Linux system security tools
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Linux security tools (top 100)
There is a wide range of security tools available for Linux and other platforms. To make them easier to find, we started an extensive review process to gather and document them. The goal of this top 100 is to showcase the best Linux security tools. By best there is an implied level of quality, healthy community and good governance of the project.
Requirements for listing
- The project has a license that qualifies as open source software
- The software is being maintained by one or more developers
- The source code of the software is available
Ranking factors
The rankings of the list is determined by a combination of manual reviews and automated analysis. The list is updated weekly and then sorted based on a quality score. The score itself is measured by several ranking factors.
- Availability of basic project details such as a defined license
- Quality of documentation
- Last release and release interval
Tips to find the right tool
As there are so many open source security tools available, it can be hard to find the best one for the job. All the reviewed tools include tags and one or more categories. This way you can easily find alternatives. If you want to quickly find a specific category, such as vulnerability scanners, type in the word vulnerability or scan in the search bar.
Free versus paid
Although paid tools might benefit from commercial support, there are many freely alternatives available. Depending on your task, it can be useful to run two or more similar tools. One of them can be paid, while the other is free. By running multiple tools you benefit from having some overlap, but also what each of the tools might have missed.
New tools
Another interesting area is searching on GitHub for tools that are early in their development cycle. They might be still immature and even lack documentation, but at the same time include new techniques or types of attacks. This area is useful for recently discovered vulnerabilities where proof-of-concept code snippets might be available via these coding platforms.
Security tools ranked
1. Frida (reverse engineering tool)
black-box testing, reverse engineering
Frida allows developers and researchers to inject custom scripts into black box processes. This way it can provide a hook into any function, allowing to trace executed instructions. The source code is not needed. Frida even allows direct manipulation and see the results. The tool comes with bindings for different programming languages, allowing to interact with processes. Example of the bindings that Frida provides include Python, Swift, .NET, Qt/Qml, and C API.