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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.

Cryptojacking in the age of cryptocurrency mining

Whilst the future use and viability of Cryptocurrencies may still be up for debate, the influence Bitcoin (the most famous cryptocurrency) has had on the market is clear– with its valuation peaking at just shy of $20,000 in December 2017.

2025-07-27T16:49:28+01:00February 25th, 2019|Privacy, Online Safety|

BlackFog’s Multi Layered Approach to Cybersecurity

Many cyber security companies can tell you when an attack has taken place or when data breach has occurred. Few provide a preventative, multi-layered approach that can combat the growing number of threats we see today.

2025-07-27T16:51:05+01:00February 21st, 2019|Network Protection|

Understanding modern cybersecurity anatomy

The threat landscape we see today is vastly different and infinitely more sophisticated. The days of protecting yourself from bad actors using a single antivirus solution are now behind us. Fileless network protection is a key element to device security and an important part of the layered security strategy.

2025-07-27T16:53:18+01:00January 18th, 2019|Technology, Privacy|

BlackFog Continues European Expansion with Denmark Distributor

BlackFog announces distribution agreement with DCC, a global IT distributor headquartered in Denmark, to resell BlackFog’s cyber security solution. With over 3000 customers in more than 70 countries they specialize in surplus computer hardware, shipping around 100,000 units annually.

2024-01-22T02:50:55+00:00January 16th, 2019|Press Release|

Privacy is All About the Data

The world has moved to a mobile device based economy, with focus around data creation, storage, cloud servers and information sharing. The idea of losing your device has become secondary to the information that is stored on it. We discuss the evolution of BlackFog and why outbound data monitoring is so important.

2024-01-22T02:50:56+00:00January 11th, 2019|White Paper|

Protecting Online Privacy

Most security products focus on resolving problems based on known vulnerabilities and inbound traffic whereas data and identity theft protection is concerned specifically with data loss prevention. We discuss the different types of defense mechanisms available and contrast BlackFog's approach.

2025-07-27T16:54:28+01:00January 10th, 2019|Cybersecurity, Privacy, Ransomware|