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rocky/python-uncompyle6

A cross-version Python bytecode decompiler

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#bytecode #decompiler #python

Updated: 2026-04-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-06-05
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 42 open

4,309

stars

Forks: 461
Commits: 3,537 commits
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codingo/NoSQLMap

Automated NoSQL database enumeration and web application exploitation tool.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#bugbounty #couchdb #databases #enumeration #hacking #hacking-tool

Updated: 2026-02-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-24
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

3,309

stars

Forks: 626
Commits: 304 commits
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sleuthkit/sleuthkit

The Sleuth Kit® (TSK) is a library and collection of command line digital forensics tools that allow you to investigate volume and file system data. The library can be incorporated into larger digital forensics tools and the command line tools can be directly used to find evidence.

AI dev

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#forensics #incident-response #ntfs #sleuthkit #tct

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-09-28
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 463 open

3,098

stars

Forks: 696
Commits: 10,719 commits
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plasma-disassembler/plasma

Plasma is an interactive disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS. It can generates indented pseudo-code with colored syntax.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#arm #capstone #disassembler #mips #reverse-engineering #x86

Updated: 2021-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-09
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

3,073

stars

Forks: 273
Commits: 922 commits
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nil0x42/phpsploit

Full-featured C2 framework which silently persists on webserver with a single-line PHP backdoor

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#advanced-persistent-threat #backdoor #blackhat #c2 #command-and-control #hacking

Updated: 2024-05-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-08
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 27 open

2,479

stars

Forks: 471
Commits: 1,021 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +3 +0.1%
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htrgouvea/nipe

An engine to make Tor network your default gateway

Stack

Perl

GitHub topics

#anonymity #anonymize #engine #iptables #network #nipe

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-09-07
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 15 open

2,352

stars

Forks: 337
Commits: 501 commits
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byt3bl33d3r/SILENTTRINITY

An asynchronous, collaborative post-exploitation agent powered by Python and .NET's DLR

Stack

Boo pytest pip Pipenv

GitHub topics

#boolang #c-sharp #dotnet #dotnet-dlr #dotnet-script #ironpython

Updated: 2023-12-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-06
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 48 open

2,341

stars

Forks: 427
Commits: 293 commits
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yegord/snowman

Snowman decompiler

Archived

Updated: 2023-03-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-03-08
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

2,250

stars

Forks: 299
Commits: 1 commit
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Storyyeller/Krakatau

Java decompiler, assembler, and disassembler

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2026-04-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-10-16
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

2,231

stars

Forks: 236
Commits: 18 commits
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OWASP/NodeGoat

The OWASP NodeGoat project provides an environment to learn how OWASP Top 10 security risks apply to web applications developed using Node.js and how to effectively address them.

Stack

HTML Express npm

GitHub topics

#docker #heroku #javascript #nodegoat #nodejs #owasp-top-ten

Updated: 2024-06-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-21
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 99 open

2,052

stars

Forks: 2,621
Commits: 461 commits
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jtesta/ssh-mitm

SSH man-in-the-middle tool

Archived

Stack

GitHub topics

#hacking #man-in-the-middle #man-in-the-middle-attack #mitm #penetration-testing #ssh

Updated: 2021-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-16
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 14 open

1,741

stars

Forks: 213
Commits: 140 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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hellman/xortool

A tool to analyze multi-byte xor cipher

Stack

Python Poetry

GitHub topics

#cryptanalysis #cryptography #xor-cipher #xortool

Updated: 2025-05-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-18
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

1,482

stars

Forks: 181
Commits: 127 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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rosehgal/BinExp

Linux Binary Exploitation

Stack

GitHub topics

#binaries #buffer-overflow-attack #bufferoverflow #consolidation #exploitation #format-string-attack

Updated: 2021-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-10
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

1,357

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 68 commits
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codingo/VHostScan

A virtual host scanner that performs reverse lookups, can be used with pivot tools, detect catch-all scenarios, work around wildcards, aliases and dynamic default pages.

