Mac Big Sur Sophos
- Big Sur EAP requires membership for participation - click to join. 2H5GFH3774 com.sophos.endpoint.scanextension (10.0.3/221821) com.sophos.endpoint.scanextension activated waiting for user. Our Mac users are not receiving any notification messages, but are now experiencing web browsing issues.
- Vanilla (now Big Sur compatible, might not self-update, so download from the developer) Visual Studio (launches but crashes when trying to open a solution) VMware Fusion 12.0. Will not work on unsupported CPUs like Xeon Westmere, which generally can be made to support Big Sur. Missing Intel EPT MMU support and XSAVE.
Version 9.10.2
MacOS Big Sur (11.0) includes additional software security on the hard drive. Additional steps are needed when installing Sophos Anti-Virus to allow access to all areas of the hard drive (for scanning, etc.).
New features
Support for macOS 11 Big Sur.
Updated components
The threat detection engine is 3.80.1
Resolved issues
Security improvements.
Version 9.10.1
New features
This release contains early access to a version of the endpoint software that supports macOS 11 Big Sur.
Updated components
The threat detection engine has been updated to 3.80.1.
Version 9.10.0
Updated components
The threat detection engine has been updated to 3.79.0
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-5389 | Resolved an issue with tabs opening slowly in Google Chrome. |
Version 9.9.8
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4973 | Resolved blank captive portal. |
Version 9.9.7
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4657 | Improved device control support for large capacity removable storage devices to ensure that they are blocked after restart. |
Version 9.9.6
This release contains performance improvements.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4493 | Resolved an intermittent issue where web pages may fail to load. |
| MACEP-4600 | Improved memory usage when Threat Case creation is enabled. |
| MACEP-4602 | Resolved an issue with modified permissions on the man8 directory when using disk encryption. |
| MACEP-4606 | Improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina when using MDM profiles. |
Version 9.9.5
New features
- This release contains improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
Version 9.9.4 Updated
New features
- This release contains support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
- This release contains security and performance improvements.
Updated components
The threat detection engine version is 3.77.1. For information about the threat detection engine, see the Sophos Threat Detection Engine release notes.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4414 | Resolved an intermittent issue on macOS 10.14 Mojave where the Captive Network Assistant page could fail to load. |
| MACEP-4410 | Addressed CVE-2020-10947. |
Version 9.8.5
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4314 | Resolved an issue in which Sophos Anti-Virus may incorrectly report successful updates as failures. |
Version 9.8.4
Updated components
The threat detection engine has been updated to 3.76.0. For information about the changes to the threat detection engine, see the Sophos Threat Detection Engine release notes.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-3604 | Resolved an issue on macOS 10.14 Mojave that prevented some customers from connecting to Wi-Fi networks that require a captive portal. |
Sophos Endpoint Protection Macos Big Sur
Version 9.8.2
Updated components
The threat detection engine has been updated to 3.75.0. For information about the changes to the threat detection engine, see the Sophos Threat Detection Engine release notes.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-3668 | Resolved a rare kernel panic that can be caused when reading extended file attributes on APFS. |
| MACEP-3722 | Installer now provides links to online EULA and Privacy Policy. |
Version 9.7.7
This release contains compatibility improvements.
Updated components
Mac Big Sur Sophos Pro
The threat detection engine has been updated to 3.74.0.
Resolved issues
Gwdg Sophos Mac Big Sur
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-3454 | Resolved an issue where some systems may hang on boot with certain USB-C devices. |