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Category: Security

Encrypted Files

ccrypt – tool for encrypting and decrypting files and streams

February 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

ccrypt is a tool for encrypting and decrypting files and streams. It is based on the Rijndael block cipher.

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Vulnerability Detection

Terrapin Vulnerability Scanner for the Terrapin attack

February 8, 2025 Steve Emms Security

The Terrapin Vulnerability Scanner can be used to determine the vulnerability of an SSH client or server against the Terrapin Attack.

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Encryption software

File Lock PEA – filesystem-level encryption

February 7, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

File Lock PEA encrypts files and folders for secure storage and backups. Explore its authenticated encryption, keyfiles and recovery options.

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Vulnerability Detection

octoscan – static vulnerability scanner

February 7, 2025 Steve Emms Security

Octoscan is a static vulnerability scanner for GitHub action workflows.

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Encrypted Files

Encpipe – encryption tool

February 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Encpipe is billed as the simplest encryption tool in the world.

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Vulnerability Detection

Greenbone Vulnerability Manager – central management service

February 4, 2025 Steve Emms Security

The Greenbone Vulnerability Manager is the central management service between security scanners and the user clients.

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Encrypted Files

PGPTool – graphical OpenPGP file encryption

February 4, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

PGPTool offers desktop OpenPGP encryption for files and text, with key management, ECC support and workflows for regularly encrypted files.

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Vulnerability Detection

grype – vulnerability scanner

February 3, 2025 Steve Emms Security

grype is a vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems.

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Encryption

Kryptor – simple, modern, and secure file encryption and signing tool

February 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Kryptor lets you encrypt multiple files/directories with a passphrase, symmetric key, or asymmetric keys.

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Encryption software

Kleopatra – manage OpenPGP and X.509 certificates

February 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Kleopatra manages OpenPGP and X.509 certificates with tools for file encryption, digital signatures, smartcards and key discovery on Linux.

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Encrypted Files

Picocrypt – small and secure encryption tool

January 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Picocrypt is billed as a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files.

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USB

USBGuard – framework for implementing USB device authorization policies

January 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices (a.k.a. BadUSB).

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Network Security

turbo-scanner – port scanner and service detection tool

January 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

turbo-scanner is a port scanner and service detection tool that uses 1000 goroutines at once to scan any hosts IP or FQDN.

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Network Security

havn – fast configurable port scanner

January 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

havn is a lightweight self-contained port scanning application using asynchronous Tokio multithreading to deliver fast and reliable results.

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Encryption software

Lock – process data with GnuPG

January 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Lock is a graphical front-end for GnuPG (GPG) making use of an attractive LibAdwaita GUI.

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Security

ffuf – fast web fuzzer

December 14, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Security

ffuf fuzzes HTTP requests to discover hidden content, test web parameters and investigate responses with flexible wordlists and filters.

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Security

feroxbuster – recursive discovery tool

December 11, 2024 Steve Emms Security

feroxbuster is a tool designed to perform Forced Browsing. It’s a fast, simple, recursive content discovery tool.

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Security

Nosey Parker – find secrets in textual data

November 19, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Nosey Parker is a command-line program that finds secrets and sensitive information in textual data and Git history.

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Security

psad – intrusion detection and log analysis with iptables

November 12, 2024 Steve Emms Security

psad is software which offers intrusion detection and log analysis with iptables.

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Security

Portmaster – application firewall that does the heavy lifting

October 26, 2024 Steve Emms Security

Portmaster is an application firewall. Restore privacy and take back control over all your computer’s network activity.

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