The update is related to the Countercept Agent’s Sensor component. The Sensor component gathers data to be analyzed in the WithSecure backend to identify any malicious activity.
Product Name: Countercept Agent for Linux – Sensor Component
Version: 2026.1.170
Pilot Availability: 24/02/2026
General Availability: 10/03/2026
Predecessor: 2025.2.185
Release Purpose:
Customer Action Required:
Name Changes:
- No changes to file, process, or service names.
Files Updated:
New Features and Enhancements:
- CPU improvements on heavy load systems
- Extended file attributes for file metadata
- Improved security of scanning results
- Improved file event info gathering
- Extended firewall monitoring
Generic Maintenance:
- Dependency updates and bug fixes
OS Support:
- AMD64
- AlmaLinux 8.4 – 9.x
- Amazon Linux 2
- CentOS 7, 8
- Debian 10, 11, 12
- Oracle Linux 7, 8, 9 (RHCK and UEK)
- RHEL 7, 8, 9
- Rocky Linux 8, 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 – SP5
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
- Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04
- ARMv8/AArch64
- Debian 11, 12
- Rocky 9
- Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04