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About Darren Williams

Dr. Williams is a serial entrepreneur and founder of 3 technology startups over the last 20 years, two of which have been sold to public companies. He is currently the founder and CEO of BlackFog, Inc. a global cyber security company focusing on ransomware prevention and cyber warfare. Dr. Williams is responsible for strategic direction and leads global expansion for BlackFog and has pioneered anti data exfiltration technology for the prevention of cyber attacks across the globe. Dr. Williams holds a Ph.D. and Bachelor of Science with Honors from the University of Melbourne, authoring several scientific papers and software applications for auto-radiographic densitometry and analysis. He is a dual citizen of both Australia and the United States where he now resides.

Mobile Device Group Key Assignment

If you are installing BlackFog on mobile devices within an Enterprise it is often necessary to directly assign devices to groups at the time of license registration. This group key assignment is available within BlackFog when applying the PIN code to register the device. First, it is necessary to obtain the group key from [...]

2021-11-11T10:40:31+00:00November 11th, 2021|

Creating an Installer Log File

When running the BlackFog installer there are a number of command line options available for creating an installer log file to help debug any problems. In rare instances there might be missing software or insufficient patches on the machine for installation which can be difficult to diagnose. In these instances we suggest that a [...]

2021-11-11T09:41:48+00:00November 11th, 2021|

Multiple devices reported as identical under VMWare

When running BlackFog on Virtual Machines under VMWare they may appear as identical devices within the Enterprise console. When BlackFog identifies devices it uses a multi-step procedure to determine the serial number of the device. This involves first querying the system for a unique serial number directly from the machines BIOS. If this fails [...]

2021-10-26T12:33:07+01:00October 26th, 2021|

Anti Data Exfiltration (ADX) remains a top priority for 94% of organizations

Research reveals data exfiltration remains a significant threat and despite large investments in security tools. Anti Data Exfiltration (ADX) is a new category that will help win the fight against ransomware.

2024-01-22T02:50:13+00:00October 25th, 2021|Press Release|

BlackFog ARM 64 edition provides anti data exfiltration across new platforms

BlackFog ARM 64 edition for now available for Windows 10 and 11 computers such as Microsoft’s Surface Pro X and virtual machines.

2024-01-22T02:50:15+00:00September 22nd, 2021|Data Exfiltration, Press Release|

Anti Data Exfiltration (ADX) Versus Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Organizations have spent years developing and implementing different solutions for keeping sensitive data secure. While the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) model has been one of the most popular approaches for addressing these security pain points, Anti Data Exfiltration (ADX) provides a new solution to this problem.

2024-02-16T15:07:12+00:00September 14th, 2021|Data Exfiltration|

Anonymous Ransomware Attack Tools

Over the last few years, leaked data from some of the most devastating cyberattacks has found its way onto the Dark Web, a trend that seems to be increasing with the notable rise in double extortion ransomware attacks. Ransomware attack tools are routinely used to carry out these attacks. Every day [...]

2024-01-22T02:50:18+00:00June 22nd, 2021|Ransomware|