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Category: Security

Password Managers

LaZagne – credentials recovery project

June 13, 2025 Steve Emms Security

LaZagne is an application used to retrieve lots of passwords stored on a local computer.

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Wifi

Wifite is a Python script for auditing wireless networks

June 10, 2025 Steve Emms Security

Wifite runs existing wireless-auditing tools for you. Stop memorizing command arguments & switches.

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Linux Distributions

pfSense – firewall and routing platform

June 8, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro, Security

The pfSense project is a powerful open source firewall and routing platform based on FreeBSD. pfSense software includes a web interface.

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Security

Bouncer chooses the correct firewall zone for wireless connections

June 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Security

When you connect to a new network, Bouncer will open a window prompting you for what kind of network (e.g. home, public, work) it is.

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Encrypted Files

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux CLI File Encryption Tools

April 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Security

This roundup explores the finest CLI-based file encryption tools.

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Encrypted Files

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI File Encryption Tools

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

This roundup looks at the finest GUI-based file encryption tools. Only free and open source software is included.

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Encrypted Files

eddy – simple and fast CLI file encryption

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

eddy offers simple and fast file encryption. It features concurrent file processing while ensuring data authenticity and plausible deniability.

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Encrypted Files

Vaults – keep files safe

February 27, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Vaults lets you create encrypted vaults in which you can safely store files. It currently uses gocryptfs and CryFS for encryption.

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Encrypted Files

Volaris for Desktop – wrapper for Volaris

February 27, 2025 Steve Emms Security

Volaris GUI is a sleek and modern application designed to streamline the process of file encryption and decryption using key files.

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Encrypted Files

Qccrypt – frontend for ccrypt

February 26, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Qccrypt is a Qt cross-platform frontend for the ccrypt command-line tool.

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