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Category: Security

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 – KDE tool for managing X.509 and OpenPGP certificates

February 1, 2025 Steve Emms Security

Kleopatra is the KDE tool for managing X.509 and OpenPGP certificates in the GpgSM and GPG keyboxes and for retrieving certificates.

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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

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Port Scanners

January 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, Security, System Software

Linux has a good range of port scanners that help administrators identify and rectify weaknesses in a system.

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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

5 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

GnuPG is a superb tool though it’s a command line affair. If you’re looking for a GUI frontend, check out these tools.

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Encryption software

Lock – process data with GnuPG

January 5, 2025 Steve Emms 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 is a fast web fuzzer. Essentially , fuzzing is an automated method designed to see how an application handles strange inputs.

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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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Technology

13 Best Free and Open Source Steganography Tools

December 3, 2024 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

We recommend steganography tools captured in a LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. All the software is free and open source goodness.

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Security

9 Useful Free and Open Source Reverse Vulnerability Analysis Tools

November 23, 2024 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Vulnerability analysis is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend useful open source tools.

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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

8 Best Free and Open Source Network Intrusion Detection Systems

November 13, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

An intrusion detection system is a device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations.

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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

12 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Tools

November 3, 2024 Steve Emms Roundup, Security, System Software

We recommend free and open source firewall tools.

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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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Security

BeEF – The Browser Exploitation Framework

October 14, 2024 Steve Emms Security

BeEF is pioneering techniques that provide penetration testers with practical client-side attack vectors.

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Network Analyzers

16 Best Free and Open Source Network Analyzers

October 14, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

A network analyzer (also known as a packet analyzer, packet sniffer, or protocol analyzer) is software that intercepts and logs traffic that passes over a computer network or part of a network.

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