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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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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26 [Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams

Jun 27, 2023 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26 | June 27th, 2023 [Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a data spotlight ...
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Russian Threat Actor Targets Ukraine Government And Military With Spear Phishing Emails

Jun 27, 2023 8:54:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Russia’s APT28 (also known as “Fancy Bear” or “BlueDelta”) is using spear phishing to compromise Ukrainian government and military entities, according to researchers at Recorded Future. ...
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New Singapore Cyber Landscape 2022 Report Shows Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Phishing and Ransomware Attack Increases, and Much More

Jun 27, 2023 8:54:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
The “Singapore Cyber Landscape (SCL) 2022” reviews Singapore’s cybersecurity situation in 2022 against the backdrop of global trends and events, and highlights Singapore’s efforts in ...
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New Cryptocurrency Coinbase Phishing Campaign Uses Social Engineering

Jun 26, 2023 9:12:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
A phishing campaign is impersonating cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase, Tech.co reports. Crypto trader Jacob Canfield described the campaign in a Twitter thread, stating that the ...
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SolarWinds' Head Refuses to Back Down Amid Potential US Regulatory Action over Russian hack. CISO Gets Wells Notice

Jun 24, 2023 10:43:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
According to an internal email obtained by CNN, the CEO of SolarWinds informed employees on Friday that the company plans to vigorously defend itself against potential legal action from ...
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“Picture in Picture” Phishing Attack Technique Is So Simple, It Works

Jun 23, 2023 11:35:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Using credibility-building imagery and creating a need for the user to click what may or may not be perceived as an image is apparently all it takes to engage potential phishing victims.
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Banking and Retail Top the List of Industries Targeted by Social Media Phishing Attacks

Jun 23, 2023 11:35:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Using an external platform trusted by potential victims is proving to be a vital tool in the cybercriminal’s arsenal. New data shows the state of the threat and who’s at risk.
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Half of Business Leaders Believe Users Aren’t Security Aware, Despite Most Having a Program in Place

Jun 23, 2023 11:35:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
New data shows that even with the majority of organizations experiencing cyber attacks, three hours of security awareness training simply isn’t enough.
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Extremely Persistent Threat Group Demonstrates a Strong Understanding of the Modern Incident Response Frameworks

Jun 22, 2023 9:44:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
A threat actor tracked as “Muddled Libra” is using the 0ktapus phishing kit to gain initial access to organizations in the software automation, business process outsourcing, ...
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[Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals The Latest Top Five Text Message Scams

Jun 21, 2023 8:53:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a data spotlight outlining the most common text message scams. Phony bank fraud prevention alerts were the most common type of text ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. 1 Root Cause of Data Breaches

Jun 20, 2023 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 | June 20th, 2023 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. 1 Root Cause of Data Breaches Verizon's DBIR always has a lot of information to unpack, ...
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New Social Engineering Tactic Uses PDFs in Business Email Compromise Attacks

Jun 20, 2023 8:46:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Legitimate services can be exploited in social engineering, including business email compromise (BEC) attacks.  Researchers at Check Point describe one current BEC campaign that’s using ...
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Breakdown of an Impersonation Attack: Using IPFS and Personalization to Improve Attack Success

Jun 15, 2023 3:20:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
Details from a simple impersonation phishing attack show how well thought out these attacks really are in order to heighten their ability to fool victims and harvest credentials.
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UK Attacker Responsible for a Literal “Man-in-the-Middle” Ransomware Attack is Finally Brought to Justice

Jun 15, 2023 3:20:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
The recent conviction of a U.K. man for cyber crimes committed in 2018 brings to light a cyber attack where this attacker manually performed the “in-the-middle” part of an attack.
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New Survey Shows 40% of People Searching for a Job Encountered a Scam

Jun 15, 2023 8:47:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
A survey by PasswordManager.com has found that one in three job seekers has fallen for, and responded to, fake job scams over the past two years.
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[INFOGRAPHIC] KnowBe4’s SecurityCoach: Top 10 Risky Behaviors

Jun 14, 2023 4:08:25 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
Real-time security coaching helps improve your organization’s security culture by enabling real-time coaching of your users in response to risky security behaviors.
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Takeaways From a Threat Intelligence Specialist on Artificial Intelligence Being a 'Double-Edged Sword'

Jun 14, 2023 2:23:46 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
While artificial intelligence (AI) has been the hot topic of this year, a theme that I continue to see is that AI is being used for good and evil.
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France Accuses Russia of Spoofing Foreign Ministry Website in ‘Typosquatting’ Campaign

Jun 14, 2023 2:10:17 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
The French government is taking a stand against the increasing threat of digital warfare. Publicly accusing Russia of conducting an extensive online manipulation campaign, France is ...
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Cybercriminals Spoof German Media Anga Com Conference in New Phishing Campaign

Jun 14, 2023 8:46:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
A phishing campaign is spoofing the major German media conference Anga Com, according to Jeremy Fuchs at Avanan.
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85% of Organizations Have Experienced At Least One Ransomware Attack in the Last Year

Jun 13, 2023 9:56:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Ransomware attacks are as pervasive as ever, with new data demonstrating just how impactful the attacks really are.
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