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grype – vulnerability scanner

grype is a vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems.

Kryptor lets you encrypt multiple files/directories with a passphrase, symmetric key, or asymmetric keys.

Kleopatra is the KDE tool for managing X.509 and OpenPGP certificates in the GpgSM and GPG keyboxes and for retrieving certificates.

Picocrypt is billed as a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files.

The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices (a.k.a. BadUSB).

Linux has a good range of port scanners that help administrators identify and rectify weaknesses in a system.

turbo-scanner is a port scanner and service detection tool that uses 1000 goroutines at once to scan any hosts IP or FQDN.

havn is a lightweight self-contained port scanning application using asynchronous Tokio multithreading to deliver fast and reliable results.

GnuPG is a superb tool though it’s a command line affair. If you’re looking for a GUI frontend, check out these tools.

Lock is a graphical front-end for GnuPG (GPG) making use of an attractive LibAdwaita GUI.

ffuf is a fast web fuzzer. Essentially , fuzzing is an automated method designed to see how an application handles strange inputs.

feroxbuster is a tool designed to perform Forced Browsing. It’s a fast, simple, recursive content discovery tool.

We recommend steganography tools captured in a LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. All the software is free and open source goodness.

Vulnerability analysis is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend useful open source tools.

Nosey Parker is a command-line program that finds secrets and sensitive information in textual data and Git history.