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Kali Linux 2025.3 brings improved virtual machine tooling, 10 new tools

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Kali Linux 2025.3 brings improved virtual machine tooling, 10 new tools 2025-09-24 at 12:19 By Zeljka Zorz OffSec has released Kali Linux 2025.3, the most up-to-date version of its popular penetration testing and digital forensics platform. What’s new in Kali Linux 2025.3 Better virtual machine tooling The way Kali builds and ships its VM images […]

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Nosey Parker: Open-source tool finds sensitive information in textual data and Git history

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Nosey Parker: Open-source tool finds sensitive information in textual data and Git history 2025-09-24 at 08:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Nosey Parker is an open-source command-line tool that helps find secrets and sensitive information hidden in text files. It works like a specialized version of grep, focused on spotting things like passwords, API keys, and other

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Cybersecurity AI (CAI): Open-source framework for AI security

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Cybersecurity AI (CAI): Open-source framework for AI security 2025-09-22 at 10:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cybersecurity AI (CAI) is an open-source framework that helps security teams build and run AI-driven tools for offensive and defensive tasks. It’s designed for anyone working in security, including researchers, ethical hackers, IT staff, and organizations that want to use AI

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Behind the scenes of cURL with its founder: Releases, updates, and security

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Behind the scenes of cURL with its founder: Releases, updates, and security 2025-09-18 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Daniel Stenberg, lead developer od cURL, discusses how the widely used tool remains secure across billions of devices, from cloud services to IoT. He shares insights into cURL’s decades-long journey of

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Rayhunter: EFF releases open-source tool to detect cellular spying

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Rayhunter: EFF releases open-source tool to detect cellular spying 2025-09-17 at 08:12 By Anamarija Pogorelec The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released Rayhunter, a new open-source tool designed to detect cell site simulators (CSS). These devices, also known as IMSI catchers or Stingrays, mimic cell towers to trick phones into connecting so they can collect

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Self-replicating worm hits 180+ npm packages in (largely) automated supply chain attack

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Self-replicating worm hits 180+ npm packages in (largely) automated supply chain attack 2025-09-17 at 01:18 By Zeljka Zorz A potentially monumental supply chain attack is underway, thanks to a self-replicating worm-like payload that has been compromising packages published on the npm Registry. The worm has been dubbed “Shai-hulud” as it steals credentials from victims who

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Arkime: Open-source network analysis and packet capture system

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Arkime: Open-source network analysis and packet capture system 2025-09-15 at 08:47 By Help Net Security Arkime is an open-source system for large-scale network analysis and packet capture. It works with your existing security tools to store and index network traffic in standard PCAP format, making it easy to search and access. The solution includes a

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Garak: Open-source LLM vulnerability scanner

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Garak: Open-source LLM vulnerability scanner 2025-09-10 at 09:00 By Help Net Security LLMs can make mistakes, leak data, or be tricked into doing things they were not meant to do. Garak is a free, open-source tool designed to test these weaknesses. It checks for problems like hallucinations, prompt injections, jailbreaks, and toxic outputs. By running

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Linux Kernel Runtime Guard hits 1.0.0 with major updates and broader support

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Linux Kernel Runtime Guard hits 1.0.0 with major updates and broader support 2025-09-08 at 09:52 By Sinisa Markovic The Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG) is a kernel module that checks the Linux kernel while it’s running. It looks for signs of tampering and tries to catch attempts to exploit security flaws in the kernel. Because

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InterceptSuite: Open-source network traffic interception tool

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InterceptSuite: Open-source network traffic interception tool 2025-09-08 at 08:34 By Mirko Zorz InterceptSuite is an open-source, cross-platform network traffic interception tool designed for TLS/SSL inspection, analysis, and manipulation at the network level. “InterceptSuite is designed primarily for non-HTTP protocols, although it does support HTTP/1 and HTTP/2. It offers support for databases, SMTP, and custom protocols,

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Can AI agents catch what your SOC misses?

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Can AI agents catch what your SOC misses? 2025-09-02 at 10:45 By Mirko Zorz A new research project called NetMoniAI shows how AI agents might reshape network monitoring and security. Developed by a team at Texas Tech University, the framework brings together two ideas: distributed monitoring at the edge and AI-driven analysis at the center.

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AIDEFEND: Free AI defense framework

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AIDEFEND: Free AI defense framework 2025-09-01 at 09:21 By Mirko Zorz AIDEFEND (Artificial Intelligence Defense Framework) is an open knowledge base dedicated to AI security, providing defensive countermeasures and best practices to help security pros safeguard AI and machine learning systems. Practicality is at the core of AIDEFEND. The framework is designed to be “highly

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

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: August 2025 2025-08-27 at 08:02 By Sinisa Markovic This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Buttercup: Open-source AI-driven system detects and patches vulnerabilities Buttercup is a free, automated, AI-powered platform that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open-source

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Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux

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Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux 2025-08-25 at 08:21 By Help Net Security Kopia is an open-source backup and restore tool that lets you create encrypted snapshots of your files and store them in cloud storage, on a remote server, on network-attached storage, or on your own computer. It doesn’t create a

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LudusHound: Open-source tool brings BloodHound data to life

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LudusHound: Open-source tool brings BloodHound data to life 2025-08-20 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz LudusHound is an open-source tool that takes BloodHound data and uses it to set up a working Ludus Range for safe testing. It creates a copy of an Active Directory environment using previously gathered BloodHound data. Red teams can use this

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Git 2.51: Preparing for the future with SHA-256

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Git 2.51: Preparing for the future with SHA-256 2025-08-19 at 10:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Git 2.51 is out, and the release continues the long process of modernizing the version control system. The update includes several technical changes, but one of the most important areas of work is Git’s move toward stronger cryptographic security through SHA-256

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Buttercup: Open-source AI-driven system detects and patches vulnerabilities

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Buttercup: Open-source AI-driven system detects and patches vulnerabilities 2025-08-18 at 09:42 By Help Net Security Buttercup is a free, automated, AI-powered platform that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open-source software. Developed by Trail of Bits, it recently earned second place in DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). Main components Buttercup is made up of four main

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Obot MCP Gateway: Open-source platform to securely manage the adoption of MCP servers

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Obot MCP Gateway: Open-source platform to securely manage the adoption of MCP servers 2025-08-15 at 08:34 By Help Net Security Obot MCP Gateway is a free, open-source gateway that enables IT organizations to securely manage and scale adoption of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. MCPs are becoming the standard for how AI agents interface with

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Open-source flow monitoring with SENSOR: Benefits and trade-offs

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Open-source flow monitoring with SENSOR: Benefits and trade-offs 2025-08-14 at 09:16 By Mirko Zorz Flow monitoring tools are useful for tracking traffic patterns, planning capacity, and spotting threats. But many off-the-shelf solutions come with steep licensing costs and hardware demands, especially if you want to process every packet. A research team at the University of

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EntraGoat: Vulnerable Microsoft Entra ID infrastructure to simulate identity security misconfigurations

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EntraGoat: Vulnerable Microsoft Entra ID infrastructure to simulate identity security misconfigurations 2025-08-12 at 08:01 By Help Net Security EntraGoat is a purpose-built tool that sets up a vulnerable Microsoft Entra ID environment to mimic real-world identity security issues. It’s designed to help security professionals practice spotting and exploiting common misconfigurations. The tool creates a range

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