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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

An Overview of Silicon Valley Bank Themed Social Engineering

Researchers at ReliaQuest warn that organizations should continue to be on the lookout for social engineering attacks related to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #12 [Heads Up] This Week's New SVB Meltdown Social Engineering Attacks

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #12 | March 21st, 2023 [Heads Up] This Week's New SVB Meltdown Social Engineering Attacks On Saturday March 11, I warned about the coming wave of phishing attacks ...

[Eye Popper] The AI Genie Has Escaped: Stanford copied ChatGPT for a few hundred bucks

Yikes. Loz Blain at NewAtlas just reported that Stanford has copied the ChatGPT AI for less than $600. The article started out with: "Stanford's Alpaca AI performs similarly to the ...

Report Shows Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks Increase and Phishing Used as Initial Attack Vector in the Last Year

Secureworks has published a report looking at cybercrime over the course of 2022, finding that business email compromise (BEC) attacks nearly doubled last year. Additionally, attacks in ...

Warning Customers About Social Engineering.

It’s a familiar story: scam artists impersonate a trusted brand, a trusted business or a trusted authority in emails and on bogus sites designed to exploit that very trust to commit ...

Phishing Attacks Top List of Initial Access Vectors with Backdoor Deployment as Top Objective

New data looking back at the cyber attacks observed in 2022 shows that phishing continues to dominate as initial access brokers seem to be growing their business using backdoors.

92% of Organizations Have Fallen Victim to Phishing as Nearly Every Org is Concerned with Email Security

New data shows that not only has just about every organization experienced a successful phishing attack, but that they are also paying the price in a number of impactful ways.

[FREE RESOURCE KIT] New Phishing Security Resource Kit Now Available!

Phishing emails increase in volume every month and every year, so we created this free resource kit to help you defend against attacks. Request your kit now to learn phishing mitigation ...

A 240% Rise in Dynamic Phishing

Attackers are increasingly using techniques to prevent their phishing pages from being detected by security firms, a new report from BlueVoyant has found. The report found that in 2022 ...

Three-Quarters of Organizations Have Experienced an Increase in Email-Based Threats

New data on the state of email security shows that nearly every organization has been the target of a phishing attack as attacks increase in sophistication.

79% of Employee-Reported Phishing Emails Go Completely Undetected by Cybersecurity Solutions

As cybercriminals increasingly turn to malwareless phishing attacks, the ability for security solutions to correctly identify a malicious email is becoming more and more difficult.

University of Sydney Gives Students and Staff Advice on Avoiding Social Engineering Scams

The University of Sydney has issued advice to help students and staff avoid falling for social engineering attacks.

Season 5 of ‘The Inside Man’ From KnowBe4 Is Less Than a Month Away!

We’re thrilled to announce that Season 5 of the award-winning Knowbe4 Original Series - “The Inside Man” is less than a month away!

Newest FBI Report Shows $10B in Losses Last Year Due to Internet Scams

The 2022 Internet Crime Report by the FBI reported at least $10.3 billion in losses due to internet scams last year.

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying ...

Threat Actors are Using FINRA Impersonation For Their Attacks

DomainTools warns that a sophisticated West Africa-based fraud group is impersonating the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to target users in the United States, according ...

Microsoft Warns of Business Email Compromise Attacks Taking Hours

According to Microsoft's Security Intelligence team, a recent business email compromise attack (BEC) has shown that threat actors are quickening the pace of these attacks, with certain ...

[Heads Up] The SVB Bankruptcy Is A Social Engineering Bonanza

Saturday March 11, 2023 -- Over the last 24 hours, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has established the FDIC Bank of Santa Clara and insured depositors will have access to funds ...

The interesting history and origin of the word "Bankruptcy"

Regarding the current SVB meltdown, the English word "bankruptcy" has its roots in medieval Italy. It comes from the word "banca rotta," which means "broken bench." This term was used ...

One-Quarter of Users Fall for Online Scams Despite an Overconfidence in an Ability to Spot Them

A new survey of individuals across seven countries shows that users may have had luck on their side, as a majority aren’t sure about their device security or how to spot malicious sites ...


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