Romance, Crypto, and Your Dream Job: How Modern Cyber Scams Are Evolving

🛡️ 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 embarrassed and often hide after being scammed. How can we change that? 

↪ Plus, Nation-State threat actors are using cyber fraud to target all of us. Learn about this trend and the efforts to fight back.  

🎙️ This week, Bitdefender Director of IoT Security Dan Berte hosts Bitdefender Laura Matei-Malecu, Product Marketing Manager, Razvan Costache, Director, B2C Innovation and Bitdefender Bob Botezatu, Director, Threat Research & Reporting 

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