Latest Linux Security Tools Updates

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

The OWTF project (Offensive Web Testing Framework) unites tools for penetrating testing. Most parts are written in Python.

Bleach is a library for Django that can sanitize HTML by escaping and stripping harmful content. Read how it works in this review.

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

Prowler is a security tool to perform security audits on AWS configurations. It helps to find configuration flaws and improve system hardening.

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.

Vault is a tool created by HashiCorp to store secrets like keys and passwords. These secrets are typically used by other software components and scripts.

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

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

Django-axes is a reusable app for Django to limit the brute force login attempts for your web application.

UPX is tool to pack several executable formats. It is free, portable, and extendable, and well-known.

Pyelftools is a Python library to parse ELF files and DWARF debugging information. It can be useful to perform dynamic binary analysis on files.

Safety is a security tool to scan software dependencies and see which ones are possibly vulnerable. See the review and how the tool works.

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

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