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Category: Security

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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Passive OS Fingerprinting

satori – passive OS fingerprinting tool

April 27, 2024 Steve Emms Security

satori is a passive OS fingerprinting tool written in Python. It supports DHCP, TCP, HTTP, SMB, and.SSL.

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Kali Linux – penetration testing distribution

April 22, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro, Security

Kali Linux is an advanced penetration testing distribution which provides useful and relevant features for security professionals.

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BunkerWeb – next-generation Web Application Firewall

April 16, 2024 Steve Emms Security

BunkerWeb is a next-generation and open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) which offers easy integration with existing environments.

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Jomon – network forensics and passive sniffer

March 25, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Jomon is a network forensics and passive sniffer tool. It monitors all incoming/outgoing network traffic, without the use of libpcap

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

reaction – daemon that scans program outputs for repeated patterns, and takes action

February 22, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Security

reaction is a daemon that scans program outputs for repeated patterns, and takes action.

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Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks: Server Security from TLS to Tor

February 19, 2024 John O'Donnell Security

This guide explores the approach needed to protect Linux servers including the implementation of Transport Layer Security protocols and Tor.

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Optimizing cybersecurity

Optimizing Cybersecurity: Exploring the Synergy Between Linux Operating Systems and Emerging Security

February 8, 2024 John O'Donnell Security

We explore the synergy between Linux operating systems and the latest developments in cybersecurity.

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Netfilter – packet filtering framework

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Netfilter is a framework offering a set of hooks inside the Linux kernel that allows kernel modules to register callback functions with the network stack.

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Security

Zeek – network security monitor

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Zeek is a powerful framework for network traffic analysis and security monitoring.

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Argus – auditing network software

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Audit Record Generation and Usage System (Argus) is a Real Time Flow Monitor that is designed to perform comprehensive IP network traffic auditing.

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ntop – network traffic probe

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

ntop is a network traffic probe that shows the network usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command does.

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Security

SEC – tool for advanced event processing

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Simple Event Correlator (SEC) is an open source and platform independent event correlation tool. SEC is a simple event correlation tool.

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Security

Scapy – packet manipulation program

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation program. It is able to forge or decode packets of a wide number of protocols.

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Security

Knocker – TCP security port scanner

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Knocker is a simple, and easy to use TCP security port scanner written in C. It’s able to analyze hosts and the network services which are running on them.

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Security

tcpreplay – Pcap editing and replaying utilities

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

tcpreplay is a set of tools written which gives you the ability to use previously captured traffic in libpcap format to test a variety of network devices.

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Security

Darik’s Boot and Nuke – hard drive eraser and data clearing utility

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Darik’s Boot and Nuke (“DBAN”) is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers.

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Security

Nikto – web server scanner

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Nikto is a web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items.

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Security

Stunnel – proxy designed to add TLS encryption functionality

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Stunnel is a program that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections inside SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).

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Security

P3Scan – full-transparent proxy-server for email clients

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Security

P3Scan is a fully transparent proxy-server for POP3, SMTP, and limited POP3S Clients. It can be used to provide email scanning from the internet.

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