The 90-Second Fight-or-Flight Window: What Attackers Exploit When Humans Feel Vulnerable
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This Humans in Cyber episode features Jill Cagliostro, Senior Director of Product Management at ZeroFox, discussing how phishing and social engineering attacks are designed to exploit human psychology. Â
Learn why simple lures outperform complex ones, and how leaked data enable tailored phishing campaigns. Such attacks focus less on technical weaknesses and more on emotional reactions that override learned security behaviors.
Cagliostro brings a practitioner’s perspective shaped by roles across Comcast, Splunk, Recorded Future, Censys, alongside earlier hands-on experience in incident response and threat intelligence.Â
She challenges traditional security awareness approaches, arguing that culture, not training alone, determines outcomes.Â
Watch how Cagliostro examines workplace behaviors that elevate risk, including hesitation to ask questions and pressure-driven decision making.
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