CyberHoot’s Power Platform: 2024 Release Notes

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CyberHoot’s Power Platform: build a robust cybersecurity program that includes: cyber policies, awareness and product training, positive-reinforcement, educational phishing simulations/testing, and Dark Web reports.

Spend more time on your business while CyberHoot teaches cyber literacy to your staff.

11/12/24: Build 1098

  • Fixed issue with emails sometimes getting cut off in Outlook.
  • Added dark web recommendations to power platform with ability to edit recommendations and user alerts. Updated dark web script to send user alerts if enabled. Updated opt-out functionality so dark web checks still run on opted out users.

10/29/24: Build 1096

  • Added groups to upcoming assignments tables on the dashboard.

10/22/24: Build 1095

  • Fixed issue with logo transparency and duplicates in the MSP marketing materials infographics.
  • Added compliance checks to login.

10/15/24: Build 1094

  • Updated emails to use customer name instead of MSP name in the header.

10/09/24: Build 1093

  • Updated Hoot Ranks in Power platform to show non-compliant owl and status instead of showing Hoot Scores when users are non-compliant.

10/08/24: Build 1091 & 1092

  • Updated quiz results to let users know when they missed selecting a correct answer on multiple choice questions.
  • Updated emails and 2FA text message to use the name set in MSP settings instead of INI file for communication.
  • Updated ‘Unsafe’ labels in HootPhish to instead be ‘Suspicious’.
  • Added walkthrough of tips/explanations in phishing results and made a few small design changes across phishing and quizzes. 
  • Improved Entra ID and Google sync error alerts and reporting.
  • Added New HootPhish Challenge results page for any MSP seeking to promote CyberHoot’s HootPhish Challenge for their prospects and clients. HootPhish Challenge is a timed, gamified competition to measure how quickly someone can correctly label all the indicators of our Phishing Simulation Safe or Suspicious.
  • Updated youtube embed URL to fix the issue with some users not being able to view youtube videos due to network restrictions.
  • Updated restart user training to recalculate hoot scores clear attempt history.

10/01/24: Build 1090

  • Implemented glacial and ultralight foundational program speeds and a fade-in effect on all cards in Power.
  • Added transcripts to English videos.
  • Added compliance assurance setting to power and updated quiz / phishing functionality to account for this setting and allow for unlimited amount of attempts on training. 
  • Revamped my assignments and training to improve user experience.

09/24/24: Build 1089

  • Fixed issue with overall compliance counts.

09/17/24: Build 1086 – 1088

  • We’ve added Danish as the 10th supported language for our training videos and phishing assignments. This expands our existing language support, which includes Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (Portugal), and Spanish.
  • Refactored and redeisgned Terms of Service in Power platform to now use a pdf document and use updated standards. Added API endpoints to accept terms of service.
  • Improved Entra ID Sync error messages.
  • Added Cork to intgrations page.
  • Updated welcome email content.
  • Added completed assignments option to exportable and scheduled compliance summary reports in Power.
  • Fixed issue where overdue outstanding assignments were not included in Hoot Score. 
  • Updated HR Emails to only send to both HR contact and Manager on Power deployments.
  • Fixed issue where user compliance export was missing compliance %.
  • Improvements to backend processes to improve site performance.
  • Included additional line items on the MSP invoice to clearly identify any free trial users and internal customers.

09/10/2024: Build 1083 & 1084

  • Added API endpoint to Power platform to generate user auth links to “My Assignments”.
  • Optimized email logs tables in Power to better handle larger data sets.
  • Updated msp aggregate report.
  • Fixed issue where user hoot score was only looking at active assignments.
  • Updated dark web user updates to run more efficiently.

09/03/2024: Build 1081

  • Added ability to temporarily archive a user until a set date.
  • Added ability to archive/skip synced users.
  • Fixed issue where editing Google groups would result in a 500 error.
  • Added MSP logging to admin customer create, edit and delete actions.
  • Updated the “View all your Assignments” link in assignment emails to just redirect to the normal my assignments auth page instead of showing the error message if the link has expired.
  • Reverted dark web emails back to only send to customer admins and not all super admins as well.
  • Updated welcome email language everywhere that was using our default set welcome language.

08/27/2024: Build 1080

  • Fixed issue with compliance % not showing in user/manager compliance reports.
  • Updated HootScore to take into account incomplete overdue assignments.
  • Increased memory allowed for Entra ID and Google user sync.
  • Fixed algorithm for calculating Hoot Rank.

08/20/2024: Build 1079

  • Added site admin warning check when creating/updating admins in Power Platform.
  • Added API endpoint to update API key.
  • Made users clickable to the user status page on the dashboard tables in Power Platform.
  • Added more logging to Azure/Google syncing. Updated error handling to not clear out users/groups if an error is found.

08/13/2024: Build 1077 & 1078

  • Fixed issue where user status would sometimes show status wrong for an assignment.
  • Upgraded email functionality and redesigned standard email template in Power platform.
  • Fixed issue where Entra ID sync could not unarchive previously completed assignments when users were unarchived.

08/06/2024: Build 1076

  • Updated infographics download in Power to have three downloadable .zip options: 31 days, MSP Marketing, and Full Page.
  • Added the ability to change the training start date and restart customer training in power platform and cyberhoot-api.

07/30/2024: Build 1075

  • Added applied coupons to the subscription page.
  • Updated Automatic mode in Power to allow for monthly phishing intervals.

07/23/2024: Build 1074

  • Made usernames clickable to see user compliance status on admin level.
  • Added ability to restart all active trainings at the user level (admin).
  • Updated reactivate subscription button to allow the user to add a payment method.

