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In my last article, I talked about cognitive bias and its role in the success of scams and other cyberattacks. I defined cognitive bias as a predictable mental shortcut your brain uses to make quick judgments and/or decisions, especially when you’re busy, distracted, or overloaded with information.  Knowing that scammers intentionally exploit our cognitive biases in crafting their attacks to push us into fast decision-making, I offer the mnemonic S2TOP (Stop, Switch, Talk, Own, Protect) to…]]>