CS_PS.md

Computer Science: Privacy & Security

Resources

• Counter

  • An open-source fair analytics platform that's financed by donations.

• appwrite

  • An open-source firebase(analytics++) alternative.

• open-source-insights

  • An open-source-dependencies analysing platform with a huge database with the aim to make problems of dependencies more transparent.

• Etebase

  • An open-source end-to-end encryption backend library.

• Allsafe

  • An intentionally vulnerable open-source Android application for security researchers and developers to check and learn from.

• pwn.college

  • A collection of modules to cover some serious cybersecurity topics.

• Free Cyber Resources

  • A maintained list of resources on professional cybersecurity.

• Open Source Security Software

  • A directory of open-source software and tools related to security. Generated using Freshermeat.

• Open Security Training

  • A platform for open-source/access courses on cyber security.

• BrowserLeaks

  • A platform to educate about the full spectrum of digital fingerprinting beside cookies and IP addresses.

• Verica Open Incedent Database (VOID)

  • A huge database of community-sourced software-related incidents.

• Concise Encoding

  • An initiative for standrdized advanced and secure communication.

Tools

• Cutter

  • An open-source reverse engineering platform powered by Rizin.

• Firejail Security Sandbox

  • An open-source sandbox program for Linux.

• PackageDNA

  • An open-source tool to analyze software packages used in projects providing security and usability informations.

• Allstar

  • An open-source Github app for continuous enforcing of security policies.

• Tomb

  • An open-source tool to create encrypted storages.

• Blacklight

  • A tool to analyse the trackers and data collected by websites.

• Simple Opt Out

  • A collection of deep links in well-known websites to opt out of sharing your data with third-parties.

• Ciphey

  • An open-source intelligent encryption cracking tool.

• Vytal

  • An open-source web application that tries to make people aware of all the data that the browsers give about them automatically.

• MOAC

  • An open-source tool to generate and evaluate passwords based on physical limitations of computation.

• Lynis

  • An open-source security auditing tool for UNIX-based systems.

• mitmproxy

  • An open-source HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

• OpenVAS - Greenbone

  • A company-backed open-source vulnerability assessment scanner.

• Privacy Label

  • A scientifically developed privacy visualisation that's allows for more transparent and wiht not effort on the developers' side.

• Proxyman

  • An open-source multi-platfrom web debugging proxy.

• Privaxy

  • An open-source tracker and ads blocker using MITM.

Communities

• Infosec core competences
  • A list of the (technical) information's security competences that a searcher should have.
• SSH tricks & tips
  • A small list of tips & tricks to improve the security and your work flow with SSH.
• emergenCITY
  • A interdisciplinary research cooperation on resilient infrastructures of smart cities.