Security Awareness Training Blog

Keeping You Informed. Keeping You Aware.
Stay on top of the latest in security including social engineering, ransomware and phishing attacks.

Stu Sjouwerman

Chief Executive Officer & President

Stu Sjouwerman (pronounced “shower-man”) is the founder and CEO of KnowBe4, Inc., which hosts the world’s most popular integrated security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, with over 54,000 organization customers and more than 50 million users. A serial entrepreneur and data security expert with 30 years in the IT industry, Stu was the co-founder of Inc. 500 company Sunbelt Software, a multiple award-winning anti-malware software company that was acquired in 2010.


Recent Posts

QR Code Phishing Campaigns on the Rise

There’s been a “precipitous rise” in QR code phishing campaigns in 2023, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO.
Continue Reading

[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing

Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.
Continue Reading

Users Fall for Smishing Attacks 6-10 Times More Than Email-Based Attacks

With organizations heavily focusing on protecting the corporate endpoint, cybercriminals are switching focus onto mobile devices where users are more prone to fall for their social ...
Continue Reading

Who Knew Neanderthals were so High-Tech?

Researchers at ESET describe various types of scams launched by users of Telekopye, a telegram bot that assists in crafting social engineering attacks.
Continue Reading

Initial Access Broker Activity Doubles in One Year’s Time

New data sheds light on just how active the Initial Access Broker (IAB) business is, and the growth uncovered doesn’t bode well for potential victim organizations.
Continue Reading

Huntress Finds Business Email Compromise (BEC) Increases In Q3, 2024

Huntress has released a report finding that business email compromise (BEC) attacks have risen in the third quarter of 2023.
Continue Reading

New Data Covers How the Retail Market is at Greater Risk of Industry-Specific Cyberthreats

A new analysis of the retail market’s threat landscape discusses the challenges faced by this industry and what threat tactics are being used to take advantage of retail’s cyber ...
Continue Reading

Digital Skimming Increases by 50%, Just in Time for the Holiday Season

Security researchers identify growth in the use of an ongoing cyberskimming campaign that involves compromising legitimate website checkout code.
Continue Reading

Phishing Attacks Expected to More Than Double During the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopping Week

Another day, another warning about holiday scams! Lookout Inc., a data-centric cloud security company, is warning employees and businesses that phishing attacks are expected to more than ...
Continue Reading

Visa Warns of Increased Phishing Scams During Holiday Season

Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) expects phishing attacks to increase between November 2023 and January 2024. Findings in its Holiday Edition Threats Report outline the popular fraud ...
Continue Reading

Old Bloomberg Crypto Account Bio Link Used in Discord Phishing Attack

Scammers used an outdated link found in an X (formerly Twitter) account belonging to Bloomberg Crypto to send users to a phishing site designed to steal Discord credentials, ...
Continue Reading

73% of Organizations Affected by Ransomware Attacks Globally in 2023, According to Statista

I recently wrote about how 1 in 34 organizations globally has experienced an attempted ransomware attack. But that statistic doesn’t provide enough context around the impact felt by the ...
Continue Reading

With Expected Increases of Holiday Sales Comes Similar Expectations of More Cyber Scams

If increases in cyberattacks this year are any indication of what to expect in the next six weeks of holiday shopping, we should expect a massive uptick in holiday-related scams.
Continue Reading

Cybercrime Group "Scattered Spider" is a Social Engineering Threat

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory describing the Scattered Spider cybercriminal gang’s activities.
Continue Reading

KnowBe4 Integrates With Cisco Duo To Streamline Secure Sign Ins

Social engineering remains one of the top attack vectors that cybercriminals use to execute malicious acts. KnowBe4’s security awareness training and simulated phishing platform allows ...
Continue Reading

Johnny Jet's $3,000 Podcast Scam Nightmare – Unveiling the Elaborate Con that Hijacked his Facebook Kingdom

Travel influencer Johnny Jet has disclosed that he fell victim to a scam that caused him to lose access to his Facebook account, which has tens of thousands of followers. The scammers ...
Continue Reading

QR Code Phishing Attacks Surging

The massive uptick in QR Code phishing is an indicator that scammers are seeing success in taking victims from the initial attack medium to one under the attacker’s control.
Continue Reading

[Keynote Announcement] See Rachel Tobac at KB4-CON 2024!

We can’t keep this a secret any longer! Rachel Tobac will be joining us live at KB4-CON 2024, happening in Orlando, Florida March 4-6. She’s an ethical hacker and three time winner of DEF ...
Continue Reading

Get the latest about social engineering

Subscribe to CyberheistNews