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Cybercrime: From the Frontline brings you expert insights into the latest cyber threats—fraud, deepfake scams, ransomware, insider attacks, and more. Hosted by Bitdefender’s Dan Berte, this series unpacks real-world cases and cutting-edge defenses in the fight against cybercrime.
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Forensic engineers are called in when things are already broken🪫— and the pressure is on. In this episode of Cybercrime from the Frontline, A Day in the Life of a Forensic Engineer, Bitdefender’s threat experts unpack what really happens once an organization realizes it’s been breached. 🔊 You’ll learn: ↪︎ What a forensic engineer does during post-breach investigations ↪︎The three pillars of forensics: incident response, state-sponsored attacks, and threat hunting ↪︎Wh...
🛡️ When a breach hits, it feels like the sky is falling. Systems falter, leadership demands answers, and rumors can outrun reality — fast. In this episode of CYBERCRIME from the Frontline, After the Breach: Anatomy of a Response, our experts break down what incident response really looks like when the clock is ticking. 🔊 You’ll learn: ↪︎ How organizations typically discover an attack (and why it’s often messy) ↪︎ The first “stop the bleeding” moves ↪︎ Top mistakes IT &...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. In this episode, we’re looking at 35 years of ransomware attacks. The code and targets were simple and small to start, but decades later, the attackers are faster, apply more leverage, and operate more like a business than ever before. 🔊 Topics covered in this episode include: ↪︎ The earliest days of ransomware attacks ↪︎ Ransomware’s evolution to double and...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. In this episode, our experts discuss the pathways hiding in plain sight that result in supply chain attacks. Explore how adversaries infiltrate organizations by compromising the trusted software, hardware, and services that organizations rely on every day. Through high-impact real-world examples and insider analysis, the team explores why these attacks are so difficult to detect—an...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtains on the Bitdefender Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team. They’re sharing how they handle incident response, from detection to post-event reporting. Cybercrime never sleeps, but you can, thanks to MDR. 🔊 Here are just some of the topics the MDR team discusses in this episode: ↪︎ The 2 a.m. phone call ↪︎ The imme...
🛡️ In this episode of Cybercrime: From the Frontline, host Dan Berte sits down with Peter Stelzhammer from AV-Comparatives, along with Dragos Gavrilut and Lucian Cucueanu, from Bitdefender, to unpack why independent cybersecurity testing remains essential in 2025. They explore how testing has evolved from simple offline scans to complex, real-world simulations that mimic today’s organized cybercrime operations. Together, they reveal how unbiased testing helps security vendors and custom...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline, Season 2—this is the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. In this episode, we’re exploring unexpected frontlines, including environments you didn’t expect to protect. Some of these technological layers are hidden, others are forgotten about, and a few are just emerging. As defenders, we might view these layers individually, but cybercriminals view them as a large, inviting attack surface. 🔊 Here are some of...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline, Season 2—this is the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. We’re talking about gaming scams and fraud targeting you, your kids, and gamers around the globe. In this episode, a team of Bitdefender experts discusses the complex and often hidden scams built to exploit the sophisticated in-game economies of today’s most popular gaming platforms. 🔊 Here are some of the topics we’re covering in this ...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. In this episode, we are joined by Network Chuck, whose tech videos are watched by millions on YouTube. Here are just some of the topics we discussed with Network Chuck: ↪︎ The AI voice scam targeting his own family ↪︎ Hacking AI – and getting hacked by AI-created attacks ↪︎ The debate over AI and whether it’s making us smarter or dumber ↪︎ Certifications, CTFs, and p...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. In this episode, we explore the IoT Security Imperative. Remember when Internet of Things devices were a consumer trend? Now they are everywhere, numbering in the billions, and they’ve evolved into a national-security threat as well as growing risk for organizations around the world. 🔊 In this episode: ↪︎ How IoT devices have evolved from a consumer-level concern to a n...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline — the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. This week: Dark Side of Privacy - Cybercrime, Whistleblowers, and Illicit Activities on the Darknet. What began as a military-grade privacy tool is now home to ransomware groups, black markets, and whistleblowers alike. 🔊 In this episode: ↪︎ How dark markets operate like online megastores ↪︎ Why anonymity is both a shield for citizens and a weapon for crim...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. In this episode, Inside the Ransomware Marketplace: Trust, Code, and Chaos. Ransomware has evolved, and so has the global ransomware ecosystem, fueled by a rotating cast of characters, shifting business models, and cyberinsurance-funded ransom payments. 🔊 In this episode: ↪︎ How ransomware gangs operate like modern startups. ↪︎ What cyber insurance companies weigh before paying...
🛡️Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. In this episode, AI at an inflection point: How cyber defenders and attackers are racing ahead, with no finish line in sight. Instead, AI, particularly generative models, supercharge both cyber offense and defense in various ways. AI and LLMs offer revolutionary potential for security technologies and things like attack surface personalization but they also increase the potential so...
🛡️Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. This episode is a high-stakes roundtable discussion about one of cybersecurity’s most urgent battlegrounds: the cloud. The panel uncovers the real-world tactics cybercriminals are using today, from phishing campaigns that convincingly mimic Microsoft and Google logins to stealthy persistence techniques. Cloud attack vectors also vary by cloud, which adds another layer of complexity ...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. This episode explores how attackers are turning trusted tools into Trojan horses. PowerShell. TeamViewer. WMI. These tools and hundreds more are essential — and attackers know it. 🔊 In this episode: ↪︎ Our Bitdefender panel reveals how legitimate IT tools are being used to carry out stealthy, fileless attacks. ↪︎ 70% of cyberattacks now include Living off the Land (LOTL) tech...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. 🔊 In this episode, cyber experts and analysts dive into the mounting challenges defenders face in 2025. It’s a world where nation-state threats, AI weaponization, and global instability collide. We'll look into: ↪︎ Geopolitical Chaos — Cyberattacks are growing in frequency and sophistication, driven by rising mistrust, fractured alliances, and data sovereign...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real-life cyberattacks. From ransomware to deepfake scams, threat actors are getting smarter. 🔊 In this episode: ↪ The red flag to watch for related to employment scams: are you a target right now? ↪ It’s possible those perpetrating romance scams may communicate with your family members more frequently than you do, we discuss the setup for these attacks. ↪ Cyber fraud victims are...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents Cybercrime: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real cyberattacks. 🔊 In this episode: ↪︎ Organizations around the world have now lost more than $55 billion through business email compromise (BEC) attacks. ↪︎ Learn how attackers perpetrating this fraud leverage proprietary information, abuse trusted relationships, and act with a sense of authority. ↪︎ Understand a recent twist where business email compromise attacks may not in...
🛡️ Bitdefender presents Cybercrime: From the Frontline—the podcast that takes you inside real cyberattacks. 🔊 In this episode: ↪︎ IT support and Microsoft Teams — hear how threat actors are weaponizing the legitimate to breach your environment. ↪︎ The Dark Web trend that could fuel a new wave of insider threat attacks? Is your organization prepared for these? ↪︎ Why a growing number of organizations pay the ransom after a successful attack. ↪︎ Experts share their motiv...
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That kind of scam can be devastating, and you shouldn’t blame yourself — scammers are incredibly convincing. First, report the incident to the relevant fraud protection agencies in your country and inform your bank. You might need to flag your credit report as well. Consider changing all passwords, and monitor for unusual activity. This guide provides a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to what to do after an identity theft: https://www.upbeatgeek.com/dealing-with-cybercrime-a-step-by-step-guide/ . It offers emotional reassurance as well as clear, practical actions to take.