5.0 build 1100 – (November 25, 2024 Beta Release)
- Core
- Rewritten from the ground up in Swift
- Feature parity with Windows
- Renamed core application to BlackFog
- Updated icons for version 5
- Dynamic dashboard tiling
- Adopted MapKit support for Exfiltration view
- Added Dark Mode Support
- Hardened runtime and sandbox support
- Added support for dynamic rule updates
- Allow support for restricted options through console
- Added sliding sidebar view for events
- Integrated agent into System settings as Network > Filters
- Inherit Content filter status into application state
- Reflect protected state in window header
- Added Window > Log view for system events
- Detect all existing Mac models through 2024
- Features
- Realtime GeoIP lookups
- Added completely Air gapped packet filtering for failsafe blocking
- Modernized UI with consistent look and feel across platforms
- Support for M Series processes as well as Intel
- Added canary release capability to console
- Multi-threaded network filtering
- Added thread safe cache mapping for high performance blocking
- Added thread controls for systemwide performance increase
- Improvements
- Improvement parsing of inter application communication messages
- Updated JSON parsing and type checking
- Moved rule processing logic to core system agent
3.2 build 169 – (October 11, 2018)
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Added Fake News Blocking
- Added support for Dark Mode in Mojave (10.14)
- Added hardened runtime support
- Added Full Disk Access support in Mojave (10.14)
- Resolved crash when using El Capitan (10.11)
- Removed block warnings when clicking on Ads shown in Google Search
- Provide foundation for scheduled scanning in next update
- Added App Notarization support for downloadable version
- Improved menubar text in dark mode
- Added Enterprise console setting for Fake News
- Changed Enterprise license handling
- Optimized Touch Bar icon sizing
- Added Turkish translation
- Improved messaging when removing Malware
3.1 build 156 – July 31, 2018
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Added more than 250 cryptomining blockers
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Added Facebook blocking capability
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Added Enterprise settings collection
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Added Managed domains column to white and black lists
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Added Safari toolbar Item to reveal status of blocking
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Added Safari toolbar item to whitelist sites
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Updated Malware rules for several recent threats
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Prevent the whitelisting of blacklisted sites
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Provide warning when sandboxing does not permit deletion
3.0 build 146 – June 14, 2018
- Added Malware scanning and removal for over 1,000 new threats
- Added Enterprise console checkin capability for Enterprise licenses
- Added more than 1,000 new Ad blocks and refined rules
- Added Cryptomining blocker
- Added Malware blocker
- Added checkin timer for Enterprise license
- Added the ability to open Safari Extensions for users to enable
- Added new status options to menubar helper
- Added rating window to App Store edition
- Added automatic update feature
- Added Touch bar support
- Added Helper service for system Malware removal
- Fixed some minor UI issues when saving preferences
- Fixed crash when attempting to load corrupted preferences
- Prevent users from adding blank entries to white list or black list
- Updated core libraries for compatibility with High Sierra
2.6 build 103 – February 14, 2017
- Changed file access mode to conform to Apples new Sandbox rules
- White/Black listing is applied immediately rather than on preference close
- Agent Launch default is set to false so that users are making the choice to turn it on
2.6 build 102 – February 8, 2017
- Initial release for macOS
- High performance Ad blocking and Anti-tracking for Safari
- Removes adware from your system and prevents it from coming back
- Improves browser performance
- Fixes hijacked browsers
- Reclaims drive space from core areas of operating system
- Browser data wipe for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Opera
- Release available as DMG and App Store editions
- Includes Menubar Agent for auto launch at login
- Double click installation from image
- Requires macOS 10.11.5 or greater with Safari 1o
- Available in English, Dutch and Danish
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