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Category: Security

Network Security

Hashes – simple hash algorithm identification

June 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Hashes is a simple hash algorithm identification GUI using GTK4 and Adwaita.

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Network Security

Hash-o-matic – generate, compares and verify MD5, SHA-256 and SHA-1 hashes

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Hash-o-matic generates, compares and verifies MD5, SHA-256 and SHA-1 hashes.

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John the Ripper is an advanced offline password cracker

June 14, 2025 Steve Emms Security

John the Ripper is a password security auditing and password recovery tool available for many operating systems.

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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

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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Vulnerability Detection

12 Best Free and Open Source Vulnerability Detection Tools

February 24, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Vulnerability scanning is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend the best free and open source vulnerability detection tools.

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Encryption software

Volaris – encryption tool

February 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Volaris is an encryption tool designed to prioritize privacy and security.

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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 Security

File Lock PEA (PEA = Password Encrypting Archive) encrypts data at the filesystem level

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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 – encrypt and decrypt files

February 4, 2025 Steve Emms Security

PGPTool is a Java-based desktop GUI application for easy and regular PGP decryption/encryption.

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