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Vuls: Open-source agentless vulnerability scanner

Vuls: Open-source agentless vulnerability scanner 2025-05-05 at 07:33 By Help Net Security Vuls is an open-source tool that helps users find and manage security vulnerabilities. It was created to solve the daily problems admins face when trying to keep servers secure. Many administrators choose not to use automatic software updates because they want to avoid […]

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: April 2025

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: April 2025 2025-05-01 at 08:36 By Help Net Security This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. GoSearch: Open-source OSINT tool for uncovering digital footprints GoSearch is an open-source OSINT tool built to uncover digital footprints linked to

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Villain: Open-source framework for managing and enhancing reverse shells

Villain: Open-source framework for managing and enhancing reverse shells 2025-04-30 at 08:04 By Mirko Zorz Villain is an open-source Stage 0/1 command-and-control (C2) framework designed to manage multiple reverse TCP and HoaxShell-based shells. Beyond simply handling connections, Villain enhances these shells with added functionality, offering commands and utilities, and allowing for shell sessions sharing across

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Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems

Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems 2025-04-28 at 15:32 By Industry News Peridio, a platform for building and maintaining advanced embedded products, has launched Avocado OS, an open-source embedded Linux distribution made to simplify the way developers build complex embedded systems. Avocado OS focuses on delivering a smooth developer experience while offering security,

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Chainguard Raises Hefty $356M Series D at $3.5 Billion Valuation

Chainguard Raises Hefty $356M Series D at $3.5 Billion Valuation 2025-04-23 at 17:20 By Ryan Naraine The cash infusion brings Chainguard’s total funding to about $612 million since launching in 2021 and prices the company at $3.5 billion. The post Chainguard Raises Hefty $356M Series D at $3.5 Billion Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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SWE-agent: Open-source tool uses LLMs to fix issues in GitHub repositories

SWE-agent: Open-source tool uses LLMs to fix issues in GitHub repositories 2025-04-23 at 08:36 By Mirko Zorz By connecting powerful language models like GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 3.5 to real-world tools, the open-source tool SWE-agent allows them to autonomously perform complex tasks: from fixing bugs in live GitHub repositories and solving cybersecurity challenges, to browsing

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Open Source Security Firm Hopper Emerges From Stealth With $7.6M in Funding

Open Source Security Firm Hopper Emerges From Stealth With $7.6M in Funding 2025-04-22 at 15:48 By Eduard Kovacs Hopper has emerged from stealth mode with a solution designed to help organizations manage open source software risk. The post Open Source Security Firm Hopper Emerges From Stealth With $7.6M in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Hawk Eye: Open-source scanner uncovers secrets and PII across platforms

Hawk Eye: Open-source scanner uncovers secrets and PII across platforms 2025-04-21 at 08:37 By Mirko Zorz Hawk Eye is an open-source tool that helps find sensitive data before it leaks. It runs from the command line and checks many types of storage for PII and secrets: passwords, API keys, and personal information. “Unlike most open-source

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Attack Flow: Learn how cyber adversaries combine and sequence offensive techniques

Attack Flow: Learn how cyber adversaries combine and sequence offensive techniques 2025-04-16 at 08:01 By Help Net Security MITRE’s Attack Flow project aims to translate complex cyber operations into a structured language. By describing how adversaries sequence and combine offensive techniques to reach their objectives, Attack Flow offers defenders, analysts, and decision-makers a tool to

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Tirreno: Open-source fraud prevention platform

Tirreno: Open-source fraud prevention platform 2025-04-14 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz Tirreno is an open-source fraud prevention platform designed as a universal analytics tool to monitor online platforms, web applications, SaaS products, digital communities, mobile apps, intranets, and e-commerce websites. “Our aim is to liberate online fraud protection technologies, making them widely available for organizations

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OpenSSL prepares for a quantum future with 3.5.0 release

OpenSSL prepares for a quantum future with 3.5.0 release 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Help Net Security The OpenSSL Project has released version 3.5.0 of its widely used open-source cryptographic library, introducing new features and notable changes that signal its evolution toward future-ready cryptography. This feature release includes support for post-quantum cryptography (PQC), server-side QUIC, and

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APTRS: Open-source automated penetration testing reporting system

APTRS: Open-source automated penetration testing reporting system 2025-04-09 at 07:46 By Mirko Zorz APTRS is an open-source reporting tool built with Python and Django. It’s made for penetration testers and security teams who want to save time on reports. Instead of writing reports by hand, users can create PDF and Excel files directly in the

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YES3 Scanner: Open-source S3 security scanner for public access, ransomware protection

YES3 Scanner: Open-source S3 security scanner for public access, ransomware protection 2025-04-07 at 07:35 By Mirko Zorz YES3 Scanner is an open-source tool that scans and analyzes 10+ different configuration items for your S3 buckets in AWS. This includes access such as public access via ACLs and bucket policies – including the complex combinations of

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Open-source malware doubles, data exfiltration attacks dominate

Open-source malware doubles, data exfiltration attacks dominate 2025-04-03 at 07:02 By Help Net Security There’s been a notable shift in the types of threats targeting software developers, with a total of 17,954 open source malware packages identified in Q1 2025, according to Sonatype. Quarterly breakdown (Source: Sonatype) The Q1 figure represents a significant decrease from

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BlueToolkit: Open-source Bluetooth Classic vulnerability testing framework

BlueToolkit: Open-source Bluetooth Classic vulnerability testing framework 2025-04-02 at 07:35 By Mirko Zorz BlueToolkit is an open-source tool that helps find security flaws in Bluetooth Classic devices. It runs known and custom exploits to test if a device is vulnerable. Right now, it includes 43 different exploits. Some are public, and others were made specifically

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Exegol: Open-source hacking environment

Exegol: Open-source hacking environment 2025-03-31 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz Exegol is a community-driven hacking environment, which helps users deploy hacking setups quickly and securely. It’s made for penetration testers, CTF players, bug bounty hunters, researchers, defenders, and both new and experienced users. Exegol offers clean, secure environments. Each project can have its own Docker

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Cloudflare open sources OPKSSH to bring Single Sign-On to SSH

Cloudflare open sources OPKSSH to bring Single Sign-On to SSH 2025-03-28 at 13:31 By Help Net Security OPKSSH (OpenPubkey SSH) makes it easy to authenticate to servers over SSH using OpenID Connect (OIDC), allowing developers to ditch manually configured SSH keys in favor of identity provider-based access. By tightly integrating with identity providers (IdPs) and

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: March 2025

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: March 2025 2025-03-27 at 07:01 By Help Net Security This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Hetty: Open-source HTTP toolkit for security research Hetty is an open-source HTTP toolkit designed for security research, offering a free alternative

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Malwoverview: First response tool for threat hunting

Malwoverview: First response tool for threat hunting 2025-03-26 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz Malwoverview is an open-source threat hunting tool designed for the initial triage of malware samples, URLs, IP addresses, domains, malware families, IOCs, and hashes. “Malwoverview is simple and direct, integrating multiple public sandboxes to retrieve and display only relevant information. It enables

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Critical Next.js auth bypass vulnerability opens web apps to compromise (CVE-2025-29927)

Critical Next.js auth bypass vulnerability opens web apps to compromise (CVE-2025-29927) 2025-03-24 at 15:17 By Zeljka Zorz A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-29927) in the open source Next.js framework can be exploited by attackers to bypass authorization checks and gain unauthorized access to web pages they should no have access to (e.g., the web app’s admin panel).

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