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ExtensionHound: Open-source tool for Chrome extension DNS forensics

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ExtensionHound: Open-source tool for Chrome extension DNS forensics 2025-01-30 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz Traditional monitoring tools reveal only traffic from the Chrome process, leaving security teams uncertain about which extension is responsible for a suspicious DNS query. ExtensionHound solves this by analyzing Chrome’s internal network state and linking DNS activity to specific extensions. ExtensionHound […]

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BloodyAD: Open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework

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BloodyAD: Open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework 2025-01-28 at 07:00 By Mirko Zorz BloodyAD is an open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework that uses specialized LDAP calls to interact with domain controllers. It enables various privilege escalation techniques within Active Directory environments. Features “I created this tool because I do a lot of internal testing

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Endor Labs and Allies Launch Opengrep, Reviving True OSS for SAST

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Endor Labs and Allies Launch Opengrep, Reviving True OSS for SAST 2025-01-27 at 17:20 By Kevin Townsend Opengrep is a new consortium-backed fork of Semgrep, intended to be and remain a true genuine OSS SAST tool. The post Endor Labs and Allies Launch Opengrep, Reviving True OSS for SAST appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Don’t let these open-source cybersecurity tools slip under your radar

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Don’t let these open-source cybersecurity tools slip under your radar 2025-01-27 at 07:07 By Help Net Security This article showcases free, open-source cybersecurity tools that help you identify and address vulnerabilities, detect intrusion, protect websites from cyber attacks, monitor and detect suspicious activities across your network. Am I Isolated: Open-source container security benchmark Am I

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GUI frontends for GnuPG, the free implementation of the OpenPGP standard

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GUI frontends for GnuPG, the free implementation of the OpenPGP standard 2025-01-24 at 07:20 By Help Net Security GnuPG is a free and comprehensive implementation of the OpenPGP standard. It enables encryption and signing of data and communications, featuring a key management system and support for public key directories. While primarily a command-line tool, GnuPG

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Web Cache Vulnerability Scanner: Open-source tool for detecting web cache poisoning

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Web Cache Vulnerability Scanner: Open-source tool for detecting web cache poisoning 2025-01-23 at 07:03 By Help Net Security The Web Cache Vulnerability Scanner (WCVS) is an open-source command-line tool for detecting web cache poisoning and deception. The scanner, developed by Maximilian Hildebrand, offers extensive support for various web cache poisoning and deception techniques. It features

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Stratoshark: Wireshark for the cloud – now available!

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Stratoshark: Wireshark for the cloud – now available! 2025-01-22 at 20:33 By Help Net Security Stratoshark is an innovative open-source tool that brings Wireshark’s detailed network visibility to the cloud, providing users with a standardized approach to cloud observability. Stratoshark incorporates much of Wireshark’s codebase, including its user interface elements. The interface and workflows will

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Decentralization is happening everywhere, so why are crypto wallets “walled gardens”?

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Decentralization is happening everywhere, so why are crypto wallets “walled gardens”? 2025-01-20 at 07:34 By Help Net Security The twin cryptocurrency and digital identity revolutions are supposed to be building a better future, where anybody can take charge of their sovereignty and security in a world where both face unprecedented threats. Yet at one crucial

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MSSqlPwner: Open-source tool for pentesting MSSQL servers

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MSSqlPwner: Open-source tool for pentesting MSSQL servers 2025-01-17 at 07:48 By Help Net Security MSSqlPwner is an open-source pentesting tool tailored to interact with and exploit MSSQL servers. Built on Impacket, it enables users to authenticate with databases using various credentials, including clear-text passwords, NTLM hashes, and Kerberos tickets. The tool offers multiple methods for

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Contextal Platform: Open-source threat detection and intelligence

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Contextal Platform: Open-source threat detection and intelligence 2025-01-15 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz Contextal Platform is an open-source cybersecurity solution for contextual threat detection and intelligence. Developed by the original authors of ClamAV, it offers advanced features such as contextual threat analysis, custom detection scenarios through the ContexQL language, and AI-powered data processing—all operating locally

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GitHub CISO on security strategy and collaborating with the open-source community

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GitHub CISO on security strategy and collaborating with the open-source community 2025-01-13 at 07:06 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security, Alexis Wales, CISO at GitHub, discusses how GitHub embeds security into every aspect of its platform to protect millions of developers and repositories, ensuring it remains a trustworthy platform for building secure software.

