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Cervantes: Open-source, collaborative platform for pentesters and red teams

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Cervantes: Open-source, collaborative platform for pentesters and red teams 2025-07-23 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz Cervantes is an open-source collaborative platform built for pentesters and red teams. It offers a centralized workspace to manage projects, clients, vulnerabilities, and reports, all in one place. By streamlining data organization and team coordination, it helps reduce the time […]

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Calico: Open-source solution for Kubernetes networking, security, and observability

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Calico: Open-source solution for Kubernetes networking, security, and observability 2025-07-21 at 08:12 By Mirko Zorz Calico is an open-source unified platform that brings together networking, security, and observability for Kubernetes, whether you’re running in the cloud, on-premises, or at the edge. The solution uses the lowest amount of processing resources, which is especially important in

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Tired of gaps in your security? These open-source tools can help

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Tired of gaps in your security? These open-source tools can help 2025-07-17 at 07:42 By Anamarija Pogorelec When it comes to spotting threats, security teams need tools that can pull data from all over and make it easier to analyze. In this article, we’ll take a look at some popular open-source tools that help with

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Falco: Open-source cloud-native runtime security tool for Linux

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Falco: Open-source cloud-native runtime security tool for Linux 2025-07-16 at 07:46 By Help Net Security Falco is an open-source runtime security tool for Linux systems, built for cloud-native environments. It monitors the system in real time to spot unusual activity and possible security threats. Falco is a graduated project from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

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pqcscan: Open-source post-quantum cryptography scanner

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pqcscan: Open-source post-quantum cryptography scanner 2025-07-14 at 09:04 By Mirko Zorz pqcscan is an open-source tool that lets users scan SSH and TLS servers to see which Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms they claim to support. It saves the results in JSON files. You can turn one or more of these files into an HTML report

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Open source has a malware problem, and it’s getting worse

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Open source has a malware problem, and it’s getting worse 2025-07-10 at 08:27 By Help Net Security Sonatype has published its Q2 2025 Open Source Malware Index, identifying 16,279 malicious open source packages across major ecosystems such as npm and PyPI. This brings the total number of malware packages discovered by the company to 845,204.

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Kanvas: Open-source incident response case management tool

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Kanvas: Open-source incident response case management tool 2025-07-09 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Kanvas is an open-source incident response case management tool with a simple desktop interface, built in Python. It gives investigators a place to work with SOD (Spreadsheet of Doom) or similar files, so they can handle key tasks without jumping between different

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ParrotOS 6.4 lands with key tool updates and kernel upgrade

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ParrotOS 6.4 lands with key tool updates and kernel upgrade 2025-07-08 at 11:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec ParrotOS, known for its emphasis on security, privacy, and development, is widely used by cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts alike. Version 6.4 delivers a host of updates and community-driven enhancements. The update is expected to be the final release in

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Aegis Authenticator: Free, open-source 2FA app for Android

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Aegis Authenticator: Free, open-source 2FA app for Android 2025-07-07 at 08:34 By Help Net Security Aegis Authenticator is an open-source 2FA app for Android that helps you manage login codes for your online accounts. The app features strong encryption and the ability to back up your data. It supports both HOTP and TOTP, so it

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Google open-sources privacy tech for age verification

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Google open-sources privacy tech for age verification 2025-07-03 at 18:47 By Sinisa Markovic Age verification is becoming more common across websites and online services. But many current methods require users to share personal data, like a full ID or birthdate, which raises privacy and security concerns. In response, Google has open-sourced a cryptographic solution that

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GitPhish: Open-source GitHub device code flow security assessment tool

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GitPhish: Open-source GitHub device code flow security assessment tool 2025-07-03 at 09:30 By Help Net Security GitPhish is an open-source security research tool built to replicate GitHub’s device code authentication flow. It features three core operating modes: an authentication server, automated landing page deployment, and an administrative management interface. GitPhish can be accessed via a

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Secretless Broker: Open-source tool connects apps securely without passwords or keys

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Secretless Broker: Open-source tool connects apps securely without passwords or keys 2025-07-02 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz Secretless Broker is an open-source connection broker that eliminates the need for client applications to manage secrets when accessing target services like databases, web services, SSH endpoints, or other TCP-based systems. Secretless Broker features “We created Secretless Broker

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RIFT: New open-source tool from Microsoft helps analyze Rust malware

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RIFT: New open-source tool from Microsoft helps analyze Rust malware 2025-06-30 at 13:01 By Mirko Zorz Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center has released a new tool called RIFT to help malware analysts identify malicious code hidden in Rust binaries. While Rust is becoming more popular for its speed and memory safety, those same qualities make malware

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Google’s Gemini CLI brings open-source AI agents to developers

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Google’s Gemini CLI brings open-source AI agents to developers 2025-06-26 at 10:01 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google has open-sourced a command-line interface (CLI) agent built on its Gemini 1.5 Pro model, marking a notable step toward making generative AI more inspectable, extensible, and usable for developers working outside the IDE. The tool, simply named Gemini CLI,

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Kanister: Open-source data protection workflow management tool

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Kanister: Open-source data protection workflow management tool 2025-06-26 at 08:04 By Help Net Security Kanister is an open-source tool that lets domain experts define how to manage application data using blueprints that are easy to share and update. It handles the complex parts of running these tasks on Kubernetes and gives a consistent way to

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Flaw in Notepad++ installer could grant attackers SYSTEM access (CVE-2025-49144)

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Flaw in Notepad++ installer could grant attackers SYSTEM access (CVE-2025-49144) 2025-06-26 at 00:15 By Zeljka Zorz A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-49144) in the Notepad++ installer could be exploited by unprivileged users to gain SYSTEM-level privileges through insecure executable search paths. There is currently no indication that the vulnerability is being leveraged by attackers, though technical details

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Reconmap: Open-source vulnerability assessment, pentesting management platform

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Reconmap: Open-source vulnerability assessment, pentesting management platform 2025-06-24 at 08:03 By Help Net Security Reconmap is an open source tool for vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. It helps security teams plan, carry out, and report on security tests from start to finish. The platform simplifies tasks and makes it easier for teams to work together,

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Amazon Linux 2023 achieves FIPS 140-3 validation

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Amazon Linux 2023 achieves FIPS 140-3 validation 2025-06-20 at 10:52 By Help Net Security Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) has earned FIPS 140-3 Level 1 validation for several of its cryptographic modules. This means it’s now approved for use in systems that need to meet U.S. and Canadian government standards for encryption. FIPS (Federal Information Processing

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35 open-source security tools to power your red team, SOC, and cloud security

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35 open-source security tools to power your red team, SOC, and cloud security 2025-06-18 at 08:31 By Help Net Security This article showcases free, open-source security tools that support your organization’s teams in red teaming, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability scanning, and cloud security. Autorize: Burp Suite extension for automatic authorization enforcement detection Autorize is

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