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The Book Of Secret Knowledge

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StreisandEffect/streisand

Streisand sets up a new server running your choice of WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists.

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2 list mentions
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2014-03-23
License
NOASSERTION
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237 open
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rupa/z

z - jump around

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5 list mentions
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2009-06-19
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WTFPL
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107 open
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1N3/Sn1per

Automated penetration testing & attack surface management platform. Recon, scan, exploit, report — 600+ exploits, 90+ integrations, 10K+ detections.

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1 list mention
First commit
2015-09-06
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NOASSERTION
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7 open
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2,125
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brendangregg/perf-tools

Performance analysis tools based on Linux perf_events (aka perf) and ftrace

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2014-07-10
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GPL-2.0
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56 open
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learnbyexample/Command-line-text-processing

:zap: From finding text to search and replace, from sorting to beautifying text and more :art:

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2017-03-25
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Unknown
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docker/docker-bench-security

The Docker Bench for Security is a script that checks for dozens of common best-practices around deploying Docker containers in production.

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2015-05-11
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Apache-2.0
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toniblyx/my-arsenal-of-aws-security-tools

List of open source tools for AWS security: defensive, offensive, auditing, DFIR, etc.

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2018-07-18
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Apache-2.0
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7 open
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zardus/ctf-tools

Some setup scripts for security research tools.

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2015-05-07
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BSD-3-Clause
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rebootuser/LinEnum

Scripted Local Linux Enumeration & Privilege Escalation Checks

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2013-08-20
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MIT
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TH3xACE/SUDO_KILLER

A tool designed to exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability in the sudo program on Unix-like systems. It takes advantage of a specific misconfiguration or flaw in sudo to gain elevated privileges on the system, essentially allowing a regular user to execute commands as the root user.

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2026-03-11
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2023-10-17
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MIT
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1 open
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cirosantilli/linux-cheat

Linux tutorials and cheatsheets. Minimal examples. Mostly user-land CLI utilities. Linux kernel at: https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat Linux教程和备忘单。 最少的例子。 主要是用户级CLI实用程序。 Linux内核位于:https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat

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2013-03-30
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