Moving Target Interview. The TRUE COST of being ONLINE (It’s NOT What You Think)

Most business owners think they're too small to be a target. They're not being targeted — they're being selected.
 
Tables get turned. Host interviews David Dean Mauro about his true-crime cybersecurity trilogy The Moving Target — a book series about online camouflage, small business cyber risk, and the real cost of being visible online.
 
Built from 400+ investigative interviews with cyber leaders, business owners, and criminal hackers, the trilogy follows Stevie Parker: competent, careful, busy — and breached anyway. No acronyms. No lecture. No IT background required.
 
WHAT WE COVER:
• Why "I'm too small to target" is the most expensive assumption in business
• Selected vs. targeted — how criminal crews actually pick victims
• Shadow AI: the risk sitting on every employee's phone (we unlock ours 260+ times a day)
• How much criminals already know about you, your bank, and your kids
• Inside a ransomware operation: quotas, shift changes, HR, healthcare, a board of directors
• The bear and the shark — why defense in depth beats perfect security
• Social engineering, plain English: they don't hack systems, they hack people
• Who really pays after a breach (hint: it's not the brand in the headline)
 
Fewer than 4% of cybercriminals look anything like the hoodie in the basement. Cybercrime is organized crime with an org chart.
 
CHAPTERS
00:00 Turning the Tables: Why a Cybercrime Trilogy for Business Leaders
01:13 The Real Cost of Being Visible Online
02:56 Meet Stevie Parker: The Competent Victim
04:35 "I'm Too Small to Target" — The Most Expensive Myth in Business
06:52 Selected, Not Targeted: How Criminals Actually Pick You
10:20 Shadow AI: The Risk Hiding on Every Employee's Phone
13:03 What Hackers Already Know About You and Your Family
16:35 The Bear and the Shark: Outrunning Cybercrime
19:25 Inside a Ransomware Gang: Quotas, HR, and a Board of Directors
24:24 Beyond the Headlines: Who Really Pays When a Company Gets Breached
 
Book three of The Moving Target releases September 22. Links and the data-broker opt-out checklist mentioned in the episode: [ADD LINK]
 
 
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True crime enters our homes and businesses daily. Learn from actual people who fight it daily and show you how in a thriller story. The Moving Target Trilogy. Book 3 to be released September 22nd, 2026. Start with any of them. Be a Moving Target.

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The Moving Target Trilogy. Book 3 to be released September 22nd, 2026. Start with any of them. Be a Moving Target.

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Hosted by David Dean Mauro. Former trial lawyer, AI Security Advisor, FBI InfraGard member, VP of Strategic Growth at NetGain Technologies, and author of the Moving Target Trilogy (#1 Amazon Hot New Release, 2026).

MOVING TARGET TRILOGY. Nonfiction cybercrime thrillers. 🔥 4 years. 400+ interviews.
Book 1, Art of Online Camouflage: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=d0YQ1pYtxeBRmSQLHLb9uT4aOliPrEuDSfOjQgpXQP9

Book 2, Obedient Machine: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=S3F9zWWMC2y2eYiTmUGP91Owy9AUVG4zbLa6NwuX3cl

Book 3, The Ghost and The Machine. Presale open now, releases September 22, 2026: https://a.co/d/027LCoh6

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