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.

K12 Education and Ransomware: Lessons from the LAUSD Cyberattack
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K12 Education and Ransomware: Lessons from the LAUSD Cyberattack

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K12 Education and Ransomware: Lessons from the LAUSD Cyberattack

Why K12 education and ransomware remain a popular and profitable target for cybercriminals

Darren Williams2024-02-28T15:32:56+00:00September 22nd, 2022|Ransomware|

Data Security: Protecting the Crown Jewels
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Data Security: Protecting the Crown Jewels

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Data Security: Protecting the Crown Jewels

Data security is one of the most important concerns for any organization to ensure customer data, trade secrets and commercial data doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

Darren Williams2024-01-22T02:50:02+00:00May 27th, 2022|Ransomware|

Industrial Spy: Selling Stolen Data to Competitors
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Industrial Spy: Selling Stolen Data to Competitors

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Industrial Spy: Selling Stolen Data to Competitors

Industrial Spy is a new way of selling stolen data of victims to competitors. Companies can buy their competitors’ trade secrets for millions of dollars – or as little as $2.

Darren Williams2024-01-22T02:50:02+00:00May 16th, 2022|Ransomware|

Beyond the Ransom: The True Cost of Ransomware Attacks
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Beyond the Ransom: The True Cost of Ransomware Attacks

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Beyond the Ransom: The True Cost of Ransomware Attacks

The True Cost of Ransomware Attacks highlights the downtime costs, reputational damage and the cost of new security implementations when trying to recover from a ransomware attack.

Darren Williams2024-01-22T02:50:03+00:00May 9th, 2022|Ransomware|

Data Exfiltration 101: How Threat Actors Compromise Networks
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Data Exfiltration 101: How Threat Actors Compromise Networks

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Data Exfiltration 101: How Threat Actors Compromise Networks

Data exfiltration 101 describes the types of attacks that lead to data exfiltration and why 83% of all attacks rely on it as the primary vector.

Darren Williams2024-02-16T15:03:59+00:00March 27th, 2022|Data Exfiltration|

The New Insider Threat: Are ransomware groups recruiting your employees?
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The New Insider Threat: Are ransomware groups recruiting your employees?

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The New Insider Threat: Are ransomware groups recruiting your employees?

Ransomware groups are using increasingly sophisticated technology and infrastructure to carry out attacks while adopting new tactics to pressurize their victims such as recruiting your employees.

Darren Williams2024-01-22T02:50:05+00:00March 7th, 2022|Ransomware|

Ransomware Group Tactics in 2022
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Ransomware Group Tactics in 2022

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Ransomware Group Tactics in 2022

The cybercrime landscape is changing, and ransomware group tactics are shifting accordingly On January 14th, 2022, Russian authorities announced they had dismantled REvil, the aggressive ransomware groups that made headlines after successfully attacking Colonial Pipeline. Several of its leading members were arrested in a large-scale operation that took place over [...]

Darren Williams2024-02-28T15:37:17+00:00February 22nd, 2022|Ransomware|