Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac

In certain situations, Antimalware exclusions were not applied. This issue has been fixed.

The progress bar did not show up in the GUI when performing a custom scan.

The product now requires users to restart applications that cannot be patched while running.

Added support for On-access options Scan local files and Scan network files.

Optimized the Traffic Scan mechanism to prevent occasional high CPU usage when the Content Control module was using wildcards.

Improved the mechanism for sending raw and EDR events.

The Custom Scan task on /Users folder remained in progress instead of failing if Full Disk Access was not approved.

Fixed an issue that caused the Blocklist feature to stop functioning after a system reboot.

An incompatibility issue with CyberEdge traffic inspection caused temporary loss of network connectivity.

The product could not access Cloud Services when DNS server was not configured, and the relay was used as a proxy.

The Save button in the encryption windows was not translated in German and Romanian.

In a corner-case scenario, the product could experience difficulties in operation, displaying the message: “The Antimalware module is disabled.”

Updating to version 7.16.42.200017 has resulted in some cases in failing to get the real status of Full Disk Access for the EndpointSecurityforMac process.

In some cases, the product GUI became unresponsive after allowing Full Disk Access for the BDLDaemon process.

Added support for YARA detection rules.

Added support for multiple Web Access Control schedules.

The message informing about installing OS updates now specifies that you must provide local administrator credentials.

The security agent now displays a relevant message when it could not establish a connection to the GravityZone console.

In some cases, the security agent did not display the correct status on the Overview page for features such as Antiphishing and Traffic Scan.

Added support for upcoming features available with GravityZone.

The product no longer supports macOS Mojave (10.14) and Catalina (10.15). We recommend upgrading the endpoints to the latest macOS version. Learn more.

When opening the main window, the security agent now displays all issues expanded.

Fixed some minor Japanese translation issues.

This version accommodates Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for the end of life for macOS Mojave (10.14) and Catalina (10.15). Learn more.

The product blocked or slowed down the upload to platforms such as app.frame.io, wetransfer.com, fromsmash.com and aws.amazon.com.

The graphical user interface became sometimes unresponsive due to an issue with the EndpointSecurityforMac process.

The product caused high memory usage when accessing a large number of files.

Some localized texts were not correctly displayed in the GUI.

Added support for upcoming features available with the next GravityZone Cloud release. Learn more.

Added support for upcoming features available with the next GravityZone Cloud release. Learn more.

Added support for upcoming features available with the next GravityZone Cloud release. Learn more.

The product is now compatible with Digital Guardian Web Inspection Proxy.

In some cases, the Network Protection module caused slowdowns when trying to upload or download files from the internet.

An internal issue caused the BDLDaemon component to stop functioning.

Fixed an issue that caused slow performance when scanning applications during installation.

Fixed an issue that caused slow performance when scanning applications during installation.

When enabled in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, the Encrypted ClientHello (ECH) protocol prevented content filtering and traffic scanning.

Bitdefender DCI extension could not be installed if the endpoint user was not logged in.

In some cases, Bitdefender DCI extension caused high memory usage after product update.

In some cases, Bitdefender DCI extension could not update at the same time as the product.

In some cases, Bitdefender DCI extension could not update at the same time as the product.

In some cases, Bitdefender DCI extension caused high memory usage after product update.

In some cases, after moving the endpoint, the product did not correctly report the new company ID.

The product did not display the system reboot window required in situations where, after an update, the Bitdefender DCI extension did not work properly.

 Fixed some issues with Bitdefender DCI extension such as:

Module names were incorrectly localized into Simplified Chinese.

In some languages, the message displayed for blocked webpages was not completely localized.

The product did not display the system reboot window required in situations where, after an update, the Bitdefender DCI extension did not work properly.

 Fixed some issues with Bitdefender DCI extension such as:

Module names were incorrectly localized into Simplified Chinese.

In some languages, the message displayed for blocked webpages was not completely localized.

Added encryption support for macOS Sonoma (version 14).

The product incorrectly reported finished Reconfigure agent tasks as still in progress to the GravityZone console.

In some scenarios, On-Access scanning affected the operation of other product modules.

Security fixes.

In some situations, the product update progress bar did not accurately show the download status.

Security fixes.

In some situations, the product update progress bar did not accurately show the download status.

In some cases, the On-Access feature caused the system start to last longer than usual.

Fixed an issue that caused macOS users, in certain instances, to experience system deceleration and/or temporary unresponsiveness for 5 to 10 minutes after the login process.

The local console now displays error messages whenever actions taken by users to fix issues are unsuccessful.

The security agent has been enhanced to include support for EDR custom rules.

Security improvements.

Added support for the Warn action with the Content Control module.

The SSL certificate generated when deploying the BEST through Kandji was not recognized as valid.

Fixed the issue where macOS endpoints reported three different values for HostName, LocalHostname and ComputerName in GravityZone.

Fixed an internal issue that caused the BDLDaemon component to crash.

The Remote Shell session unexpectedly stopped when creating the archive on the endpoint failed.

Added support for the Warn action with the Content Control module.

The SSL certificate generated when deploying the BEST through Kandji was not recognized as valid.

Fixed the issue where macOS endpoints reported three different values for HostName, LocalHostname and ComputerName in GravityZone.

The Remote Shell session unexpectedly stopped when creating the archive on the endpoint failed.

Collecting investigation packages was failing with connection error.

Added support for upcoming features available with the next GravityZone release.

Added support for upcoming features available with the next GravityZone release.

Fixed certain issues with internal files that caused the product to crash.

In some cases, the uninstaller app could not be opened.

The progress bar displayed an incorrect number of scanned files and incorrect percentage of completion when scanning excluded folders.

Action buttons to allow full disk access, DCI extension, and update signatures were not localized.

Addressed several minor issues such as:

Exclusions did not work when they included special characters.

Fixed certain issues with internal files that caused the product to crash.

Action buttons to allow full disk access, DCI extension, and update signatures were not localized.

Added support for upcoming features available with the next GravityZone releases.

Texts were not localized or incorrectly displayed in some languages.

Buttons and controls did not function as expected in certain scenarios.

Information in the About window was not dynamically updated.

In some cases, the main window showed up after each system reboot or login.

Exclusions did not work when they included special characters.

In some cases, the uninstaller app could not be opened.

Setup Downloader failed with error -1004 instead of downloading and installing the endpoint package.

The product returned errors when running AWS CLI commands on endpoints with the Network Attack Defense module installed.

The product did not report the correct update attempt in the Protection tab of the endpoint details in the GravityZone console, unless an update actually occurred.

The security agent has a new name: Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools. With the new name also comes a new graphical interface for an improved user experience. These are some of the highlights:

Apart from all the changes, some essential procedures remain the same: install, encrypt, uninstall.

The agent no longer supports macOS Sierra (10.12) and High Sierra (10.13).

Security fixes.

Addressed an issue that caused the Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools agent to crash in some cases.

Internal product improvements.