Dalfox: Open-source XSS scanner 2025-02-26 at 08:20 By Mirko Zorz DalFox is an open-source tool for automating the detection of XSS vulnerabilities. With powerful testing capabilities and a wide range of features, it makes scanning, analyzing parameters, and verifying vulnerabilities faster and easier. “The uniqueness of Dalfox lies in its speed and ability to easily […]
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Orbit: Open-source Nuclei security scanning and automation platform 2025-02-17 at 07:50 By Mirko Zorz Orbit is an open-source platform built to streamline large-scale Nuclei scans, enabling teams to manage, analyze, and collaborate on security findings. It features a SvelteKit-based web frontend and a Go-powered backend, with Terraform and Ansible handling infrastructure and automation. “I built
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BadDNS: Open-source tool checks for subdomain takeovers 2025-02-03 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz BadDNS is an open-source Python DNS auditing tool designed to detect domain and subdomain takeovers of all types. BadDNS modules cname – Check for dangling CNAME records and interrogate them for subdomain takeover opportunities ns – Check for dangling NS records and
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QScanner: Linux command-line utility for scanning container images, conducting SCA 2024-11-27 at 08:02 By Help Net Security QScanner is a Linux command-line utility tailored for scanning container images and performing Software Composition Analysis (SCA). It is compatible with diverse container orchestration systems, container runtimes, and operating systems. QScanner features Instant console results: Scan for vulnerabilities
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Transforming code scanning and threat detection with GenAI 2024-11-18 at 07:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Stuart McClure, CEO of Qwiet AI, discusses the evolution of code scanning practices, highlighting the shift from reactive fixes to proactive risk management. McClure also shares his perspective on the future of AI-driven code scanning,
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Nuclei: Open-source vulnerability scanner 2024-08-26 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Nuclei is a fast and customizable open-source vulnerability scanner powered by YAML-based templates. With its flexible templating system, Nuclei can be adapted to perform various security checks. It can send requests to multiple targets using customizable templates, ensuring zero false positives and enabling rapid
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RustScan: Open-source port scanner 2024-08-07 at 07:01 By Help Net Security RustScan is an open-source port scanner designed for speed and versatility. It combines a sleek interface with the power to adapt and improve over time. With RustScan’s Adaptive Learning, the tool continually optimizes its performance, making it the most efficient port scanner available. Discover
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Grype: Open-source vulnerability scanner for container images, filesystems 2024-07-18 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Grype is an open-source vulnerability scanner designed for container images and filesystems that seamlessly integrates with Syft, a powerful Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) tool. Find vulnerabilities for major operating system packages Alpine Amazon Linux BusyBox CentOS CBL-Mariner Debian Distroless
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Sniffnet: Free, open-source network monitoring 2024-06-06 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Sniffnet is a free, open-source network monitoring tool to help you easily track your Internet traffic. What sets it apart is its strong focus on user experience. Unlike most network analyzers, Sniffnet is built to be easily usable by everyone, regardless of technical expertise.
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Nmap 7.95 released: New OS and service detection signatures 2024-05-10 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Nmap is a free, open-source tool for network discovery and security auditing. It’s valued by systems and network administrators for network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. Nmap identifies available hosts on a network,
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WebCopilot: Open-source automation tool enumerates subdomains, detects bugs 2024-03-21 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz WebCopilot is an open-source automation tool that enumerates a target’s subdomains and discovers bugs using various free tools. It simplifies the application security workflow and reduces reliance on manual scripting. “I built this solution to streamline the application security process, specifically
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Lynis: Open-source security auditing tool 2024-03-19 at 06:06 By Mirko Zorz Lynis is a comprehensive open-source security auditing tool for UNIX-based systems, including Linux, macOS, and BSD. Hardening with Lynis Lynis conducts a thorough security examination of the system directly. Its main objective is to evaluate security measures and recommend enhancing system hardening. The tool
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Quicmap: Fast, open-source QUIC protocol scanner 2024-03-18 at 12:01 By Mirko Zorz Quicmap is a fast, open-source QUIC service scanner that streamlines the process by eliminating multiple tool requirements. It effectively identifies QUIC services, the protocol version, and the supported ALPNs. “As I started researching the QUIC protocol, I noticed that my favorite scanner had
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RiskInDroid: Open-source risk analysis of Android apps 2024-03-06 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz RiskInDroid (Risk Index for Android) is an open-source tool for quantitative risk analysis of Android applications based on machine learning techniques. How RiskInDroid works “A user should be able to quickly assess an application’s level of risk by simply glancing at RiskInDroid’s
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TruffleHog: Open-source solution for scanning secrets 2024-02-21 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz TruffleHog is an open-source scanner that identifies and addresses exposed secrets throughout your entire technology stack. “TruffleHog was originally a research tool I independently authored in 2016. When I published it, no tools were scanning Git revision history for secrets. My hunch was
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Custom rules in security tools can be a game changer for vulnerability detection 2024-02-01 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net interview, Isaac Evans, CEO at Semgrep, discusses the balance between speed and thoroughness in CI/CD pipeline security scanning. Stressing the need to avoid slowing down the process, he recommends a nuanced approach,
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Nemesis: Open-source offensive data enrichment and analytic pipeline 12/12/2023 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz Nemesis is a centralized data processing platform that ingests, enriches, and performs analytics on offensive security assessment data (i.e., data collected during penetration tests and red team engagements). Nemesis was created by Lee Chagolla-Christensen and Will Schroeder, both security researchers at
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Kubescape open-source project adds Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) support 11/12/2023 at 11:02 By Help Net Security With its innovative feature for generating reliable Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) documents, Kubescape became the first open-source project to provide this functionality. This advancement offers security practitioners a powerful tool to effectively prioritize and address software vulnerabilities. What is
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Vigil: Open-source LLM security scanner 29/11/2023 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Vigil is an open-source security scanner that detects prompt injections, jailbreaks, and other potential threats to Large Language Models (LLMs). Prompt injection arises when an attacker successfully influences an LLM using specially designed inputs. This leads to the LLM unintentionally carrying out the objectives
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Aqua Trivy open-source security scanner now finds Kubernetes security risks 08/11/2023 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz The Aqua Trivy open-source scanner now supports vulnerability scanning for Kubernetes components and Kubernetes Bill of Materials (KBOM) generation. Now, companies can better understand the components within their Kubernetes environment and how secure they are to reduce risk. “Aqua
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