Enable passive ransomware detection by default for beta

config/ocsentinel-settings.example.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "criticalSprayAccountCount": 10,
   "correlationWarningCveThreshold": 1,
   "correlationCriticalCveThreshold": 1,
-  "ransomwareBetaEnabled": false,
+  "ransomwareBetaEnabled": true,
   "ransomwareBetaAlertingEnabled": false,
   "ransomwareLookbackMinutes": 15,
   "ransomwareWarningSignalCount": 2,

docs/beta-deployment.md

@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ Die Stable-Aufgabe verwendet keinen Kanalwert oder den Wert `stable`.
 
 ## Passive Ransomware-Beta
 
-Die Beta ist nach der Installation weiterhin deaktiviert. Auf einem
+Die Ransomware-Beta ist im Beta-Kanal standardmaessig aktiviert. Die Auswertung
-Pilotgeraet wird in `C:\Program Files\OCSentinel\config\ocsentinel-settings.json`
+bleibt passiv, solange `ransomwareBetaAlertingEnabled` auf `false` steht:
-der Wert `ransomwareBetaEnabled` auf `true` gesetzt. Die Auswertung bleibt
+Hinweise, Warnungen und kritische Beta-Signale erscheinen im JSON-Report und
-passiv, solange `ransomwareBetaAlertingEnabled` auf `false` steht: Hinweise,
+Dashboard, veraendern aber keine NinjaOne-Alarmfelder. Fuer eine lokale
-Warnungen und kritische Beta-Signale erscheinen im JSON-Report und Dashboard,
+Ausnahme kann `ransomwareBetaEnabled` in
-veraendern aber keine NinjaOne-Alarmfelder.
+`C:\Program Files\OCSentinel\config\ocsentinel-settings.json` auf `false`
+gesetzt werden.
 
 Der optionale Datei-Churn-Sensor wird nur mit
 `ransomwareFileChurnEnabled: true` aktiviert. Er wertet ausschliesslich bereits

docs/ocsentinel-deployment.md

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ write access:
 | `ocsentinelqueuedreports` | Integer | Reports waiting for delivery |
 | `ocsentinellastuploadutc` | Date/Time | Last successful upload time |
 | `ocsentinellasterror` | Text | Last upload error, if any |
-| `ocsentinelclientversion` | Text | Installed client version |
 
 ## NinjaOne Tasks
 

installer/runtime-run-ocsentinel-monitor.ps1

@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ function Publish-NinjaCustomFields {
         [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "ocsentinelqueuedreports"; Type = "Integer"; Value = $queuedReports }
         [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "ocsentinellastuploadutc"; Type = "DateTime"; Value = $lastUploadUtc }
         [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "ocsentinellasterror"; Type = "Text"; Value = $lastUploadError }
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "ocsentinelclientversion"; Type = "Text"; Value = [string]$Report.ClientVersion }
     )
 
     $updated = 0

release/beta/version.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "channel": "beta",
-  "version": "1.5.0-beta.1",
+  "version": "1.5.0-beta.3",
-  "publishedAtUtc": "2026-07-29T23:07:54.7923320Z",
+  "publishedAtUtc": "2026-07-31T23:31:45.7354313Z",
-  "artifactUrl": "https://gitea.officecom.cloud/officecom/oc-sentinel/releases/download/v1.5.0-beta.1/OCSentinelClient-win-x64.zip",
+  "artifactUrl": "https://gitea.officecom.cloud/officecom/oc-sentinel/releases/download/v1.5.0-beta.3/OCSentinelClient-win-x64.zip",
-  "sha256": "a712ee820dee2f6786a8297d892b3ae8844548ddc7030dcbe01435fbc89d924a",
+  "sha256": "5a189c796635a4dc6a2df2e9d6122695532a4c30455fbf0808322a7a0030933d",
   "minUpdaterVersion": "1.0.0"
 }

