Seeing is no longer believing, and Bitdefender is betting you already know it. The cybersecurity company just launched RealCheck, a standalone app for iOS and Android that analyzes videos for signs of AI manipulation and tells you whether what you’re watching was designed to deceive you.
The timing makes sense. Deloitte is projecting that AI-powered fraud losses could hit $40 billion annually in the US by 2027, and a Bitdefender survey of 7,000 consumers found that deepfake scams are now their top security concern. The kicker: people correctly identify high-quality deepfakes only about 24% of the time. Social media has also overtaken every other channel as the primary delivery mechanism for successful scams, which means the problem is landing directly in your feed, your group chats, and your DMs.
What RealCheck actually does
The pitch is simple enough: You paste a public video link or upload a file, and RealCheck runs a multi-layered analysis that goes well beyond a binary real-or-fake verdict. The app looks at audio patterns, speech segments, transcript-level content, and deception signals, then produces a structured report explaining what it found and whether the video appears designed to steal money, credentials, or personal information. It also flags public figures currently being impersonated in active deepfake campaigns, which is useful given how many scams lean on fake celebrity endorsements.
