BlackFog for macOS ChangeLog

Improvements

• Fixed logging window data collection
• Return origin process name instead of framework
• Fixed settings lock for Homograph and TikTok

Features

• Added ADX Vision support to detect Frontier LLMs
• Added Support for IPv6 with subnets
• Added macOS Log View with debug mode & filtering
• Added ADX Protect device checkin to Reload button
• Added baseline activity monitoring
• Added Audit capability to Agent

Improvements

• Migrated Agent to PacketFilter architecture
• Improved Process name detection and exfiltration
• Updated core rules parsing architecture to JSON
• Improved license management checks
• Updated UI to support macOS 26 Liquid Glass
• Fixed issue with suspicious IPv6 addresses
• Allow list now supports IPv6
• Updated BlackFog branding
• Improved support for MDM tools
• Added new notification handlers to Agent
• Optimized threading and locks to Agent
• Added persistence service to defaults and settings
• Delegated UI control persistence to Agent
• Improved connection validation to Agent
• Fixed Agent status notifications on app restart
• Fixed Sparkle updater links for debug and release builds
• Improved Agent reconnection logic
• Introduced interruption handlers to handle graceful reconnects
• Removed duplicate extension install in main app
• Stop filter tutorial kicking off install if it is already installed
• Ensure graceful upgrade of Agent by stopping filter first

Features

• Added Chrome Browser support and QUIC protocol
• Added support for Protonmail
• Added Dashboard tile that shows latest rules update and version
• Added Process name to logs and drill downs
• Added Training mode to Enterprise edition
• Added ability to allow Application processes in allow list
• Added support for FrigidStealer ransomware
• Added IPv6 support
• Added IPv4 subnet masking
• Added category filter to events
• Added ability to remotely lock allow, deny and geofencing

Improvements

• Improved Agent startup and shutdown times
• Concurrency and thread safety improvements
• Improved XPC resiliency after crash
• Improved wildcard matching in allow/deny

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
• Added auto update capability

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
• Added many new Mac based threats such as Banshee prevention
• Added Helper menubar application to monitor state

Improvements

• Improvement parsing of inter application communication messages
• Updated JSON parsing and type checking
• Moved rule processing logic to core system agent

• 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

• Added more than 250 cryptomining blockers
• Added Facebook blocking capability
• Added Enterprise settings collection
• Added Managed domains column to white and black lists
• Added Safari toolbar Item to reveal status of blocking
• Added Safari toolbar item to whitelist sites
• Updated Malware rules for several recent threats
• Prevent the whitelisting of blacklisted sites
• Provide warning when sandboxing does not permit deletion

• 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

• 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

• 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