Bitdefender at Black Hat 2025: See What’s Next in Cyber Defense

Threat actors are pushing boundaries—and we’re pushing back.

At Black Hat USA 2025, Bitdefender is unveiling the latest innovation designed to stop what 84% of major breaches have in common: Living-Off-the-Land (LOTL) attacks. We’re also bringing deep threat research, hands-on insights, and in-booth speaking sessions designed to show what’s working in cyber defense today—and what’s next.

Join us in Las Vegas, August 6–7, at Booth 5227 to see how Bitdefender is helping defenders move faster, reduce risk, and take control of the attack surface with real-time visibility and guided action.

Introducing: GravityZone PHASR

Attackers are increasingly using legitimate tools already in your environment, like PowerShell, WMIC, PsExec, and others, to operate in stealth, move laterally, and deploy payloads.

Bitdefender launched GravityZone PHASR (Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction) to address this issue.

PHASR automatically builds behavioral profiles for each user and system in your environment—pinpointing exactly which tools are essential and which are unnecessary risk. It delivers highly targeted controls that limit misuse without slowing people down. PHASR makes proactive defense simple, fast, and effective.

Come see a live PHASR demo at our booth and get a look at how we’re helping security teams reduce attack surface, without increasing workload.

Must-See Bitdefender Sessions at Black Hat

LOTL – The Link Between (Nearly) Every Major Breach

Speaker: Martin Zugec, Technical Solutions Director, Bitdefender
When & Where: Wednesday, August 6 | 10:15 – 11:05 AM | Business Hall Theatre E

During this session, see how LOTL techniques show up in more than 8 in 10 breaches—and what you can do to stop them. Drawing on Bitdefender analysis of 700,000+ incidents, see real-world attacker behaviors, the latest trends in legitimate tool abuse, and how proactive hardening can block LOTL pathways into your environment.

Exploiting DNS for Stealthy User Tracking

Speakers:
Bela Genge, Senior Security Researcher, Bitdefender
Dan Macovei, Director of Product Management, Bitdefender
Ioan Padurean, Junior Security Researcher, Bitdefender

When & Where: Thursday, August 7 | 2:30pm-3:00 PM | South Pacific F, Level 0 - North Convention Center

We dissected over 1.5 billion DNS requests from 30,000 iOS and Android devices over a 30-day period, and the results are eye-opening. Within just minutes of observing DNS traffic, devices begin to reveal their unique fingerprints. Given only a few hours, accurate identification becomes a certainty. Fortunately, where there's a method, there's a defense. We'll explore countermeasures, though as we'll demonstrate, true privacy is much harder to achieve than most expect.

CISO Roundtable – The Hidden Risks of Agentic AI

Speakers:
Martin Zugec, Technical Solutions Director, Bitdefender
Tom Field, SVP Editorial @ISMG

When and Where: Tuesday, August 5 | 5:30–8:00 PM | Gallagher Steakhouse

Agentic AI is transforming operations, yet its security implications require careful attention and planning. Bitdefender Labs’ analysis of Agentic AI reveals how its very nature expands the attack surface in unexpected ways, introducing a new class of sophisticated risks. This discussion covers key trends, security considerations, and what organizations can do now to mitigate risks associated with Agentic AI adoption.

From Visibility to Action: Optimizing Bitdefender with Discern Security

Speakers:
Doug Hurd, Director Technology Alliances, Bitdefender
Evgeniy Kharam, Chief Strategy Officer, Discern Security

When & Where: At the Bitdefender booth (#5227), 11:30am, daily

See how Discern Security’s integration with Bitdefender GravityZone gives security teams guided remediation based on MITRE, CIS, and NIST best practices. Plus, learn how you can identify misconfigurations, uncover underutilized features, and mitigate risk quickly—with real-time fixes and measurable improvements.

Compete, Win, Learn at the Bitdefender Booth

Bitdefender is located at Booth #5227 during Black Hat Las Vegas.

Stop by for live demos, daily sessions, technical Q&As, and a chance to test your reflexes on our Formula 1 racing simulator. Get on the leaderboard and you may win some great Bitdefender and Ferrari swag.

After all, what would Black Hat be without a little fun and competition? See you in Vegas.