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Free ransomware recovery tool White Phoenix now has a web version

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Free ransomware recovery tool White Phoenix now has a web version 2024-01-31 at 10:17 By Help Net Security White Phoenix is a free ransomware recovery tool for situations where files are encrypted with intermittent encryption. It was tested on BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware, Play Ransomware, Qilin/Agenda Ransomware, BianLian Ransomware, and DarkBit. Intermittent encryption occurs when ransomware chooses […]

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Faction: Open-source pentesting report generation and collaboration framework

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Faction: Open-source pentesting report generation and collaboration framework 2024-01-30 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Faction is an open-source solution that enables pentesting report generation and assessment collaboration. Josh Summitt, the creator of Faction, has always disliked the process of writing reports, preferring to focus on uncovering bugs. A key frustration for him was the redundant

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Automated Emulation: Open-source breach and attack simulation lab

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Automated Emulation: Open-source breach and attack simulation lab 2024-01-25 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Automated Emulation is an open-source Terraform template designed to create a customizable, automated breach and attack simulation lab. The solution automatically constructs the following resources hosted on AWS: One Linux server deploying Caldera, Prelude Operator Headless, and VECTR One Windows Client

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CISOs’ role in identifying tech components and managing supply chains

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CISOs’ role in identifying tech components and managing supply chains 2024-01-25 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Nate Warfield, Director of Threat Research and Intelligence at Eclypsium, outlines the crucial tasks for CISOs in protecting supply chains and achieving comprehensive visibility. Warfield also discusses the vital collaboration between security and

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Software supply chain attacks are getting easier

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Software supply chain attacks are getting easier 2024-01-24 at 06:03 By Help Net Security ReversingLabs identified close to 11,200 unique malicious packages across three major open-source software platforms in 2023: npm, PyPI, and RubyGems. These findings mark an astounding 1,300% increase in malicious packages from 2020 and an increase of 28% over 2022 when a

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CloudFoxable: Open-source AWS penetration testing playground

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CloudFoxable: Open-source AWS penetration testing playground 2024-01-22 at 07:02 By Mirko Zorz CloudFoxable is a capture-the-flag (CTF) style learning platform you can deploy to your playground AWS account. It primarily targets current penetration testers seeking to learn exploitation of cloud-native attack paths, and cloud security experts aiming to practice offensive security techniques safely. “What makes

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Skytrack: Open-source aircraft reconnaissance tool

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Skytrack: Open-source aircraft reconnaissance tool 2024-01-18 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Skytrack is an open-source command-line tool for plane spotting and aircraft OSINT reconnaissance. The tool utilizes multiple data sources to collect information on aircraft, can produce a PDF report for a specific aircraft, and offers conversion between ICAO and Tail Number designations. Suitable for

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Tsurugi Linux: Tailoring user experience for digital forensics and OSINT investigations

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Tsurugi Linux: Tailoring user experience for digital forensics and OSINT investigations 2024-01-16 at 06:31 By Mirko Zorz Tsurugi Linux is a heavily customized open-source distribution focused on supporting DFIR investigations. The project focuses mainly on live forensics analysis, post-mortem analysis, and digital evidence acquisition. Users can also perform malware analysis, OSINT and computer vision activities.

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Adalanche: Open-source Active Directory ACL visualizer, explorer

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Adalanche: Open-source Active Directory ACL visualizer, explorer 2024-01-15 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Adalanche provides immediate insights into the permissions of users and groups within an Active Directory. It’s an effective open-source tool for visualizing and investigating potential account, machine, or domain takeovers. Additionally, it helps identify and display any misconfigurations. What unique features make

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Fly Catcher: Detect aircraft spoofing by monitoring for malicious signals

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Fly Catcher: Detect aircraft spoofing by monitoring for malicious signals 2024-01-10 at 07:02 By Mirko Zorz Fly Catcher is an open-source device that can detect aircraft spoofing by monitoring for malicious ADS-B signals in the 1090MHz frequency. Angelina Tsuboi, the developer of Fly Catcher, is an enthusiastic pilot, cybersecurity researcher, and tinkerer. She was driven

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Researchers develop technique to prevent software bugs

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Researchers develop technique to prevent software bugs 2024-01-10 at 06:01 By Help Net Security A team of computer scientists led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced a new method for automatically generating whole proofs that can be used to prevent software bugs and verify that the underlying code is correct. This new method,

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AuthLogParser: Open-source tool for analyzing Linux authentication logs

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AuthLogParser: Open-source tool for analyzing Linux authentication logs 2024-01-08 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz AuthLogParser is an open-source tool tailored for digital forensics and incident response, specifically crafted to analyze Linux authentication logs (auth.log). The tool examines the auth.log file, extracting crucial details like SSH logins, user creations, event names, IP addresses, among others. It

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DriveFS Sleuth: Open-source tool for investigating Google Drive File Stream’s disk forensic artifacts

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DriveFS Sleuth: Open-source tool for investigating Google Drive File Stream’s disk forensic artifacts 2024-01-04 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz DriveFS Sleuth automates the investigation of Google Drive File Stream disk artifacts. The tool can parse the disk artifacts and build a filesystem tree-like structure enumerating the synchronized files along with their respective properties. “While engaged

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Product showcase: DCAP solution FileAuditor for data classification and access rights audit

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Product showcase: DCAP solution FileAuditor for data classification and access rights audit 21/12/2023 at 14:02 By Help Net Security The concept of DCAP solutions was introduced by Gartner experts, as it was clear, that without such solutions information security (IS) specialists would not be able to cope with the protection of data in various silos

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Product showcase: ImmuniWeb AI Platform

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Product showcase: ImmuniWeb AI Platform 20/12/2023 at 08:31 By Help Net Security ImmuniWeb is a global application security company that currently serves over 1,000 customers from more than 50 countries. ImmuniWeb AI Platform has received numerous prestigious awards and industry recognitions for intelligent automation and acceleration of application security testing, which delivers better quality of

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Subdominator: Open-source tool for detecting subdomain takeovers

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Subdominator: Open-source tool for detecting subdomain takeovers 20/12/2023 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Subdominator is a dependable and fast open-source command-line interface tool to identify subdomain takeovers. It boasts superior accuracy and reliability, offering improvements compared to other tools. “Initially, Subdominator was created internally because all the current subdomain takeover tools had gaps in their

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EMBA: Open-source security analyzer for embedded devices

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EMBA: Open-source security analyzer for embedded devices 19/12/2023 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz The EMBA open-source security analyzer is tailored as the central firmware analysis tool for penetration testers and product security groups. It assists throughout the security evaluation procedure, extracting firmware, conducting static and dynamic analysis through emulation, and creating a web-based report. EMBA

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Correct bad network behavior to bolster application experience

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Correct bad network behavior to bolster application experience 18/12/2023 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Legacy hardware-based applications existed happily in isolation, untethered from a network. The thing that really mattered was the speed of the hard drive and having enough memory. Today, even the software running from personal hard drives relies on other applications

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Microsoft ICSpector: A leap forward in industrial PLC metadata analysis

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Microsoft ICSpector: A leap forward in industrial PLC metadata analysis 14/12/2023 at 07:33 By Help Net Security Microsoft ICSpector is an open-source forensics framework that enables the analysis of industrial PLC metadata and project files. Architecture The framework provides investigators with a convenient way to scan for PLCs and identify any suspicious artifacts within ICS

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