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Stu Sjouwerman

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.

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The Number of Malicious Emails Reaching Inboxes Is Declining

Oct 16, 2024 3:47:14 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
New research shows that less malicious emails are getting past security scanners to the inbox, but also provides details about how phishing emails are becoming increasingly dangerous.
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North Korean Hackers Continue to Target Job Seekers

Oct 16, 2024 8:53:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
A North Korean threat actor is launching social engineering attacks against job seekers in the tech industry, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.
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KnowBe4 Named a Leader in the Fall 2024 G2 Grid Report for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) Software

Oct 16, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
We are excited to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the Fall 2024 G2 Grid Report for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) for the PhishER platform for ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 14 #42 [Heads Up] Majority of U.S. Execs Now Rank Cyber Threats as #1 Risk

Oct 15, 2024 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
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KnowBe4 Named a Leader in the Fall 2024 G2 Grid Report for Security Awareness Training

Oct 15, 2024 8:33:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
We are thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the latest G2 Grid Report that compares security awareness training (SAT) vendors based on user reviews, customer ...
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44% of U.S. Organizations Experienced One or More Ransomware Attacks in the Last Year

Oct 15, 2024 8:07:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
As ransomware becomes more pervasive, new data provides insight into how well organizations are responding and the attack vector being used most.
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Meet SmartRisk Agent™: Unlock Your New Human Risk Management

Oct 14, 2024 10:33:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Depending on who you ask, between 70 and 90 percent of cyber risk has human error as the root cause. That's why Human Risk Management (HRM) is so important. And here is the next major ...
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"Operation Kaerb" Takes Down Sophisticated Phishing-as-a-Service Platform “iServer”

Oct 14, 2024 8:51:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
A partnering of European and Latin American law enforcement agencies took down the group behind the mobile phone credential theft of 483,000 victims.
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Sextortion Scammers Attempt to Hit “Close to Home”

Oct 14, 2024 8:51:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
We live in a world where, despite the sharing of information online, we feel like those interactions will never reach home. But a new scam – covered on WTSP Tampa Bay’s Channel 10 news – ...
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Trinity Ransomware Targets the Healthcare Sector

Oct 11, 2024 8:37:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
The Trinity ransomware gang is launching double-extortion attacks against organizations in the healthcare sector, according to an advisory from the US Department of Health and Human ...
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Google App Scripts Become the Latest Way to Establish Credibility and Automate Phishing Attacks

Oct 11, 2024 8:37:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Cybercriminals have found a new way of leveraging legitimate web services for malicious purposes, this time with the benefit of added automation of campaign actions.
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Hurricane Deepfakes Flood Social Media

Oct 9, 2024 6:32:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
As the recent hurricane Helene caused major damage and as hurricane Milton has left a path of destruction across Florida, deepfakes are spreading misinformation on social media.
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Attackers Abuse URL Rewriting to Evade Security Filters

Oct 8, 2024 10:19:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Attackers continue to exploit URL rewriting to hide their phishing links from email security filters, according to researchers at Abnormal Security.
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CyberheistNews Vol 14 #41 [Wake-Up Call] Senator Falls Victim to Deepfake Scam. Are Your Users Next?

Oct 8, 2024 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
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Free Phishing Platform Has Created More than 140,000 Spoofed Websites

Oct 7, 2024 2:00:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
A free phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Sniper Dz has assisted in the creation of more than 140,000 phishing sites over the past year, according to researchers at Palo Alto ...
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North Korea's Secret IT Army and How to Combat It

Oct 7, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Organizations around the world are unknowingly recruiting and hiring fake employees and contractors from North Korea. These sophisticated operatives aim to earn high salaries while ...
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Financial Services Industry Experiences a Massive Increase in Brand Abuse

Oct 4, 2024 3:37:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
Industry analysis of the domains used behind phishing and brand impersonation attacks show financial institutions are being leveraged at an alarming rate.
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Infostealer Threat Group “Marko Polo” Evolving Into an “Empire”

Oct 4, 2024 3:37:40 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
New research by Recorded Future provides insight into how advanced and sophisticated the threat group Marko Polo has become since launching in 2022.
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Cybercriminal Gang Targeting SMBs Using Business Email Compromise

Oct 3, 2024 11:58:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Researchers at Todyl have published a report on a major cybercriminal group that’s conducting business email compromise (BEC) attacks against small and medium-sized businesses. Todyl ...
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New VPN Credential Attack Goes to Great Lengths to Obtain Access

Oct 3, 2024 11:58:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
A new “so-phish-ticated” attack uses phone calls, social engineering, lookalike domains, and impersonated company VPN sites to gain initial access to a victim network.
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