Latest Linux Security Tools Updates

Moloch is an open source, large scale, full packet capturing, indexing, and database system. Moloch augments your current security infrastructure to store and index network traffic in standard PCAP format, providing fast, indexed access.

MISP is short for Malware Information Sharing Platform. It helps with sharing threat data which can be used by defenders and malware researchers.

Pshtt is a security tool to scan domains for the usage of HTTPS and applying best practices in their web configuration.

Cppcheck is a static code analysis tool for C and C++ code. It helps to discover bugs that would not be picked up by compilers, yet avoid any false positives.

Vuls is a vulnerability scanner for Linux and FreeBSD. It is written in Go, agentless, and can use a remote login to find any software vulnerabilities. It has multiple levels of scanning, from a fast scan up to a deep scan with extensive analysis.

OpenVAS is a framework of several services and tools offering a vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution.

OpenSSL is an open source project and provides a toolkit for Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols.

THC Hydra is a brute-force cracking tool for remote authentication services. It supports many protocols, including telnet, FTP, LDAP, SSH, SNMP, and others.

Gosec is a security tool that performs a static code analysis for Golang projects for security flaws. Read how it works in this review.

Maltrail monitors for traffic on the network that might indicate system compromise or other bad behavior. It is great for intrusion detection and monitoring.

Cryptomator is a multi-platform tool for transparent client-side encryption of your files. It is used together with cloud services to ensure you are the only one who can access the data.

Brakeman is a static code analysis tool for Ruby on Rails to perform a security review. Read how it works in this review.

Bandit is an AST-based static analyzer for analyzing Python code. It helps with finding code flaws that could lead to security vulnerabilities.

PHP Secure Configuration Checker, or pcc, is a security tool to test for potential security flaws in the PHP configuration. It can be used from the command-line or directly on the web server itself.

Django-guardian extends the default Django permissions model. It does this by allowing permissions on each database object, adding fine-grained control.