North Pole Security
@northpolesec.bsky.social
North Pole Security account. We make Santa https://github.com/northpolesec/santa
Day 6 of our FAAdvent Calendar: Protect your browser cookies from infostealers with Santa's File Access Rules—limit access so only the browser can read its own cookies!
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December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Day 6 of our FAAdvent Calendar: Protect your browser cookies from infostealers with Santa's File Access Rules—limit access so only the browser can read its own cookies!
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Incredibly humbled by the amazing feedback from our community!
Thank you for growing with us - here's to continuing to build something great together! 🚀
Thank you for growing with us - here's to continuing to build something great together! 🚀
August 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Incredibly humbled by the amazing feedback from our community!
Thank you for growing with us - here's to continuing to build something great together! 🚀
Thank you for growing with us - here's to continuing to build something great together! 🚀
First and this is a big one:
Common Expression Language (CEL) policies can now be attached to rules!
This allows for blocking/allowing by arg, env var, or signing timestamp
Common Expression Language (CEL) policies can now be attached to rules!
This allows for blocking/allowing by arg, env var, or signing timestamp
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
First and this is a big one:
Common Expression Language (CEL) policies can now be attached to rules!
This allows for blocking/allowing by arg, env var, or signing timestamp
Common Expression Language (CEL) policies can now be attached to rules!
This allows for blocking/allowing by arg, env var, or signing timestamp
You can drag an app or binary on to the about window or Santa icon to get information about it as well!
May 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
You can drag an app or binary on to the about window or Santa icon to get information about it as well!
The “About” dialog is now more useful, giving admins a way to direct users to perform manual syncs or get file info without having to go to the command line
May 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The “About” dialog is now more useful, giving admins a way to direct users to perform manual syncs or get file info without having to go to the command line
We added the santactl doctor subcommand to diagnose common deployment issues
May 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We added the santactl doctor subcommand to diagnose common deployment issues
We moved the copy details button to the main page
May 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We moved the copy details button to the main page
FAA now supports wildcards for process exceptions:
This allows you to cover things like XProtect that add new binaries with a fixed SigningID prefix:
This allows you to cover things like XProtect that add new binaries with a fixed SigningID prefix:
April 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
FAA now supports wildcards for process exceptions:
This allows you to cover things like XProtect that add new binaries with a fixed SigningID prefix:
This allows you to cover things like XProtect that add new binaries with a fixed SigningID prefix:
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
- Santactl fileinfo can now includes entitlement information when the --entitlements flag is passed
February 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
- Santactl fileinfo can now includes entitlement information when the --entitlements flag is passed
Support for Japanese Internationalization in the GUI
January 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Support for Japanese Internationalization in the GUI
2. You now have more control over which events types are logged to /var/db/santa/santa.log or the protobuf spool by using the Telemetry configuration key.
December 10, 2024 at 6:01 PM
2. You now have more control over which events types are logged to /var/db/santa/santa.log or the protobuf spool by using the Telemetry configuration key.
Today is Santa's 10th Birthday 🎂🎉.
The first commit was from Russell Hancox at 4:23 PM
The first commit was from Russell Hancox at 4:23 PM
November 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Today is Santa's 10th Birthday 🎂🎉.
The first commit was from Russell Hancox at 4:23 PM
The first commit was from Russell Hancox at 4:23 PM
3. We added support for changing the font and icon of the Block dialog UI on special days of the year. (don't worry this is behind a config option you need to opt in for)
November 11, 2024 at 11:49 PM
3. We added support for changing the font and icon of the Block dialog UI on special days of the year. (don't worry this is behind a config option you need to opt in for)
2. We've made the interface internationalizable
November 11, 2024 at 11:49 PM
2. We've made the interface internationalizable
Last week we made our first Open Source release of Santa version 2024.10 github.com/northpolesec...
Highlights:
1. Streamlined UI with silencing options and added a button to copy relevant data to the clipboard to help users report issues / blocks to security
Highlights:
1. Streamlined UI with silencing options and added a button to copy relevant data to the clipboard to help users report issues / blocks to security
November 11, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Last week we made our first Open Source release of Santa version 2024.10 github.com/northpolesec...
Highlights:
1. Streamlined UI with silencing options and added a button to copy relevant data to the clipboard to help users report issues / blocks to security
Highlights:
1. Streamlined UI with silencing options and added a button to copy relevant data to the clipboard to help users report issues / blocks to security