scripts/bootstrap-ocsentinel-ninja.ps1

@@ -112,6 +112,30 @@ function Get-OCSentinelArtifact {
     }
 }
 
+function Enable-OCSentinelBetaDefaults {
+    param([Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$SettingsPath)
+
+    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $SettingsPath)) {
+        return
+    }
+
+    $settings = Get-Content -LiteralPath $SettingsPath -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
+    if ($null -ne $settings.PSObject.Properties["ransomwareBetaDefaultApplied"]) {
+        return
+    }
+
+    if ($null -eq $settings.PSObject.Properties["ransomwareBetaEnabled"]) {
+        $settings | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "ransomwareBetaEnabled" -NotePropertyValue $true
+    }
+    else {
+        $settings.ransomwareBetaEnabled = $true
+    }
+
+    $settings | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "ransomwareBetaDefaultApplied" -NotePropertyValue "1.5.0-beta.4"
+    $settings | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10 | Set-Content -LiteralPath $SettingsPath -Encoding UTF8
+    Write-Host "Enabled passive ransomware beta defaults."
+}
+
 Initialize-OCSentinelTls
 
 if ($ReleaseChannel -eq "stable" -and -not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($env:ReleaseChannel)) {
@@ -133,6 +157,7 @@ $updaterPath = Join-Path $installRoot "scripts\update-ocsentinel.ps1"
 $monitorPath = Join-Path $installRoot "scripts\run-ocsentinel-monitor.ps1"
 $appPath = Join-Path $installRoot "app\OCSentinelCli.exe"
 $clientConfigPath = Join-Path $installRoot "config\ocsentinel-client.json"
+$settingsPath = Join-Path $installRoot "config\ocsentinel-settings.json"
 $secretScriptPath = Join-Path $installRoot "scripts\protect-ocsentinel-secret.ps1"
 $secretPath = "C:\ProgramData\OCSentinel\secrets\ocsentinel-upload-secret.dat"
 
@@ -214,6 +239,10 @@ if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $appPath)) {
     throw "OCSentinel installation completed, but the client executable was not found."
 }
 
+if ($ReleaseChannel -eq "beta") {
+    Enable-OCSentinelBetaDefaults -SettingsPath $settingsPath
+}
+
 if (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($WebhookUrl)) {
     if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $clientConfigPath)) {
         throw "OCSentinel client configuration was not found: $clientConfigPath"

scripts/run-ocsentinel-monitor.ps1

@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ function Publish-NinjaCustomFields {
         [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "ocsentinelqueuedreports"; Type = "Integer"; Value = $queuedReports }
         [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "ocsentinellastuploadutc"; Type = "DateTime"; Value = $lastUploadUtc }
         [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "ocsentinellasterror"; Type = "Text"; Value = $lastUploadError }
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "ocsentinelclientversion"; Type = "Text"; Value = [string]$Report.ClientVersion }
     )
 
     $updated = 0

src/OCSentinelCli/Configuration.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ internal sealed record ScannerConfiguration
 
     public int CorrelationCriticalCveThreshold { get; init; } = 1;
 
-    public bool RansomwareBetaEnabled { get; init; }
+    public bool RansomwareBetaEnabled { get; init; } = true;
 
     public bool RansomwareBetaAlertingEnabled { get; init; }
 

src/OCSentinelCli/OCSentinelCli.csproj

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     <RootNamespace>OCSentinelCli</RootNamespace>
     <Product>OfficeCom Sentinel</Product>
     <Company>OfficeCom</Company>
-    <Version>1.5.0-beta.2</Version>
+    <Version>1.5.0-beta.4</Version>
     <AssemblyVersion>1.5.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <FileVersion>1.5.0.0</FileVersion>
-    <InformationalVersion>1.5.0-beta.2</InformationalVersion>
+    <InformationalVersion>1.5.0-beta.4</InformationalVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

tests/OCSentinelCli.Tests/RansomwareBetaTests.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ namespace OCSentinelCli.Tests;
 [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
 public sealed class RansomwareBetaTests
 {
+    [Fact]
+    public void RansomwareBetaIsEnabledByDefault()
+    {
+        Assert.True(new ScannerConfiguration().RansomwareBetaEnabled);
+        Assert.False(new ScannerConfiguration().RansomwareBetaAlertingEnabled);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void FileChurnBelowBothThresholdsDoesNotCreateSignal()
     {