Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: September 2026
Help Net Security highlights eight September 2026 open-source security tools, from secrets scanning to AI-agent controls.
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- First seenSep 2, 2026
- Last mentionedSep 29, 2026
Timeline
3 articles · newest firstWeek in review: Claude accounts compromised through infostealer, Patch Tuesday forecast
Help Net Security week-in-review roundup: Claude infostealer lockouts, record Patch Tuesday, McKesson breach, SonicWall zero-days, PaperCut attacks.
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Open-source secrets scanning tool Sift hunts credentials in Microsoft 365, Slack, and Jira
Stratus Security open-sourced Sift, a CLI secrets scanner covering Active Directory, SharePoint, Teams, Slack, Jira, and Confluence, outperforming Snaffler in benchmarks.
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Related CVEs
by mentions- CVE-2026-835488%10.0Pre-Authentication SSRF in SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Workplace Interface
- CVE-2026-958619%9.3Unauthenticated SQL Injection RCE in Sangoma Switchvox SMB Edition
- CVE-2026-8354910%7.8Authenticated OS Command Injection RCE in SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Console
- CVE-2026-62911<1%8.0Capture-Replay Authentication Bypass in Microsoft Exchange Server
Appears with
- Tencentvendor · 1
- SonicWallvendor · 1
- CISAorganization · 1
- Palo Alto Networksvendor · 1
- Zhuque Laborganization · 1
- Sangomavendor · 1
- ShinyHuntersthreat actor · 1
- FBIorganization · 1
- Stratus Securityorganization · 1
- Claudeproduct · 1
- Shadowserver Foundationorganization · 1
- Sangoma Switchvoxproduct · 1
- AI-Infra-Guardproduct · 1
- Stacklokorganization · 1
- RevStealermalware · 1
- ToolHiveproduct · 1
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