The initial release of BlackFog for macOS does not support Chrome because it requires support for Chromes QUIC network protocol. This is a low level protocol that uses UDP instead of TCP for web browsing. While BlackFog operates across the entire operating system using UDP and TCP, special handling is required for Chrome. An [...]
If you are using the Privacy relay feature under System Settings > iCloud > Private Relay you will notice less blockings than normal. This is because your system is redirecting traffic through iCloud and effectively hiding the destination of requests by some applications. While BlackFog will still pickup nefarious bad actors on other levels [...]
Yes. The macOS edition can operate with any other software, including VPN's, and runs seamlessly in the background.
Yes. BlackFog operates natively on both Intel and M1 based macs as long as they use macOS 13 or later.
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.
