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Security

AFL++ – fuzzing framework

September 5, 2024 Steve Emms Security

American Fuzzy Lop plus plus (AFL++) is a security-oriented fuzzer.

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pocsuite3 – remote vulnerability testing framework

September 4, 2024 Steve Emms Security

pocsuite3 is a remote vulnerability testing framework.

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Vulnerability Detection

OpenSCAP – NIST Certified SCAP 1.2 toolkit

September 4, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

OpenSCAP is both a library and a command line tool which can be used to parse and evaluate each component of the SCAP standard.

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Vulnerability Detection

Nuclei – fast and customisable vulnerability scanner

September 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

nuclei is a fast and customisable vulnerability scanner based on simple YAML based DSL.

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Wapiti – web-application vulnerability scanner

September 3, 2024 Steve Emms Security

Wapiti allows you to audit the security of your websites or web applications.

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Obfuscate – utility to censor private information

July 9, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, Security, Utilities

Obfuscate is a simple GTK-based utility that’s designed to censor private information.

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sqlmap – penetration testing tool

July 9, 2024 Steve Emms Security

sqlmap is a penetration testing tool that automates detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws and taking over of database servers.

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Security

XSSer – detect, exploit and report XSS vulnerabilities

July 9, 2024 Steve Emms Security

XSSer is an automatic framework to detect, exploit and report XSS vulnerabilities in web-based applications.

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Security

simple fuzzer – a simple fuzzer

July 9, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

simple fuzzer is exactly what it sounds like – a simple fuzzer.

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Security

Doona – network based protocol fuzzer

July 9, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Doona is a fork of the Bruteforce Exploit Detector Tool (BED). It adds a significant number of features/changes.

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Security

socat – multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)

July 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

socat is a flexible, multi-purpose relay tool. Its purpose is to establish a relationship between two data sources,

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Security

flawfinder – lexically find potential security flaws (“hits”) in source code

July 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Flawfinder searches through C/C++ source code looking for potential security flaws.

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Security

Hydra – fast network logon cracker

July 7, 2024 Steve Emms Security

Hydra is a parallelized login cracker which supports numerous protocols to attack.

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Intrusion Detection

Security Onion – platform built by defenders for defenders

June 7, 2024 Steve Emms Security

Security Onion includes network visibility, host visibility, intrusion detection honeypots, log management, and case management.

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

CrowdSec – modern and collaborative behavior detection engine

June 6, 2024 Steve Emms Security

CrowdSec is a modern and collaborative behavior detection engine, coupled with a global IP reputation network.

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Tor on Linux

Whonix on Qubes: The Most Secure Way to Use Tor

June 6, 2024 John O'Donnell Security

Qubes OS and Whonix are an ideal choice for regular computing tasks and also offer strong anonymity for browsing the web.

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Security

Reasons Your Linux System Needs an Antivirus

June 3, 2024 Lee Walker Security

To make the long story short, here are a few reasons your Linux system needs an antivirus.

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Linux Distributions

VyOS – router and firewall platform

May 27, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro, Security

VyOS is a network operating system based on Debian. VyOS runs on standard amd64, i586 and ARM systems.

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Security

IPFire – firewall distribution

May 26, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro, Security

IPFire is a Linux distribution with a versatile and state of the art firewall engine that makes complex setups easy to administer.

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Linux Distributions

Athena OS – Linux distribution designed for penetration testing

May 14, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro, Security

Athena OS is an Arch-based and Nix-based distribution.

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