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Password Managers

Bitwarden CLI – manage your password vault from the terminal

April 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Bitwarden CLI accesses password vaults from the terminal, supporting item management, vault synchronisation, TOTP and scripted workflows.

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Password Managers

kpcli – interactive command-line interface for KeePass databases

March 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

kpcli manages KeePass databases through an interactive terminal, with searches, password generation, editing and key-file support.

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Password Managers

gopass – password manager for individuals and teams

March 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

gopass manages encrypted password stores with Git synchronisation, team sharing, multiple vaults and terminal-friendly secret retrieval.

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Encrypted Files

eddy – fast command-line file encryption tool

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

eddy is a fast command-line file encryption tool with concurrent processing, authenticated decryption, passphrase generation and globbing.

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Encrypted Files

Volaris for Desktop – graphical frontend for Volaris

February 27, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Volaris for Desktop gives Volaris a graphical interface for file encryption, decryption and keyfile management using a Svelte and Tauri app.

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Encryption software

File Lock PEA – filesystem-level encryption

February 7, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

File Lock PEA encrypts files and folders for secure storage and backups. Explore its authenticated encryption, keyfiles and recovery options.

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Encrypted Files

PGPTool – graphical OpenPGP file encryption

February 4, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

PGPTool offers desktop OpenPGP encryption for files and text, with key management, ECC support and workflows for regularly encrypted 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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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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Anti-Malware Tools

FastFinder – threat hunting and forensic triage tool

October 10, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

FastFinder investigates suspicious files on Linux using hashes, YARA rules, memory inspection, continuous monitoring and event forwarding.

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Anti-Malware Tools

Raspirus – lightweight signature-based malware scanner

October 7, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Raspirus is a Rust-based malware scanner using YARA rules, multithreaded scanning, archive checks and a desktop interface for Linux.

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Encryption

KGpg – graphical frontend for GnuPG

September 20, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Security

KGpg provides graphical GnuPG key management, file and text encryption, keyserver access, digital signatures and Dolphin integration.

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Reader Seeks Help On Securing Their Notebooks

September 8, 2024 Lee Walker Stories

Please share your thoughts on how best the reader can secure his notebooks.

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System Administration

Flatpak KCM – manage application permissions in KDE Plasma

July 22, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Flatpak KCM lets KDE Plasma users manage application sandbox permissions, filesystem access and desktop portal permissions.

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Security

flawfinder – find potential security flaws in C and C++ code

July 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Flawfinder scans C and C++ code for potential security flaws, ranking suspicious calls and exporting CWE-linked findings for review.

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System administration

doggo – command-line DNS client

July 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

doggo is a flexible DNS client with encrypted lookup protocols, HTTP/3 support, configurable resolvers and script-friendly output.

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

CrowdSec – modern and collaborative behavior detection engine

June 6, 2024 Steve Emms Security

CrowdSec is a modern and collaborative behavior detection engine, coupled with a global IP reputation network.

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Security

Reasons Your Linux System Needs an Antivirus

June 3, 2024 Lee Walker Security

To make the long story short, here are a few reasons your Linux system needs an antivirus.

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Linux Distributions

BlackArch Linux – penetration testing distribution

May 2, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro

BlackArch is a penetration testing distribution based on Arch Linux that provides a large number of security tools.

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Security

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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