Research By olya 11 September, 2026

The Psychology Behind Modern Social Engineering

Attackers still pull the same six psychological levers Cialdini described in 1984. What AI changed is the price of pulling them convincingly: a voice clone from three seconds of audio,…

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The psychology of social engineering has not changed, but AI made it cheap to deploy. How authority, urgency and habit are exploited, and what defense works.
Research By olya 11 September, 2026

The Psychology Behind Modern Social Engineering

Attackers still pull the same six psychological levers Cialdini described in 1984. What AI changed is the price of pulling them convincingly: a voice clone from three seconds of audio,…

Read More
The psychology of social engineering has not changed, but AI made it cheap to deploy. How authority, urgency and habit are exploited, and what defense works.