Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2026Help Net Security·Feb 26, 00:00 UTC · Feb 26, 2026Malware30
Hackers weaponize Shellter red teaming tool to spread infostealersSecurity Affairs·Jul 9, 08:43 UTC · Jul 9, 2025AI safety & security in the wild45
Employees are using AI where they know they shouldn’tHelp Net Security·Jun 18, 00:00 UTC · Jun 18, 2025AI safety & security30
12 Open-Source Penetration Testing Tools You Might Not Know AboutHelp Net Security·Apr 19, 15:25 UTC · Apr 19, 2024AI safety & security30
Flipping the BEC funnel: Phishing in the age of GenAIHelp Net Security·Jan 15, 00:00 UTC · Jan 15, 2024Phishing & fraud30
Crooks Evolve Antidetect Tooling for Mobile OSSecurity Affairs·Jul 11, 06:15 UTC · Jul 11, 2023Malware30
Visual network and file forensics with RudraHelp Net Security·Jan 17, 10:25 UTC · Jan 17, 2023Malware30
Kali Linux 2022.3 released: Packages for test labs, new tools, and a community Discord serverHelp Net Security·Aug 9, 00:00 UTC · Aug 9, 2022Vulnerability30
Booters with Chinese Characteristics: The Rise of Chinese Online DDoS PlatformsCisco Talos·Aug 15, 17:14 UTC · Aug 15, 2017Malware30
Scripting the disassembler: Local agentic reverse engineering through vbdec’s live COM object modelCisco Talos·Jun 18, 10:00 UTC · Jun 18, 2026Vulnerability130
BlacksmithAI: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing frameworkHelp Net Security·Mar 2, 00:00 UTC · Mar 2, 2026Exploit / PoC145
REMnux v8 brings AI integration to the Linux malware analysis toolkitHelp Net Security·Feb 17, 00:00 UTC · Feb 17, 2026Malware30
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: January 2026Help Net Security·Jan 29, 00:00 UTC · Jan 29, 2026Vulnerability30
AI agents break rules in unexpected waysHelp Net Security·Dec 9, 00:00 UTC · Dec 9, 2025AI safety & security30
New PXA Stealer targets government and education sectors for sensitive informationCisco Talos·Nov 14, 11:00 UTC · Nov 14, 2024Malware30
HITB Armory: Independent security researchers to showcase their toolsHelp Net Security·Mar 9, 19:15 UTC · Mar 9, 2023Vulnerability30
Large East Asian companies attacked with SparkRAT open source toolThe Record·Feb 3, 00:00 UTC · Feb 3, 2023Malware30
VideoBytes: Offensive security tools and the bad guys that use themMalwarebytes Labs·Dec 23, 17:00 UTC · Dec 23, 2020Malware30
CloudBolt Software OneFuse helps enterprise IT drive deeper, more feature-rich platform integrationsHelp Net Security·Jul 20, 00:00 UTC · Jul 20, 2020AI safety & security30
PoetRAT: Python RAT uses COVID-19 lures to target Azerbaijan public and private sectorsCisco Talos·Apr 16, 17:52 UTC · Apr 16, 2020Malware30
Citrix Systems and FireEye introduce new tool for detection of compromiseHelp Net Security·Apr 2, 06:55 UTC · Apr 2, 2020VulnerabilityCVE-2019-1978135
Know your enemy: Mapping adversary infrastructure quickly and accuratelyHelp Net Security·Dec 19, 00:00 UTC · Dec 19, 2019Malware30
Free Facial Recognition Tool Can Track People Across Social Media SitesThe Hacker News·Aug 9, 14:22 UTC · Aug 9, 2018Malware30
Assemblyline - Canada's CSE intelligence Agency releases its malware analysis toolSecurity Affairs·Oct 21, 08:12 UTC · Oct 21, 2017Malware30
As AI tools take hold in cybersecurity, entry-level jobs could shrinkHelp Net Security·Jul 8, 07:32 UTC · Jul 8, 2026Vulnerability30
Kali Linux 2026.1 ships BackTrack mode, eight new tools, and a kernel upgrade to 6.18Help Net Security·Mar 25, 00:00 UTC · Mar 25, 2026Exploit / PoC45
sqlmap: Open-source SQL injection and database takeover toolHelp Net Security·Nov 10, 00:00 UTC · Nov 10, 2025Vulnerability30
AutoPatchBench: Meta's new way to test AI bug fixing toolsHelp Net Security·May 21, 00:00 UTC · May 21, 2025Vulnerability30
C.A.S hacktivists attack Russian organizations using rare RATsKaspersky Securelist·Dec 18, 10:00 UTC · Dec 18, 2024Exploit / PoC45
New Tool Xeon Sender Enables LargeInfosecurity Magazine·Aug 19, 16:30 UTC · Aug 19, 2024Data breach45
Reality check: What will generative AI really do for cybersecurity?CyberScoop·May 23, 18:32 UTC · May 23, 2023Vulnerability30
Multi-tool/multi-cloud environments reaching the limit of their efficacyHelp Net Security·Feb 23, 00:00 UTC · Feb 23, 2022Vulnerability30
Security firm released Singularity, a DNS Rebinding attack toolSecurity Affairs·Aug 21, 07:58 UTC · Aug 21, 2018Vulnerability30
Threat landscape for SMBs in 2026: fake AI tools, phishing and moreKaspersky Securelist·Jun 25, 10:00 UTC · Jun 25, 2026Phishing & fraud30
WitnessAI Agentic Control secures AI agents, tools, and MCP server accessHelp Net Security·Jun 17, 00:00 UTC · Jun 17, 2026AI safety & security30
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: March 2026Help Net Security·Mar 31, 00:00 UTC · Mar 31, 2026Vulnerability30
Week in review: 40 open-source tools securing the stack, invisible IT to be the next workplace priorityHelp Net Security·Dec 14, 00:00 UTC · Dec 14, 2025Vulnerability130
9 Effective SOAR Use Cases for Cyber Threat Mitigation (Part 2)Recorded Future·Jun 27, 00:00 UTC · Jun 27, 2025Vulnerability30