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13 Useful Free and Open Source Linux Forensics Memory Tools

June 13, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

This roundup focuses on memory tools that help with forensics. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.

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PCILeech – physical memory acquisition and security research tool

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Security

PCILeech uses DMA hardware and software memory sources to acquire, inspect and analyse physical memory for forensic and security research.

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LeechCore – physical memory acquisition library

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Security

LeechCore provides C, Python and C# APIs for acquiring physical memory from dump files, virtual machines and supported DMA devices.

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emd – eBPF-based Linux memory acquisition tool

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

emd captures physical memory on Linux using eBPF, providing forensic investigators with a command-line acquisition tool.

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LEMON – eBPF-based memory acquisition utility

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms Security

LEMON uses eBPF to acquire physical memory on Linux and Android, producing LiME images for forensic analysis without kernel modules.

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mquire – query Linux memory dumps using SQL

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms Security

mquire examines Linux memory snapshots using SQL queries, reconstructing processes, kernel structures and cached files from embedded data.

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Sealed Secrets – one-way encrypted secrets

June 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Sealed Secrets is a Kubernetes security tool that lets you encrypt Secret manifests into SealedSecret resources.

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Commix – Python-based penetration testing tool

May 31, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Commix investigates OS command injection flaws in web applications, using several detection techniques and configurable HTTP test requests.

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Dalfox – command-line security tool

May 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Dalfox tests web applications for cross-site scripting, with parameter discovery, XSS verification, WAF detection and scan reports.

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Wfuzz – web application fuzzer and Python library for security assessments

May 29, 2026 Steve Emms Security, Web Apps

Wfuzz tests web applications by injecting payloads into requests, combining wordlists and filtering responses during security assessments.

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Encrypted Files

Picocrypt NG – lightweight file encryption tool

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Picocrypt NG encrypts files with XChaCha20 and Argon2id. Explore its GUI, password-based volumes, error correction and recovery features.

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Encrypted Files

SiriKali – graphical frontend for encrypted filesystems

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

SiriKali manages encrypted folders and remote mounts with multiple backends. Explore its GUI, favourites, password storage and automation.

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Network Security

ThreatDeck – monitor threat intelligence feeds

May 8, 2026 Steve Emms Security, TUI

ThreatDeck is a Rust-based terminal application for monitoring threat intelligence feeds and generating alerts from matched content.

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Encryption

fscrypt – Go tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

fscrypt is a high-level command-line utility for managing Linux native filesystem encryption on supported filesystems.

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Vulnerability Detection

LIEF – work with executable and binary formats

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Security

LIEF is a cross-platform library for working with executable and binary formats.

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DevOps

RetDec – retargetable machine-code decompiler

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Security

RetDec is a retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM.

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Documentation

Rizin – UNIX-like reverse engineering framework

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Rizin is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset for examining binaries, disassembling code, debugging programs.

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Security

Cutter – graphical reverse engineering platform

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Cutter is a graphical reverse engineering platform designed for analysing compiled binaries without needing a command line.

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Vulnerability Detection

unblob – extraction suite for working with unknown binary blobs

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

unblob is an extraction suite for working with unknown binary blobs.

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Anti-Malware Tools

FLOSS – malware analysis utility

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

FLOSS is a malware analysis utility that automatically extracts and deobfuscates strings from executable binaries.

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