Version History & Release Notes

Major SEO overhaul, blog platform, and cybersecurity knowledge base launch.

✨ New Features

• Cybersecurity Blog — Expert articles on threat intelligence, hardening guides, compliance, and AI security
• Security Glossary — 40+ cybersecurity terms with definitions for quick reference
• Features Detail Page — In-depth exploration of all 12 protection modules
• About Page — Company mission, story, and technology philosophy
• Use Cases Page — Targeted security solutions for SMB, Enterprise, MSP, Freelancer, Developer, and Education
• Admin Free License Grant — Administrators can grant free licenses directly from the user management panel

🛠 Improvements

• Enhanced structured data with 8 JSON-LD schema types across all pages
• Dynamic sitemap.xml with blog articles and image namespace
• Per-bot robots.txt with crawl-delay directives for major search engines
• Security headers middleware (X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy)
• 11 FAQ entries on homepage with FAQPage schema markup
• Expanded footer with deep internal links to feature anchors
• Per-page Open Graph images and Twitter Card support

🐛 Fixes

• Fixed emoji rendering on Dashboard Referrals page — replaced multi-byte emoji with HTML entities
• Fixed emoji rendering on Admin UserDetail page

Analytics dashboard, download tracking, and auto-update system for the desktop application.

✨ New Features

• Admin Analytics Dashboard — Chart.js-powered visualizations for downloads, registrations, tier breakdown, referral sources, and conversion funnel
• Download Tracking — DownloadRecord model captures IP, user agent, referrer, and authenticated user for every download
• Desktop Auto-Update — UpdateService checks citadelframe.com for new versions, downloads ZIP, extracts, and restarts
• Admin User Seeding — Owner email automatically promoted to Admin role on every startup

🐛 Fixes

• Fixed SQLite Sum on decimal — cast to double for AdminService dashboard stats
• Fixed SQLite GroupBy with .Date — client-side evaluation for analytics time series

The first public release of Citadel Frame — a complete desktop cyber-defense platform for Windows.

🛡️ Desktop Application

• Real-Time Threat Scanning — Multi-vector scanning across firewall, Defender, network, startup, and registry
• AI-Powered Intelligence — GPT-4o integration for contextual risk analysis and natural-language threat summaries
• Breach Monitoring — Dark web credential surveillance with automated remediation playbooks
• Ransomware Shield — Honeypot file traps, entropy analysis, and instant process termination
• DNS Firewall — Block malicious domains at the DNS level with threat feed integration
• Compliance Engine — ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, and POPIA profiles with audit export
• System Hardening Advisor — CIS Benchmark-aligned OS hardening with one-click remediation
• Download & Email Inspection — Static analysis, behavioral monitoring, PDF inspection, steganography detection
• Network Connection Monitor — Live connection visibility with GeoIP and process attribution
• Secure File Vault — AES-256 encrypted storage with secure wipe
• Application Lock & Control — Granular execution policies and process interception
• WhatsApp AI Bridge — Threat alerts and commands via WhatsApp

🌐 Web Platform

• User registration with Microsoft and Google OAuth
• License management with per-seat team licensing
• Paystack payment integration with multi-currency support (30+ currencies)
• Referral program with commission tracking
• Admin panel with user management, audit logs, and error reports
• Rate limiting for API and authentication endpoints

Closed beta release for internal testing. Core scanning engine, WPF dashboard, and initial web platform.

• Core scanning framework with FirewallScanner, DefenderScanner, NetworkExposureScanner, StartupPersistenceScanner, SoftwareVulnerabilityScanner
• WPF dashboard with dark circuit-board UI theme
• Initial web platform with registration, login, and licensing
• SQLite database with Entity Framework Core migrations