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.
Because of ransomware attacks, I have been covering the cybersecurity insurance industry for a few years, including here. I even have a whole chapter dedicated to cybersecurity insurance ...
A new report from Barracuda found that most business email compromise (BEC) attacks are now targeting employees who aren’t in executive or financial roles.
The digital age has unleashed massive amounts of personal and organizational data on the internet. No breaking through firewalls or exploiting vulnerabilities required.
With employees not believing that it’s important to personally worry about cyber security risks, they also tend to believe they’re not a target, new data suggest as the reason for the ...
Organizations that have fallen victim to a ransomware attack are now being sued by impacted employees and customers alike who are citing loose cybersecurity was in place.
A survey sponsored by Egress found that 94% of organizations suffered insider data breaches over the past year. The survey offers the following results:
Ransomware is having a very odd second quarter of the year as new variants enter the game governments finally take notice and insurers tighten their underwriting requirements.
New data from security vendor Ivanti suggests that cybercriminals are focusing in on those in IT roles as targets of phishing attacks, with many admitting to falling victim for these ...
People need to be aware of how their social media posts can be used against them, according to Darren Millar, senior vice president of operations at PiiQ Media. In an article for ...
Microsoft's Security Intelligence team recently sent an alert to Office 365 users and admins to watch out for a suspicious phishing email that uses spoofed sender addresses.
Bitdefender has observed a phishing campaign that tries to blackmail users into sending money by claiming their computer has been hacked. The emails contain real passwords that have been ...
Are you attending Black Hat USA 2021 (either in person or virtually) ? Be sure to stop by the KnowBe4 booth August 4th - 5th to find out how to secure your last line of defense: USERS.
Researchers at Coveware recently analyzed ransomware attacks during Q2 of this year and noticed a similar trend in ransomware attack methods by cybercriminals.
According to the 2021 Cyber Threat Report by SonicWall, 304.7 million ransomware attacks occured in the first half of 2021, already surpassing the total number of ransomware attacks for ...
It’s the 22nd annual SysAdmin Day, a day when we celebrate all of the incredible System Administrators! While your job may not be easy (and sometimes not glamorous), your work on the ...
The “Evernote for creatives” collaborative platform is being used to legitimately host malicious links that point victims to phishing links, bypassing detection mechanisms.
