CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline

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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.

21H AGO

After the Breach: Anatomy of a Response

🛡️ 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 & security teams make under extreme pressure ↪︎ Why DIY forensics can backfire ↪︎ Real steps you can take now to prepare for the worst-case scenario ↪︎ What compliance, insurance, and regulators expect in the first 24–72 hours ↪︎ Why communication can save trust—or destroy it Host Dan Berte welcomes Bitdefender Director of Attack Surface Analytics Mihai Leonte, Bitdefender Manager of Attack Surface Analytics Stefan Hanu, and Director of Product Management Raphaël Peyret, as they take you behind the scenes of an incident response. Bitdefender CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline. Hit subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode! 📲 #Cybersecurity #CISO #CIO #SaaS

41 min
12/19/2025

Ransomware’s Evolution to Digital Extortion: The New Frontline of Cybercrime

🛡️ 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 extortion attacks ↪︎ What are quadruple extortion attacks, and why they’re on the rise ↪︎ The ways attackers are leveraging compliance frameworks to increase the odds organizations will pay a ransom ↪︎ The future of ransomware, designed to limit detection Host Dan Berte is joined by Bitdefender VP of Threat Research Dragos Gavrilut, Team Lead of the Bitdefender Cyber Intelligence Fusion Cell Sean Nikkel, and Bitdefender Senior Security Researcher Radu Tudorica for this week’s conversation about ransomware’s 35 years of evolution. Bitdefender CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline. Hit subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode! 📲 #Cybersecurity #CISO #CIO #Ransomware

32 min
12/05/2025

Silent Infiltration: Reducing Risk from a Supply Chain Attack

🛡️ 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—and so devastating when they hit. 🔊 Topics covered in this episode include: ↪︎ How software libraries, open-source packages, and dependencies become attack vectors ↪︎ Real incidents: Target, NotPetya, SolarWinds, Kaseya, GitHub and more ↪︎ Why MSPs can potentially amplify attack impact ↪︎ Approaches for detecting anomalies and limiting supply chain risk Join Bitdefender VP of Threat Research Dragos Gavrilut, Bitdefender Senior Manager of Detection & Response Cristina Vatamanu, and Bitdefender Director of Product Management, Raphaël Peyret as they break down how threat actors are leveraging your trusted vendors against you. Bitdefender CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline. Hit subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode! 📲 #Cybersecurity #CISO #CIO #SaaS

39 min
11/21/2025

The MDR Advantage: Turning Cybercrime Response Into Cyberattack Prevention

🛡️ 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 immediate actions they take to stop an attack ↪︎ Intricacies of cyber incident response ↪︎ The times multiple incidents occur at one, across organizations ↪︎ When most attackers prefer to execute their attacks ↪︎ The power of building a relationship with your MDR team ↪︎ MDR increases your security posture while lowering your stress level ↪︎ An MDR team helps you shift left to prevent attacks in the first place Join Bitdefender Senior Manager of Global SOC—Joshua Armstrong, Bitdefender Director of Global Security Operations for MDR—Tyler Baker, and Bitdefender Team Lead, Cyber Intelligence Fusion Cell—Sean Nikkel to go behind the scenes on MDR. Hit subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode! 📲 #Cybersecurity #CISO #CIO #MDR

