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JavaSnoop – tool for testing Java desktop applications or applets

July 7, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

JavaSnoop is a tool for testing (re: hacking) Java desktop applications or applets.

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b2sum – BLAKE2 checksum utility

July 1, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

b2sum computes BLAKE2b and BLAKE2s checksums for files or standard input, with selectable digest size and cross-platform use.

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Security

Best Free and Open Source Software – Security

June 3, 2023 Steve Emms Security, Software

Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering security software, firewalls, web application firewalls, email encryption, port scanners.

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Network Security

digup – checksum inventory maintenance tool

May 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

digup maintains checksum inventories by finding changed, missing, renamed and new files, with interactive updates and archive scans.

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sha3sum – SHA-3 and Keccak checksum utilities

May 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

sha3sum generates and verifies Keccak, SHA-3, SHAKE and RawSHAKE checksums with configurable output sizes and hash parameters.

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Network Security

Jacksum – checksum and data integrity utility

May 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Jacksum calculates and verifies hundreds of hashes and CRCs, with parallel processing, custom formats, audit modes and HMAC support.

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cfv – checksum file verification utility

May 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

cfv creates and verifies checksum lists in SFV, CRC, MD5, SHA and torrent formats, with recursive scans and misplaced-file detection.

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Network Security

RHash – file hashing and verification utility

May 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

RHash calculates and checks file digests, magnet links and checksums using multiple algorithms, recursive scanning and custom formats.

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Technology

Snow – whitespace steganography program

April 22, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Snow is used to conceal messages in ASCII text by appending whitespace to the end of lines.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: AES Crypt – file encryption tool

November 9, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Security, Software

AES Crypt is file encryption software that uses the industry standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to easily and securely encrypt files.

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Cybersecurity

Does static application security testing protect against malware?

March 14, 2022 John O'Donnell Security

This post explores how static application security testing can have an essential role in protecting against malware attacks.

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IBM

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to IBM QRadar SIEM

February 13, 2022 Steve Emms Security, Software

QRadar Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) helps security teams detect, prioritize and respond to threats across the enterprise. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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Cybersecurity

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Cisco Secure IDS

February 6, 2022 Steve Emms Security, Software

Cisco Secure IDS is a network-based intrusion detection system that uses a signature database to trigger intrusion alarms. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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Security

Avast! – antivirus protection

July 10, 2021 Steve Emms Security

Avast! Antivirus is an anti-virus program. It’s a multi-award winning solution to virus protection, with anti-spyware and anti-rootkit software.

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Security

AMaViS – high-performance interface

July 10, 2021 Steve Emms Security

AMaViS (A Mail Virus Scanner) scans e-mail attachments for viruses using third-party virus scanners available for UNIX environments.

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Encryption

cryptmount – managing encrypted file systems

October 23, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Security

cryptmount lets ordinary Linux users mount and manage dm-crypt or LUKS encrypted filesystems stored in partitions or ordinary files.

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Password manager

Password Gorilla – encrypted password database manager

December 15, 2017 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Password Gorilla stores logins in an encrypted Password Safe database, with password generation, clipboard copying and group management.

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Security

Sguil – network security monitoring

December 10, 2017 Steve Emms Security

Sguil (pronounced sgweel) is an analyst console for network security monitoring. Sguil consist of three main components.

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Security

Smart Sign – smartcard based digital signature

December 9, 2017 Steve Emms Security

Smart Sign provides software suitable for smartcard based digital signature and both local and remote authentication security services.

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Security

Turtle Firewall – firewall software

December 9, 2017 Steve Emms Security

Turtle Firewall allows you to realize a Linux firewall in a simply and fast way. Turtle Firewall starts up like every other Linux service at boot time.

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