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Cybersecurity tools directory

158 reviewed tools with install guidance, safe example commands and legal-use notes. Every record links to the official website, documentation and source; use tools only on systems you own or are authorised to test.

Forensicsbeginner
Autopsy

Autopsy is a graphical digital-forensics platform built on The Sleuth Kit that analyses disk images and recovers files,...

Windows · Linux
Forensicsbeginner
Binwalk

Binwalk analyses binary files, such as firmware images, to find and extract embedded files and compressed data.

Linux · macOS
Forensicsbeginner
ExifTool

ExifTool reads, writes and edits metadata in a very wide range of file types, such as images, PDFs and Office documents.

Windows · macOS · Linux
Forensicsbeginner
Foremost

Foremost recovers files from disk images or raw data by their headers and footers, without needing a file system.

Linux
Forensicsadvanced
Plaso (log2timeline)

Plaso (log2timeline) extracts timestamps from many artefacts in a disk image and merges them into one super-timeline.

Linux · Windows · macOS
Forensicsbeginner
TestDisk & PhotoRec

TestDisk repairs partition tables and recovers lost partitions; its companion PhotoRec recovers files by signature.

Linux · Windows · macOS
Forensicsintermediate
The Sleuth Kit

The Sleuth Kit is a library and collection of command-line tools for analysing disk images and file systems.

Linux · macOS · Windows
Forensicsadvanced
Velociraptor

Velociraptor is an open-source endpoint monitoring, digital forensics and incident-response platform that collects artef...

Windows · Linux · macOS
Forensicsadvanced
Volatility 3

Volatility 3 is the memory-forensics framework for analysing RAM captures to list processes, network connections and inj...

Linux · Windows · macOS
Forensicsintermediate
bulk_extractor

bulk_extractor scans disk images or files and extracts features such as email addresses, URLs and credit-card-like numbe...

Linux · Windows · macOS