42 min
11/07/2025

How Independent Testing Keeps Security Solutions Ahead of Cybercrime

🛡️ 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 customers alike stay one step ahead of attackers—especially as AI, phishing sophistication, and even data sovereignty reshapes the threat landscape. 🔊 In this episode: ↪︎ From Offline to Real-World Testing: Independent labs have evolved from scanning malware on disconnected PCs to conducting 24/7 tests that replicate live phishing, spear-phishing, and social engineering attacks. ↪︎ The “Independent” in Independent Testing: How AV-Comparatives ensures fairness by testing all vendors under identical, controlled, and geographically consistent conditions—helping CISOs make informed, data-driven decisions. ↪︎ Eliminating Bias and Blind Spots: Why external testing is crucial for uncovering weaknesses that even in-house research teams can’t see. ↪︎ Balancing Detection, Speed, and Usability: Security products must detect threats quickly without slowing down systems or creating false positives that hinder productivity. ↪︎ Ethical Hackers as Testers: The best testers think like adversaries—bridging products, probing weaknesses, and pushing cybersecurity vendors to continuously improve. ↪︎ AI and the Next Frontier: How testing must adapt to the future wave of threats. ↪︎ Continuous Testing for Continuous Threats: Why testing can’t stop, even on holidays—because hackers don’t take days off. ↪︎ The Future of Testing: Expanding to IoT, cloud platforms, and compliance testing as attack surfaces grow—and why independent certification is now a Microsoft requirement for trusted security vendors. Join us for this crucial episode of CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline. Hit subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode! 📲 #Cybersecurity #CISO #CIO #AI

47 min
10/24/2025

Unexpected Frontlines: Environments You Didn’t Expect to Protect

🛡️ 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 the topics covered in this episode: ↪︎ What an attack surface is (how attackers see your organization) and why it’s layered and complex ↪︎ The three key pillars of exposure ↪︎ AI as the new blended attack surface ↪︎ Blind spots & lack of visibility as primary risk multipliers ↪︎ Printers as real-world breach vectors ↪︎ Home/office routers as chronic liabilities ↪︎ Cloud misconfigurations ↪︎ IoT sprawl & underestimation ↪︎ Software vulnerabilities & patching friction ↪︎ Common sense approaches to addressing these challenges Join Bitdefender Director of IoT Security Dan Berte as he hosts Bitdefender Director of Attack Surface Analytics Mihai Leonte, Bitdefender Vice President of Threat Research Dragos Gavrilut and Bitdefender Director of Product Management Raphaël Peyret. Watch season two of CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline. Hit subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode! 📲 #Cybersecurity #Cybercrime

45 min
10/03/2025

In-Game Scams and Fraud: The Complex and Often Hidden World of Online Gaming Risks

🛡️ 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 episode: ↪︎ Fraudulent websites offering "free" in-game currency ↪︎ Microtransactions that can quickly accumulate large expenses ↪︎ Account theft and selling of gaming accounts on dark web markets ↪︎ Predators using game chats and Discord to lure victims ↪︎ Sextortion schemes targeting children ↪︎ The risk of in-game psychological manipulation ↪︎ The emotional impact of falling for an in-game scam, especially for kids ↪︎ How to fight back and help younger gamers defend their digital kingdoms Gamers spend billions every year to play, and cybercriminals want to steal as much as they can. Listen to this episode to help keep your currency out of their hands. Join Bitdefender Director of IoT Security Dan Berte as he hosts Bitdefender Product Manager Ioana Bistriceanu, Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist Catalin Cosoi and Sr. Director of Threat Research and Reporting, Bob Botezatu. Watch season two of CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline. Hit subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode! 📲 #Cybersecurity #Scams #Gaming #Cybercrime

44 min
09/19/2025

A Discussion with Network Chuck‬: AI, Virtual Machines, and the Secret to Creating Viral Tech Videos

🛡️ 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 proctoring in an AI era ↪︎ The surprising tech topic his viewers can’t seem to get enough of ↪︎ Cybersecurity best practices he implements at home Plus, if your videos have millions of views, you must be doing something right. ‪Network Chuck‬ explains how and why he creates viral video content that inspires people to learn more. Join Bitdefender Director of IoT Security Dan Berte as he hosts Network Chuck, along with Chief Security Strategist Catalin Cosoi and Bob Botezatu, Senior Director, Threat Research & Reporting, as they kickoff season two of CYBERCRIME: From the Frontline. Hit subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode! 📲 #Cybersecurity #CISO #CIO #AI

58 min

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.

Creator

Bitdefender
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

18
Rating

Clean
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