🛡️ 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.

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