karimi [337]

The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast

Show Notes

Today we're speaking with Behnaz Karimi, an independent researcher specializing in ransomware and agentic AI systems, Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at Accenture, and founder of Tremorina, about how ransomware is evolving to target AI systems, machine learning pipelines, and autonomous agents.

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