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January 20, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

The internet's 'father' says it was born with two big flaws

BusinessInsider just posted an article that confirms something I have been saying for years. There is some contrary data though. We may be looking at a light version of rewriting history. ...

January 18, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

"Ransomware Humor" Two Words You Thought You Would Never See Together

Someone's got a warped sense of humor. See the spoofed ransomware email below:

January 18, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[VIDEO] KnowBe4 Quarterly Platform Update

Every quarter, the KnowBe4 Technical Content team creates an update of all the new content and features that have been added the last three months. Here is the Jan 2019 issue, which ...

January 18, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Proposed N.C. Bill Would Require Ransomware Disclosures

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein released a report on Thursday that highlights the impact of data breaches on the state in 2018, and paired the report with a bipartisan bill to ...

January 18, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware Attack Makes Government Offices in Del Rio, Texas Resort to Pen and Paper

This latest ransomware attack demonstrates how an entire network can be taken down, bringing operations to a screeching halt.

January 17, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

BenefitMall Hit by Months-Long Data Breach

The Dallas-based payroll firm BenefitMall announced on January 4 that nearly 112,000 customers may have had their personal information exposed during a four-month long data breach. The ...

January 17, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

The U.S. Government Blaming Cyber Attacks on Russia May Cost One Business $100 Million

Governments attributing cyberattacks to specific countries usually ends in nothing more than a line in a news story. But sometimes these kinds of claims can have unforeseen consequences.

January 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] Are Any Of Your Users Exposed In This Brand New Humongous Data Breach?

Troy Hunt, the site admin of Have I Been Pwned just released some disconcerting news. A new data breach of humongous proportions has just been made public, we are talking astronomical ...

January 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

What Does KnowBe4 Think About Link Re-writing?

This is a question that was asked by a customer who was implementing our Phish Alert Button so that employees could report phishy emails.

January 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Modern Ransomware Goes After Data Backups

Ransomware is using a variety of methods to reduce or nullify the effectiveness of data backups, writes Maria Korolov at CSO. Restoring from a backup is one of the best strategies that ...

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