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.

White listing applications using the Enterprise console

Many Enterprises have specific requirements and applications that need to be white listed to automate the device and these are often included in restricted directories.

Darren Williams2021-09-27T21:42:18+01:00February 26th, 2018|

PowerShell Attack Prevention

PowerShell attacks are now the preferred weapon of choice for many of these attacks because it provides a number of techniques for bypassing existing security. Not least of all, the ability to run directly in memory and remotely download payloads.

Darren Williams2024-05-02T19:14:35+01:00February 22nd, 2018|

Dark Web Network Protection

The Dark Web Network Blocking option is an important security measure to prevent data loss, activation and transfer of malware over the Internet.

Darren Williams2021-09-27T21:43:40+01:00February 22nd, 2018|

How to control notifications

BlackFog communicates with the user about possible threats through the Windows notification system. It writes detailed activity to a log file and database.

Darren Williams2021-09-27T21:44:31+01:00February 22nd, 2018|

What does Terminal Services Inactive mean

BlackFog is able to operate in a number of different environments, from VDI, and Virtual Machines through to Remote Desktop Services / Terminal Services mode.

Darren Williams2021-09-27T21:45:09+01:00February 22nd, 2018|

What are the limitations of the trial edition

BlackFog Privacy is available as a 30 day trial. The Trial is fully functional, with no limitations for the entire 30 days.

Darren Williams2021-09-27T21:46:29+01:00February 22nd, 2018|

Protection Inactive message

When the BlackFog client is running some users report the message "Protection Inactive" below the Network tile. This means that the underlying service "Privacy Service" is no longer running. There are several reasons why this can happen.

Darren Williams2021-09-27T21:47:33+01:00February 22nd, 2018|