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Vulnerability Detection

17 Best Free and Open Source Vulnerability Detection Tools

August 9, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Vulnerability scanning is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend the best free and open source vulnerability detection tools.

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OSV-Scanner – finds known vulnerabilities

August 8, 2026 Steve Emms Security

OSV-Scanner finds known vulnerabilities affecting your project’s dependencies.

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8 Best Free and Open Source Network Intrusion Detection Systems

August 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

An intrusion detection system is a device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations.

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Intrusion Detection

Slips – intrusion detection and prevention system

August 8, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Slips (Stratosphere Linux IPS) is an endpoint behavioural intrusion detection and prevention system.

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testssl.sh – tests TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols and cryptographic flaws

August 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

testssl.sh is a command-line tool that checks a server’s service on any port for support of TLS/SSL ciphers and protocols as well as cryptographic flaws.

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Vuls – agentless vulnerability scanner

August 8, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Vuls is an agentless vulnerability scanner that identifies security vulnerabilities affecting Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, macOS

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Tsunami – general-purpose network security scanner

August 8, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Tsunami is a general-purpose network security scanner with an extensible plugin system.

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Network Analyzers

23 Best Free and Open Source Network Analyzers

August 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

A network analyzer (also known as a packet analyzer, packet sniffer, or protocol analyzer) is software that intercepts and logs traffic that passes over a computer network or part of a network.

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Network Analyzers

Malcolm – network traffic analysis suite

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Malcolm is a network traffic analysis suite designed for network security monitoring, threat hunting and incident response.

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Encryption

7 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

GnuPG is a superb tool though it’s a command line affair. If you’re looking for a GUI frontend, check out these tools.

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Network Analyzers

Arkime – scalable network analysis and full packet capture system

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Arkime is a scalable network analysis and full packet capture system. It captures network traffic, stores packets in standard PCAP format.

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14 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Tools

August 1, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security, System Software

We recommend free and open source firewall tools.

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Technology

20 Best Free and Open Source Steganography Tools

August 1, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Conceal messages in other messages.

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Technology

PixelSafe – graphical steganography utility

July 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

PixelSafe is a graphical steganography utility that hides data inside PNG images using the Least Significant Bit (LSB) technique.

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Security

XDP Firewall – stateless firewall tool

July 28, 2026 Steve Emms Security

XDP Firewall is a stateless firewall that uses eBPF and attaches to the Linux kernel’s XDP hook for high-performance packet filtering.

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Network simulator

zsteg – detects steganographically hidden data

July 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

zsteg is a command-line tool that detects steganographically hidden data in PNG and BMP image files.

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Technology

StegoVeritas – command-line steganography analysis tool

July 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

StegoVeritas is a command-line steganography analysis tool.

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Network simulator

Aletheia – detect hidden messages in digital images

July 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Aletheia is a command-line toolbox for detecting hidden messages in digital images. It uses machine learning.

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Security

FirewallFabrik – graphical firewall policy management tool

July 21, 2026 Steve Emms Security

FirewallFabrik is a graphical firewall policy management tool and modern successor to Firewall Builder.

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Technology

AperiSolve – web-based steganalysis platform

July 20, 2026 Steve Emms Security, Web Apps

AperiSolve automates the examination of images for concealed data.

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