Ransomware Activity detection rule

The Ransomware Activity detection rule, available in Box Shield Pro, monitors user activity and leverages Box machine learning to identify suspicious file extensions that may indicate a ransomware attack.

Fighting ransomware

With the Ransomware Activity detection rule, you can better protect yourself by:

• Creating and editing the detection rule
• Viewing alerts
• Taking action to remediate threats

To learn more about using the Ransomware Activity detection rule, visit our support documentation.

Box AI API — new AI models available and default models update

The list of available AI models has been recently updated with the following models:

• OpenAI GPT-5.1
• OpenAI GPT-5 mini
• Gemini 3 Pro
• Llama 4 Maverick

Additionally, default AI models have been updated for Box AI features:

• Gemini 2.5 Pro is now the default model for Box AI Enhanced Extract.
• Gemini 2.5 Flash is now the default model for Box AI Standard Extract.
• OpenAI GPT-5 is now the default model for Box AI Advanced Agent for Hubs, Documents, and Notes Q&A.
• OpenAI GPT-5 mini is now the default model for Box AI for Hubs, Documents, and Notes Q&A.

Note: Models offered in Preview mode have not been fully performance-tested at scale and are provided on an as-is basis. You may experience variability in model/output quality, availability, and accuracy.

You can use the provided models to override the default model used in the AI agent configuration. For further details on Box AI API, see the guides and API reference.

Where to get support

Should you have any issues or need further guidance, please post a request to our developer forum for any help needed.

Box CLI v4.5.0 released

New Features and Enhancements

• support auto update using Github releases (#603) (2460e1b)

Bug Fixes

• update dependencies to fix tmp vulnerability (#600) (7e270eb)

Box iOS SDK 10.1.0 released

New Features and Enhancements

• Support GET enterprise configuration API (box/box-openapi#559) (#1179) (936edf7)
• Support Archive API (box/box-openapi#563) (#1238) (a2662e3)

Box iOS SDK 6.1.0 released

New Features and Enhancements

• boxsdkgen: Support GET enterprise configuration API (box/box-openapi#559) (#1190) (c91bb4f)
• boxsdkgen: Support Archive API (box/box-openapi#563) (#1237) (07aaf3a)

Box Windows SDK v10.2.0 released

New Features and Enhancements

• Support Archive API (box/box-codegen#865) (#1266) (bca0473)
• Support GET enterprise configuration API (box/box-openapi#559) (#1198) (426aaed)
• Include pdb files when packing .net root project (box/box-codegen#859) (#1169) (8b7e7c8)
• Use generated RetryStrategy for retrying requests (box/box-codegen#872) (#1232) (5567fef)

Box Windows SDK v6.1.0 released

New Features and Enhancements:

• boxsdkgen: Support Archive API (box/box-codegen#865) (#1270) (307a5d4)
• boxsdkgen: Support GET enterprise configuration API (box/box-openapi#559) (#1212) (0d97d4d)
• boxsdkgen: Use generated RetryStrategy for retrying requests (box/box-codegen#872) (#1227) (5b42a3e)

Box Python SDK v10.1.0 released

New Features and Enhancements

• Support GET enterprise configuration API (box/box-openapi#559) (#1134) (1106d32)
• Support Archive API (box/box-openapi#563) (#1174) (d21ec4d)

Box Java SDK v10.2.0 released

Bug Fixes

• Fix parsing OffsetDateTime from String (box/box-codegen#887) (#1582) (d1288c4)

New Features and Enhancements

• Support GET enterprise configuration API (box/box-openapi#559) (#1519) (88dd8d2)
• Disable OkHttp auto retries on connection fail (box/box-codegen#874) (#1541) (c2bd137)
• Support Archive API (box/box-openapi#563) (#1553) (609e8bb)

Box Java SDK v5.1.0 released

New Features and Enhancements

• boxsdkgen: Support GET enterprise configuration API (box/box-openapi#559) (#1529) (e6924bb)
• boxsdkgen: Disable OkHttp auto retries on connection fail (box/box-codegen#874) (#1540) (6842fa4), closes box/box-codegen#873
• boxsdkgen: Support Archive API (box/box-openapi#563) (#1552) (ba7f012)

Bug Fixes

• boxsdkgen: Fix parsing OffsetDateTime from String (box/box-codegen#887) (#1581) (4f9e1b3)