The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast
The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast
IT Audit Labs
Cognitive Surrender: How AI Weaponizes Human Psychology
43 minutes Posted Mar 23, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Cognitive Surrender And AI Trust
Meet The Hosts And Guest
Psychology In Cybercrime Investigations
Wave Theory And Human Exploits
The 25 Million Deepfake Heist
Voice Passwords Against Vishing
Tech Debt Patching And Vendor Risk
Terms Of Service And Fast Clicking
Teaching GenAI Without Offloading Thinking
Deepfaking Leaders And Social Engineering Training
User Resistance And Security Incentives
Sycophantic AI Guardrails And Dark Models
Gaming LLM Search And The Arms Race
Book Plug And Closing CTAs
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A $25 million wire transfer. A fake CFO. An entire executive team that didn't exist. This is what modern cybercrime looks like — and your firewall won't stop it. In this episode of The Audit, co-hosts Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellum sit down with James McDowell — forensic psychology expert, cybercrime researcher, and adjunct professor at American Military University — to explore the chilling intersection of AI, human psychology, and cybercrime. James introduces the concept o...