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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

Phishing Emails Warn of a Suspicious Login From Russia

Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a phishing campaign is informing users that someone logged into their account from an IP address in Moscow. The email contains a button to report the ...

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #09 [Heads Up] The Ukraine War Started A New Wiper Malware Spillover Risk

[Heads Up] The Ukraine War Started A New Wiper Malware Spillover Risk Email not displaying? | View Knowbe4 Blog CyberheistNews Vol 12 #09 | Mar. 1st., 2022 [Heads Up] The Ukraine War ...

Scammers Will Take Advantage of New IRS Rules

New IRS requirements will soon be used as phishbait, according to Gene Marks, owner of Marks Group PC and a columnist for the Guardian.

Russia Could “Absolutely” Lash Out at US Through Cyber, Lawmaker Warns

NextGov reports: "Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va, gives an opening statement as FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna and Microsoft President Brad Smith testify ...

Wartime Suffering as Phishbait

It’s easy to forget, when a hybrid war like the one currently raging in Ukraine is occupying so much attention, that ordinary criminal lowlifes continue to seek victims, and the war only ...

[EYES OPEN] The Kremlin Propaganda Machine Now Works Overtime. INFOGRAPHIC

With an ongoing land war in Ukraine, everyone needs to be alert for the Kremlin's parallel disinformation campaigns. Many people simply are not aware of the massive amount of false data ...

[Heads Up] The Ukraine War Started A New Wiper Malware Spillover Risk

The war in Ukraine increases the risk of wiper malware to spill over. I'm sure you remember NotPetya, which caused billions of dollars of downtime damage. The WSJ reports that Symantec ...

When the Phishers Want a Reply, not a Click

A sextortion phishing campaign is targeting French speakers accusing them of viewing child abuse content, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. The emails purport to come from the ...

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #08 [Eye Opener] Here Are the 4 Traits of Most Scams

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #08 | Feb. 22nd., 2022 [Eye Opener] Here Are the 4 Traits of Most Scams Written by Roger Grimes There are a lot of scams in the world, and they seem to be ...

New Phishing Campaign Angles for Monzo Banking Customers

A phishing campaign is targeting users of the UK-based digital banking company Monzo, BleepingComputer reports. Security researcher William Thomas came across an SMS phishing (smishing) ...

20 Year-Old “Right-to-Left Override” Functionality Used in Attacks to Trick Microsoft 365 Users Out of Credentials

Used to disguise malicious file extensions, this legacy functionality is being repurposed in attacks to obfuscate attachment types and steal credentials in an impressive way.

New QBot Attack Only Takes 30 Minutes to Elevate Privileges and Steal Data

This banking trojan-turned-information-stealer has been around for nearly 15 years. But its latest iteration – seen even in the past few weeks – has stepped up in its’ ability to act ...

Phishing Campaign Targets NFT Speculators

Scams follow fashion because money follows fashion. So it’s no surprise that non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which have become a hot speculative property, have drawn scam artists for phishing ...

[Heads Up] There Is A Whole New Type of Blockchain Scam Called "Ice phishing"

In a post Wednesday last week, Microsoft issued a warning that they are seeing a brand new type of blockchain-centric attack aimed at web3 -- a term used to describe the decentralized ...

Conti Ransomware Attacks Reap in $180 Million in 2021 as Average Ransomware Payments Rise by 34%

New analysis of ransomware attacks shows growth in the number of active strains, ransoms collected, and use of third-party services all adding up to a more organized and profitable ...

Coinbase’s QR Code Superbowl Ad Only Helps Normalize QR-Based Scams

Use of QR codes is becoming a mainstream part of advertising, but also is getting the attention of scammers intent on redirecting you to a malicious site they control.

Scammers Use a Mix of Stolen Credentials, Inbox Rules, and a Rogue Outlook Client Install to Phish Internal and External Victims

Organizations that are not using Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication are finding themselves victims of credential attacks that involve threat actors installing Outlook on a controlled ...

Phishing Attacks on Social Media Doubled Over 2021

Phishing attacks on social media doubled over the course of 2021, according to a new report from PhishLabs by HelpSystems. Most (68%) of these attacks targeted organizations in the ...

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #07 [Heads Up] FBI Warns Against New Criminal QR Code Scams

[Heads Up] FBI Warns Against New Criminal QR Code Scams Email not displaying? | View Knowbe4 Blog CyberheistNews Vol 12 #07 | Feb. 15th., 2022 [Heads Up] FBI Warns Against New Criminal QR ...

[On-Demand Webinar] Incredible Email Hacks You'd Never Expect and How You Can Stop Them

If you think the only way your network and devices can be compromised via email is phishing, think again!


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