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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What Is The Top Phishing Day Of The Week? And Why?

Oct 17, 2012 10:05:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="280" caption="Top Phishing Day"][/caption] Websense reported on October 8, 2012 about their July-August 2012 research. They said: "A disturbing new ...

Real-time Cyber-Attack Map

Oct 17, 2012 9:35:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="625" caption="Real-time Cyber-Attack Map"][/caption] James Fallows reported on his latest blog about the new real-time map of the honeynet ...

What a live botnet looks like YIKES

Oct 16, 2012 10:58:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="760" caption="ZeroAccess Botnet"][/caption] MIT's Technology Review posted something fasctinating put together by Mike Orcutt. What you see above ...

Black Hole Malware Dominates Web So Train Your Employees

Oct 16, 2012 10:13:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="460" caption="Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 13"][/caption] Microsoft released their Security Intelligence Report (SIR) last week, ...

Article: Is Your Credit Card Stolen? Check for free!

Oct 16, 2012 4:50:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Is Your Credit Card Stolen? Check for free! (This is a great PSA) http://ismycreditcardstolen.com/

CyberheistNews vol2, #45

Oct 16, 2012 4:43:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cyberespionage miniFlame malware discovered

Oct 16, 2012 4:41:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Antone Gonsalves at CSOonline covered this in-depth on October 16, 2012. "Newly discovered spying malware designed to steal data from infected systems was likely built from the same ...

FBI has new Cyber Safety Website

Oct 16, 2012 4:36:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

10/15/12 - the FBI announced a new initiative: "With school back in session, one topic thats on many class curriculums around the nation is cyber safety. After all, its a ...

CyberheistNews vol2, #44

Oct 11, 2012 4:54:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews vol2, #43

Oct 11, 2012 4:52:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews vol2, #42

Oct 11, 2012 4:50:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews vol2, #41

Oct 11, 2012 4:45:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews vol2, #40

Oct 11, 2012 4:43:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews vol2, #39

Oct 11, 2012 4:41:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNew vol2, #38

Oct 11, 2012 4:39:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNew vol2, #37

Oct 11, 2012 4:38:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews vol2, $36

Oct 11, 2012 4:33:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews vol2, #35

Oct 11, 2012 4:30:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Prepaid Cards Go Mainstream - Watch For New Scams

Oct 9, 2012 7:35:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Bluebird prepaid card"][/caption] Wal-mart and American Express have started a joint venture to sell prepaid Bluebird cards, stamped ...

Hackers exploit Skype API to infect Windows PCs

Oct 9, 2012 3:01:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber criminals are again using Skype to wreak havoc, according to Sophos's Naked Security blog. The worm they're using this time, a variant of Dorkbot, lets hackers take control of ...

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