07/11/2024: Build 1073

  • Updated the switch customer popup in power platform to be a paging table view when customer count is more than 10.
  • Made release notes button viewable by customer admins.
  • Updated assignments to only assign to users if assignment is < 100 days old.

07/02/2024: Build 1072

  • Added the ability to configure which sections to include in the scheduled customer compliance summary report in power platform.

06/26/2024: Build 1071

  • Updated the user exposures section in pdf reports to condense non-exposed users pages into a single list.

06/11/2024: Build 1070

  • Allow user opt-outs based on customer settings and updated assignment emails with a link to allow users to opt out of training.
  • Updated manual “Welcome Email” message.
  • Updated weekly Dark Web Check email to send to Super Admins and Customer Admins.

06/04/2024: Build 1069

05/25/2024: Build 1068

  • Updated MSP aggregation report to show colored compliance badges based on score and to only show ‘N/A’ for compliance if no policies have been deployed.

  • Improved speed/performance of compliance reporting scripts.

  • Updated toggling of the welcome email feature to reset welcome email sent on users if welcome email is enabled and training start date has not yet passed. 

05/22/2024: Build 1067

  • Updated phish test email to give user warning about processing time and made script run in background instead of making user wait for completion.
  • To reduce confusion in new users, the “My Assignments” link was removed from Welcome Emails.
  • Added DNS Twister to Sales Reports.

05/7/2024: Build 1064 & 1065

  • Updated the Terms of Service for new deployments.
  • Fixed issue where Entra ID would sometimes not synchronize Managers.
  • Updated Entra ID initial prompt to allow users to select from multiple accounts and require a new login each time they set up Entra sync.

04/30/2024: Build 1063

  • Added Link to these Release Notes in the Admin Interface accessible to Super-Admins.
  • API billing improvements, spelling error in My Assignments, invalid domain checks. 
  • Ability to update the Billing Email under Account Settings -> Subscription.
  • Added DarkWeb override button to enable Checks on demand, once every 3 days.  This is for prospecting and the Cybersecurity Report under Admin -> MSP Settings -> Customers (click the ellipse and to run the Cybersecurity Report)
  • Added DNS Typo-squatted Domains to the Prospecting and existing Client Security Report. Note: Existing Customers must have their domain added under Customer Settings – Branding for DarkWeb and Typo-squatted domain checks.
  • Logging Improvements: Added customer logs, user training history and training history details.
  • Phishing Improvements: Users who fail traditional Attack-Phishing will retake a Phishing Video and a HootPhish simulations.
  • My Assignments Look and feel updates.

04/23/2024: Build 1062

  • Added Google User Synchronization.
  • Fixed a library video display issue which redirected to a 404, and a rare Welcome Email race condition.
  • Updated HootPhish Challenge Game design and email updates.

04/16/2024: Build 1061

  • Created HootPhish Challenge Game designed to increase awareness and create competition in Phishing Detection and Deletion that is positively driven.
  • Additional performance improvements to the User interface.
  • Reset the Welcome Email feature for Client started in manual mode but who convert to Automatic mode. System now respects not sending Welcome Email until the day before training launches.

04/04/24: Build 1060

  • Performance Improvements: updated compliance scripts to run more quickly and with less overhead on system performance.
  • Added Customer Mass Actions (archive and unarchive) capability similar to User Mass actions to both CyberHoot’s API and the Admin dashboard.
  • Added 24 hour timer to “My Assignments” links to expire instead of deleting after being clicked. Updated feedback to clicked “My Assignment” links to reflect expiration.
  • Added welcome email alert to Dashboard schedule for better clarity on send date.
  • Created CSV export button for Video and Program Libraries.

03/25/24: Build 1959

  • Upgrade internal binaries and components (standard maintenance)

03/18/24: Build 1057 & 1058

  • Added MSP Aggregate Customer Compliance report and a settings page to schedule these reports.
  • Fixed downloading Certificates of Completion issue.
  • Performance improvements to all platforms with better load balancing.
  • Added end-user acknowledgement popup when retaking phishing assignments on all platforms.

03/12/24:  Build 1056

Users Management: Mass Updates

  • Add the ability to mass update users (archive, restore etc.)

Welcome Email Improvement

  • Updated welcome email to send to new users when welcome email is enabled after automated training has begun.

General Improvements

  • Schedule compliance reports by email feature added.

02/20/24: Build 1054

  • Mobile device display improvements.
  • Disabled certification of completion for optional assignments.
  • Updated Phish test instructions landing page and pushed out to all deployments that were using the default text.

02/13/24: Build 1053

  • Fixed issue with CyberHoot logo defaulting onto certificates of completion.
  • Added ‘selector1’ and ‘selector2’ to DKIM checks in Cybersecurity Customer Report.
  • Fixed user removal in Entra ID sync where users were not being removed.
  • Performance improvements across the platform.

02/07/24: Build 1052

  • Renamed Azure to Entra ID
  • Fixed excel CSV file upload errors.
  • Found and removed all old 2-Phish and 3-Phish back-to-back simulations.
  • Added tips to phishing simulation results for end user feedback.
  • Adopted international date standard for date variable across the platform.
  • Fixed issue in compliance table in downloadable reports.

01/30/24: Build 1051

  • Updated API to support more Partner integration needs.

01/25/24: Build 1050

  • Enabled domain-wide dark web searches for customers.
  • Stopped sending empty Manager Compliance reports when training has not started.
  • Added support for webp images used in brand’s logo.
  • Added customer create and customer type changes to MSP logs.]

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CyberHoot’s latest platform release is known as HootPhish.
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