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Security

Snort – intrusion prevention system

November 6, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language.

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Zeek – powerful network analysis framework

November 6, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Zeek (formerly known as Bro) is a powerful free and open source framework for network traffic analysis and security monitoring.

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Maltrail – malicious traffic detection system

November 6, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Maltrail is a malicious traffic detection system, utilizing publicly available (black)lists.

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Hostsblock – malware-blocking cronscript

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Hostsblock is a POSIX-compatible script for Linux designed to take advantage of the HOSTS file to block malware.

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libredefender – antivirus program

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

libredefender is an antivirus program. Scanning is implemented with libclamav.

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Unhide – forensic tool to find hidden processes

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Unhide is a forensic tool to find hidden processes and TCP/UDP ports by rootkits / LKMs or by another hiding technique.

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phpMussel – PHP-based anti-virus anti-trojan anti-malware solution

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

phpMussel is a PHP script designed to detect trojans, viruses, malware and other threats within files.

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Linux Malware Detect – malware scanner

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Linux Malware Detect (LMD) is a malware scanner that is designed around the threats faced in shared hosted environments.

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ClamTk – frontend for ClamAV

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

ClamTk is a frontend for ClamAV (Clam Antivirus).

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Anti-Malware Tools

YARA – pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

YARA is a free and open source tool aimed at (but not limited to) helping malware researchers to identify and classify malware samples.

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ClamAV – antivirus engine

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Clam AntiVirus is a free and open source anti-virus toolkit, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.

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Network Analyzers

Wireshark – network packet analyzer

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Wireshark is a network packet analyzer. A network packet analyzer captures network packets and tries to display that packet data as detailed as possible.

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Network Analyzers

netsniff-ng – Swiss army knife for network plumbing

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

netsniff-ng is a performant network analyzer and networking toolkit. It’s described as the Swiss army knife for network packets.

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Network Analyzers

darkstat – captures network traffic

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

darkstat is a network statistics gatherer. It captures network traffic on a specified interface, calculates statistics about usage, and serves reports over HTTP.

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Network Analyzers

dsniff – collection of tools for network auditing and penetration testing

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

dsniff is a collection of tools for network auditing and penetration testing. dsniff, filesnarf, mailsnarf, msgsnarf, urlsnarf, and webspy passively monitor.

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Network Analyzers

ngrep – grep applied to the network layer

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

ngrep strives to provide most of GNU grep’s common features, applying them to the network layer. ngrep is a pcap-aware tool.

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Network Analyzers

tcpdump – command-line packet analyzer

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

tcpdump is a common computer network debugging tool that runs under the command line. Intercept and display TCP/IP and other packets.

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Network Analyzers

sniffit – CORBA based sniffer system

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

sniffIt is a Distributed Sniffer System. Capture network traffic from an unique machine using a graphical client application.

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Network Analyzers

EtherApe – graphical network monitor

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

EtherApe is a network traffic browser. It displays network activity graphically.

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Network Analyzers

Justniffer – network TCP Packet Sniffer

November 5, 2023 Steve Emms Security

justniffer is a network protocol analyzer that captures network traffic and produces logs.

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