Tools
This page will be updated as often as possible with various tools I stumble upon have used, seen it being used, plan to use or just read about. Currently, the list does not have any predefined form.
If you happen to detect that any of these tools have been updated (or has a broken link) before I do, drop me a hint in the comments section and I’ll update them.
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Digital Forensics Live CDs & Live USBs
1. Helix - Incident Response, Forensic Discovery (Has now gone commercial)
2. CAINE - Computer Aided INvestigative Environment
3. Ubuntu Rescue Remix - Data Recovery & Forensics
4. DEFT Linux - Digital Evidence & Forensic Toolkit
5. Stagos FSE - Open source Computer Forensics
6. Knoppix STD - Incident Response Live CD
7. Penguin Sleuth - Computer Forensics Live CD
8. 4bak - Incident Response Live USB
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Corporate Security
1. BotHunter - Fighting Botnets
2. SmoothWall Express - Open source firewall
3. Untangle - Open source network gateway
4. Xen - Open source server virtualization
5. Zenoss - Open source application, server and network monitoring
6. TrueCrypt - Open source on-the-fly encryption
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Pentesting / Ethical Hacking / Security Learning
1. Backtrack - Pentesting Live CD
2. nUbuntu - Another Ubuntu-based security distribution
3. DVL - Damn Vulnerable Linux (education)
4. WebGoat - Insecure J2EE web application
5. Hacme Bank - Web services-enabled online banking application
6. BadStore (They require registration to download)
7. .NET StockTrader - Microsoft’s “WebGoat”
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Security Testing Frameworks / Methodology
1. OWASP Testing Guide - Web Application Testing Framework
2. OSSTMM - Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (PDF)
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Privacy Enhancing Tools
1. Polippix - Privacy Enhancing CD
