AxoSyslog: Open-source scalable security data processor 2024-11-21 at 08:52 By Mirko Zorz AxoSyslog is a syslog-ng fork, created and maintained by the original creator of syslog-ng, Balazs Scheidler, and his team. “We first started by making syslog-ng more cloud-ready: we packaged syslog-ng in a container, added helm charts, and made it more suitable for use […]
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Full recovery from breaches takes longer than expected 2024-11-21 at 06:03 By Help Net Security In 2024, businesses reported taking an average of 7.3 months to recover from cybersecurity breaches – 25% longer than expected and over a month past the anticipated timeline of 5.9 months, according to Fastly. Cybersecurity leaders feel unprepared for future
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Open-source and free Android password managers that prioritize your privacy 2024-11-19 at 06:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec We’re often told to use strong, unique passwords, especially for important accounts like email, banking, and social media. However, managing different passwords for numerous accounts can be challenging. Password managers simplify this by securely storing all your passwords so
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Critical vulnerabilities persist in high-risk sectors 2024-11-15 at 06:38 By Help Net Security Finance and insurance sectors found to have the highest number of critical vulnerabilities, according to Black Duck. Finance and insurance industry faces highest vulnerabilities The report, which analyzes data from over 200,000 dynamic application security testing (DAST) scans conducted by Black Duck
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Powerpipe: Open-source dashboards for DevOps 2024-11-12 at 07:03 By Help Net Security Powerpipe is an open-source solution designed to streamline DevOps management with powerful visualization and compliance tools, making it simple to track, assess, and act on key data for smarter decision-making and continuous compliance monitoring. Dynamic dashboards and reports Powerpipe’s high-level dashboards offer an
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Am I Isolated: Open-source container security benchmark 2024-11-08 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz Am I Isolated is an open-source container security benchmark that probes users’ runtime environments and tests for container isolation. The Rust-based container runtime scanner runs as a container, detecting gaps in users’ container runtime isolation. It also provides guidance to improve users’
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Osmedeus: Open-source workflow engine for offensive security 2024-11-06 at 07:03 By Help Net Security Osmedeus is an open-source workflow engine designed for offensive security. It serves as a versatile foundation, enabling users to easily create customized reconnaissance systems and scale them across extensive target lists. Osmedeus key features Speed up your recon process Organize your
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Whispr: Open-source multi-vault secret injection tool 2024-11-04 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz Whispr is an open-source CLI tool designed to securely inject secrets from secret vaults, such as AWS Secrets Manager and Azure Key Vault, directly into your application’s environment. This enhances secure local software development by seamlessly managing sensitive information. Whispr key features Safe
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50% of financial orgs have high-severity security flaws in their apps 2024-11-01 at 08:03 By Help Net Security Security debt, defined for this report as flaws that remain unfixed for longer than a year, exists in 76% of organizations in the financial services sector, with 50% of organizations carrying critical security debt, according to Veracode.
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OT PCAP Analyzer: Free PCAP analysis tool 2024-10-29 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz EmberOT’s OT PCAP Analyzer, developed for the industrial security community, is a free tool providing a high-level overview of the devices and protocols in packet capture files. “The OT PCAP Analyzer was designed specifically with critical OT environments in mind. We’ve created
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Argus: Open-source information gathering toolkit 2024-10-23 at 07:33 By Help Net Security Argus is an open-source toolkit that simplifies information gathering and reconnaissance. It features a user-friendly interface and a collection of powerful modules, enabling the exploration of networks, web applications, and security configurations. Argus offers a collection of tools categorized into three main areas:
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Aranya: Open-source toolkit to accelerate secure by design concepts 2024-10-21 at 06:31 By Help Net Security SpiderOak launched its core technology platform as an open-source project called Aranya. This release provides the same level of security as the company’s platform, which is already in use by the Department of Defense. The Aranya project marks a
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GhostStrike: Open-source tool for ethical hacking 2024-10-17 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz GhostStrike is an open-source, advanced cybersecurity tool tailored for ethical hacking and Red Team operations. It incorporates cutting-edge techniques, including process hollowing, to stealthily evade detection on Windows systems, making it an asset for penetration testing and security assessments. “I decided to develop
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YARA: Open-source tool for malware research 2024-10-09 at 08:01 By Help Net Security YARA is a powerful tool designed primarily to aid malware researchers in identifying and categorizing malware samples, though its applications are broader. The tool enables users to create detailed descriptions, or “rules,” for malware families or any other target based on textual
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OpenBSD 7.6 released: security improvements, new hardware support, and more! 2024-10-08 at 21:01 By Help Net Security OpenBSD is a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. The 57th release, OpenBSD 7.6, comes with new features, various improvements, bug fixes, and tweaks. Security improvements Added -fret-clean option to the compiler, defaulting to off. This new option
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Rspamd: Open-source spam filtering system 2024-10-07 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Rspamd is an open-source spam filtering and email processing framework designed to evaluate messages based on a wide range of rules, including regular expressions, statistical analysis, and integrations with custom services like URL blacklists. The system analyzes each message and assigns a verdict, which
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MaLDAPtive: Open-source framework for LDAP SearchFilter parsing, obfuscation, and more! 2024-10-04 at 07:01 By Help Net Security MaLDAPtive is an open-source framework for LDAP SearchFilter parsing, obfuscation, deobfuscation, and detection. At its core, the project features a custom-built C# LDAP parser designed for tokenization and syntax tree parsing. It also incorporates specialized properties to ensure
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Suricata: Open-source network analysis and threat detection 2024-10-02 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Suricata is an open-source network intrusion detection system (IDS), intrusion prevention system (IPS), and network security monitoring engine. Suricata features Suricata offers comprehensive capabilities for network security monitoring (NSM), including logging HTTP requests, capturing and storing TLS certificates, and extracting files
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3 easy microsegmentation projects 2024-10-01 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Like many large-scale network security projects, microsegmentation can seem complex, time-consuming, and expensive. It involves managing intricate details about inter-device service connectivity. One web server should connect to specific databases but not to others, or load balancers should connect to some web servers while
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SCCMSecrets: Open-source SCCM policies exploitation tool 2024-09-30 at 07:31 By Help Net Security SCCMSecrets is an open-source tool that exploits SCCM policies, offering more than just NAA credential extraction. SCCM policies are a key target for attackers in Active Directory environments, as they can expose sensitive technical information, including account credentials. Attackers may retrieve these
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