No. To get the best protection BlackFog has designed each agent to work natively on each operating system. It is highly optimized to leverage the hardware using low level API’s. A specific version that operates on iPads will be available soon.
Apple takes security and privacy very serious. As a result they demand full disclosure when a product requires elevated permissions or installs system extensions like BlackFog requires. When you manually deploy the mac edition you will be asked to approve 3 things. Installation of a system extension Activate the network extension, and finally Allow [...]
Yes. We price our macOS edition the same as our Windows edition. The goal is to ensure you can cover your entire enterprise at the same cost, no matter what platform or mix of platforms you use.
The macOS platform has undergone many changes over the last few years that has now made it possible to provide similar functionality to our Windows platform without reverting to raw kernel drivers. Apple has introduced system extensions that can be managed and deployed more seamlessly within the enterprise. We also took the opportunity to [...]
BlackFog has closely aligned the macOS edition with its Windows counterpart. It has 95% feature parity and uses the same AI based algorithms. It shares the same rulesets and additionally includes macOS specific threats.
BlackFog supports macOS 13 (Ventura) and above, this includes macOS 14 (Sonoma) and macOS 15 (Sequoia). It natively supports both Apple M Series and Intel processors running 64 bits.
While financial gain is usually the primary motivation driving large cybercrime groups, some may also have political or ideological motives beyond just monetary profits. However, most large, sustained cybercrime operations still require substantial funding to cover operational costs. So even for groups with additional non-financial goals, the financial aspect of their activities remains very important [...]
More sophisticated, well-funded cybercrime groups do dedicate some resources towards research and development activities. This could include developing new exploits, evasion techniques, malware variants and updating toolkits based on emerging threats and weaknesses that get detected.
Some groups are able to become bigger due to their success and profits. Groups that are particularly successful at compromising systems, stealing data or funds are likely to reinvest those profits into expanding their operations. This enables them to take on more projects and recruit/pay more members. Large groups may also be able to dedicate [...]
Having a clear, comprehensive ransomware response plan is essential for any business. This should include details on what everyone's responsibilities are, how to make and recover backups and what reporting steps are required.
Law enforcement agencies in the US and UK advise against paying ransomware demands, as this provides further encouragement to cybercriminal gangs. Businesses that do are more likely to come under further attack than those that refuse.
Costs for ransomware include direct lost business, ransomware payments, recovery expenses, investigation and future mitigation, fines from regulators and class action lawsuits. In 2023, this added up to an average total of $5.13 million, compared with $4.45 million for data breaches as a whole.
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