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On Monday , Apple released itslatest figurer operating system update called macOS 15 , or Sequoia . And , somehow , the software package update has fall in the functionality of several security tools made by CrowdStrike , SentinelOne , Microsoft , and others , according to situation on societal media , as well as messages posted in a Mac - concenter Slack channel .
At this point , it ’s unreadable exactly what is the issue , but it appears to involve several products made by companies that provide package for macOS users and enterprises , which has caused defeat among people who work on and with macOS - focussed security tools .
“ As a developer of macOS surety tool , it ’s incredibly frustrating to time and clip again have to deal with ( understandably ) upset users ( understandably ) charge your tools for give way their macintosh , when in realness it was Apple ’s fault all along , ” said Patrick Wardle , the beginner of Mac and iOS security startupDoubleYou , and a longtime expert on macOS surety .
“ I get it , that write hemipteran - detached software is challenging , but possibly if Apple spent less time and money on marketing , and more time on really examine their software , we ’d all be better off ! ” Wardle tell TechCrunch .
On the 24-hour interval of macOS Sequoia ’s release , a CrowdStrike sales engineer read in a Slack elbow room for Mac admins that the party had to delay support for the new adaptation of Mac ’s operating scheme . “ I ’m very sorry to report that we will not be indorse Sequoia on day 1 in spite of our intention ( and old track record ) to patronise the recent group O within hours of [ General Availability ] , ” the engine driver said in the message , seen by TechCrunch .
The engineer also articulate CrowdStrike sent out a “ Tech Alert ” to customers , adding that “ there ’s quite a lot lead on with the changes in the internet stack . ”
” We ’re also dog some similar issues with other vendors , and have feedback and a caseful in to Apple . While we would fuck for there to be a fast - follow patch that resolves this for us , we ’re acting under the assumption there wo n’t be and we ’ll require to repair it in our code with a sensor release , ” the cut-rate sale engineer wrote .
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“ Please trust me when I say this was looked at through every slant , to see if there was any way to continue to allow the best protection to our client on this new OS without having to check , ” the CrowdStrike engineer indite . “ at last it was decide that the good trend to protect our Mac fleet is to wait until this is settle . ”
Also , several masses on Redditreported having issueswith CrowdStrike ’s surety production on the new macOS .
CrowdStrike voice Kevin Benacci told TechCrunch on Thursday that the party is “ currently waiting for a macOS Sequoia update and will provide official supporting . We respectfully refer you to Apple for any extra dubiousness . ”
Apple did not respond to requests for commentary .
On Monday , a SentinelOne Support account warned customer in the same Mac - focused Slack channel : “ Do not upgrade your endpoints until you have a support SentinelOne Agent , ” citing a series of issues with the new macOS version .
SentinelOne did not respond to a asking for comment .
After publication , SentinelOne representative Craig VerColen said in an electronic mail : “ SentinelOne save full support for macOS Sequoia immediately upon its release this retiring Monday as covered onour blogand support situation . ”
ESET alsoalerted customersof a net connection topic after upgrading to macOS Sequoia . An ESET spokesperson did not react to our request for comment .
After publication , ESET representative Jessica Beffa said that ESET production “ are compatible with the new macOS . ”
Other people in the same Slack reported having offspring with Microsoft Defender for macOS after the Sequoia update . Microsoft did not reply to a request for comment .
security measures researcher Will Dormann indite on Mastodon that he was having exit withDNSandrunning his firewallon his macOS machine . Another security investigator , Wacław Jacek , wrotein a web log station that , “ it seems the OS firewall can sometimes set off blocking access to entanglement browse after upgrading to macOS Sequoia , ” and shared a likely workaround .
The problems with macOS Sequoia appear to have stimulate issue with Firefox browser app user , too , according to a freestanding Reddit thread . Damiano Damonte , a spokesperson for Mozilla , order in an email to TechCrunch after publication that Mozilla , which make the Firefox web browser app , “ encounter reports ” of issue from some users and Mozilla reported the job to Apple , but has not yet been able-bodied to reproduce the bug in testing .