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#bugbounty #ctf-tools #discovery-service #hacking #hacking-tool #hackthebox

Updated: 2025-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-03
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

1,302

stars

Forks: 239
Commits: 347 commits
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kpcyrd/sniffglue

Secure multithreaded packet sniffer

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#network #pcap #rust #sandboxed #sniffer

Updated: 2026-04-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-12
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 18 open

1,258

stars

Forks: 103
Commits: 378 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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Website GitHub

codilime/veles

Binary data analysis and visualization tool

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#cpp #hexeditor #python #qt #reverse-engineering #shaders

Updated: 2019-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-16
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 56 open

1,237

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 637 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mildsunrise/protobuf-inspector

🕵️ Tool to reverse-engineer Protocol Buffers with unknown definition

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#protocol-buffers #reverse-engineering #serialization

Updated: 2020-12-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-07-24
History: 1 history point
License: ISC
Issues: 5 open

1,121

stars

Forks: 105
Commits: 24 commits
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desowin/usbpcap

USB packet capture for Windows

Stack

Updated: 2025-02-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-02-10
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 65 open

1,100

stars

Forks: 199
Commits: 185 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

fportantier/habu

Hacking Toolkit

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#hacking #linux #network-analysis #networking #penetration-testing #pentest

Updated: 2025-12-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-18
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 2 open

980

stars

Forks: 164
Commits: 371 commits
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Genetic-Malware/Ebowla

Framework for Making Environmental Keyed Payloads (NO LONGER SUPPORTED)

Stack

Python CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#clueless-agents #golang #memorymodule #powershell #python

Updated: 2019-01-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-07
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

764

stars

Forks: 170
Commits: 79 commits
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orlikoski/CyLR

CyLR - Live Response Collection Tool

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-06-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-09-06
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 21 open

729

stars

Forks: 96
Commits: 423 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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EUA/wxHexEditor

wxHexEditor official GIT repo

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#disk #editor #hex #hex-editor #linux #mac

Updated: 2024-06-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-06-15
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 83 open

613

stars

Forks: 133
Commits: 733 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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jesusprubio/strong-node

:heavy_check_mark: More than 100 security checks for your Node.js API

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

Updated: 2024-04-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-27
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

507

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 38 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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rafael-santiago/pig

A Linux packet crafting tool.

Stack

GitHub topics

#arp-spoofing #denial-of-service #forensics #hacking #hacking-tool #intrusion-prevention

Updated: 2020-11-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-27
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

477

stars

Forks: 41
Commits: 215 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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kpcyrd/authoscope

Scriptable network authentication cracker

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#concurrency #cracking #credential-stuffing #dictionary-attack #lua #password

Updated: 2023-12-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-15
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 23 open

418

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 223 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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mxmssh/drltrace

Drltrace is a library calls tracer for Windows and Linux applications.

Stack

HTML CMake pip

GitHub topics

#api-trace #dbi #malware-analysis #malware-detection #reverse-engineering

Updated: 2020-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-10
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 14 open

416

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 129 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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pfalcon/ScratchABit

Easily retargetable and hackable interactive disassembler with IDAPython-compatible plugin API

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#disassembler #ida #ida-plugin #idapython #reverse-engineering

Updated: 2020-11-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-08
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 29 open

413

stars

Forks: 48
Commits: 571 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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SpectralOps/keyscope

Keyscope is a key and secret workflow (validation, invalidation, etc.) tool built in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo Yarn

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #devops #pentest #rust #security #testing

Updated: 2025-07-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-10-01
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1 open

411

stars

Forks: 113
Commits: 90 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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SpectralOps/netz

Discover internet-wide misconfigurations while drinking coffee

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cybersecurity #go #golang #osint #scanner

Updated: 2021-05-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-03-03
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

399

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 16 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

HightechSec/git-scanner

A tool for bug hunting or pentesting for targeting websites that have open .git repositories available in public

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bash #bughunting #git-dumper #hacking-tools #pentest-tool #pentesting

Updated: 2020-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-17
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

379

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 20 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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