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Stu Sjouwerman

Founder and Executive Chairman

Stu Sjouwerman (pronounced “shower-man”) is the Founder and Executive Chairman 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

CyberheistNews Vol 8 #44 Has Microsoft Office 365 Beat Phishing?

SEO Poisoning + Midterm Elections = Cybercriminals Paradise

Compromised websites focused on tomorrow’s midterm elections serve as the hunting ground for cybercriminals looking to take advantage of unsuspecting visitors.

Most Americans Can be Fooled by Fake Election Emails

The average American cannot reliably distinguish between fake and legitimate election campaign emails, according to a study by Valimail. In the weeks leading up to the US midterm ...

Scam Of The Week: Fortnite And League of Legends Phishing Attacks

This is an excellent opportunity to sit down with your young'uns and explain the risks of online scams.

Money Mules: How A Data Breach Turns Into Cash

Cybercriminals don’t want to be caught, so after a data breach, they use unsuspecting people as “mules” to launder money using a sophisticated shipping scam.

New Stuxnet Variant Allegedly Struck Iran

Our friends at Malwarebytes reported that a malware strain similar in nature to Stuxnet—but more aggressive and sophisticated—allegedly hit the infrastructure and strategic networks in ...

[On-Demand Webinar] The Pesky Password Problem: Battle of the Red and Blue Team featuring Kevin Mitnick

What really makes a “strong” password? And why are your end-users tortured with them in the first place? How do hackers crack your passwords with ease? And what can/should you do about ...

Successful Pretexting Attacks Have Nearly Tripled since 2017

Pretexting attacks are a growing threat to organizations, warn Chris Tappin and Simon Ezard from the Verizon Threat Research Advisory Centre. Verizon’s 2018 Digital Breach Investigation ...

Phishing Scam Is Targeting League of Legends Players

A phishing scam is using fake login pages to target League of Legends players, according to Avast Blog. At the moment, the attacks are taking place primarily in western Europe, mainly ...

Got A Chinese Vishing Scam Call in Mandarin

Howard, KnowBe4's HackBusters Discussion Forum Moderator reported on this very interesting phone call he got:

Scammers Target 21 Social Media Users Every Minute

According to a new survey, social media sharing – and oversharing – provides cybercriminals with important personal details to commit identity theft, fraud, and more.

KnowBe4 Fresh Content Update & New Features October 2018

Check out the content and feature updates in the KnowBe4 platform for the month of October!

Scam Of The Week: Cryptocurrency On Twitter

The recent rash of cryptocurrency scams on Twitter show organizations that social media is there to share posts and can’t protect platform users.

KnowBe4 Halloween 2018

Just a shot of almost 600 people in costume !!!

Elon Musk Draws Attention to Cryptocurrency Scams on Twitter

The Tesla founder’s recent tweet about cryptocurrency got him temporarily locked out of his Twitter account, demonstrating the seriousness of the scam.

Sandboxed Defender: Game-Changing Antivirus

With Microsoft’s latest release of Windows Defender running in a virtual sandbox (the first of its kind), it may be time to focus your energies – and budget – on other parts of your ...

Security Rule-Breaking from Ignorance, Convenience, Curiosity

Ignorance of security policies and security threats is one of the primary reasons why employees break cybersecurity rules, says Ericka Chickowski at Dark Reading. A study conducted by ...

Replica Phishing Sites Prey on User Trust

Attacks leveraging look-alike federated logon pages are more dangerous than malware-laden attachments in email.

That Saudi oil and gas plant that got hacked. You'll never guess who could... OK, it's Russia

FireEye thinks it found the evil genius behind a nasty cyber-infection at a Saudi Oil refinery.


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