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Chainsaw: Open-source tool for hunting through Windows forensic artefacts

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Chainsaw: Open-source tool for hunting through Windows forensic artefacts 2025-01-13 at 06:34 By Help Net Security Chainsaw is an open-source first-response tool for quickly detecting threats in Windows forensic artefacts, including Event Logs and the MFT file. It enables fast keyword searches through event logs and identifies threats using built-in Sigma detection and custom detection

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Wireshark 4.4.3 released: Updated protocol support, bug fixes

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Wireshark 4.4.3 released: Updated protocol support, bug fixes 2025-01-09 at 11:07 By Help Net Security Wireshark, the popular network protocol analyzer, has reached version 4.4.3. Wireshark offers deep inspection across hundreds of protocols, live and offline analysis, and display filters. With multi-platform support, VoIP analysis, and capture file compatibility, it’s perfect for professionals seeking intuitive

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Sara: Open-source RouterOS security inspector

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Sara: Open-source RouterOS security inspector 2025-01-09 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz Sara is an open-source tool designed to analyze RouterOS configurations and identify security vulnerabilities on MikroTik hardware. Sara’s main feature is using regular expressions as the primary analysis mechanism. This allows you to quickly and accurately process RouterOS configuration text files, making the tool

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Cyberbro: Open-source tool extracts IoCs and checks their reputation

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Cyberbro: Open-source tool extracts IoCs and checks their reputation 2025-01-07 at 07:03 By Help Net Security Cyberbro is an open-source application that extracts IoCs from garbage input and checks their reputation using multiple services. Cyberbro features Input handling: Paste raw logs, IoCs, or fanged IoCs, and let the regex parser do the rest. Multi-service reputation

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Open source worldwide: Critical maintenance gaps exposed

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Open source worldwide: Critical maintenance gaps exposed 2025-01-07 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Lineaje recently released a report identifying the US and Russia as the leading generators of open-source projects, with both countries also having the highest numbers of anonymous open-source contributions. In this Help Net Security video, Nick Mistry, SVP and CISO of

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Kata Containers: Open-source container runtime, building lightweight VMs

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Kata Containers: Open-source container runtime, building lightweight VMs 2025-01-02 at 07:04 By Mirko Zorz Kata Containers is an open-source project dedicated to creating a secure container runtime that combines the performance and simplicity of containers with the enhanced isolation of lightweight virtual machines. By leveraging hardware virtualization technology, it adds an extra layer of defense

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: December 2024

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: December 2024 2024-12-31 at 06:03 By Help Net Security This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. SafeLine: Open-source web application firewall (WAF) SafeLine is an open-source and self-hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects websites from cyber

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reconFTW: Open-source reconnaissance automation

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reconFTW: Open-source reconnaissance automation 2024-12-30 at 07:05 By Help Net Security reconFTW is an open-source tool that simplifies and automates the reconnaissance process, delivering subdomain enumeration, vulnerability assessment, and gathering intelligence about a target. Using various techniques — such as passive and brute-force methods, permutations, certificate transparency analysis, source code scraping, analytics tracking, and DNS

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Evilginx: Open-source man-in-the-middle attack framework

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Evilginx: Open-source man-in-the-middle attack framework 2024-12-23 at 07:37 By Mirko Zorz Evilginx is an open-source man-in-the-middle attack framework designed to phish login credentials and session cookies, enabling attackers to bypass 2FA safeguards. “Back in 2017, I was experimenting with extracting cookies from one browser and importing them into another. I realized this technique could effectively

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