DejaVu alternatives
Looking for an alternative tool to replace DejaVu? During the review of DejaVu we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.
Top 3
- Suricata (network IDS, IPS and monitoring)
- Sweet Security (security monitoring on Raspberry Pi and similar)
- Zeek (network security monitoring tool)
These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to DejaVu.
Alternatives (by score)
Suricata
Introduction
Suricata is a somewhat younger NIDS, though has a rapid development cycle. It can work with Snort rulesets, yet also has optimized rulesets for usage with Suricata itself. For example, this set is known as Emerging Threats and fully optimized.
Project details
Suricata is written in C, Lua.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Intrusion detection
- Network analysis
- Threat discovery
Sweet Security
Introduction
This tool helps with automating the installation of several components like Bro IDS, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK stack), and Critical Stack. Saving time on installation and configuration is its primary purpose.
Project details
Sweet Security is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Network security monitoring
- Security monitoring
Zeek (Bro)
Introduction
Zeek helps to perform security monitoring by looking into the network's activity. It can find suspicious data streams. Based on the data, it alert, react, and integrate with other tools.
Project details
Zeek is written in C++.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + More than 2000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Well-known tool
Typical usage
- Security monitoring
Acra
Introduction
Acra is a database encryption proxy that provides encryption and data leakage prevention to applications. It provides selective encryption, access control, database and data leak prevention, and even intrusion detection capabilities. It is focused on developers and supports most popular programming languages such as Go, PHP, Python, Ruby.
Project details
Acra is written in Golang, Node.js, Objective-C, PHP, Python, Ruby.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Commercial support available
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Data encryption
- Data leak prevention
- Data security
- Vulnerability mitigation
GRR Rapid Response
Introduction
The goal of the GRR tooling is to support digital forensics and investigations. By using a fast and scalable model, analysts can quickly perform their analysis. One of the main features is the ability to search for particular information or details. This process is called hunting.
Project details
GRR Rapid Response is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 25 contributors
- + More than 3000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Supported by a large company
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
- Intrusion detection
- Threat hunting
MalPipe
Introduction
MalPipe is a modular malware and indicator collection and processing framework. It is designed to pull information about malware, domains, URLs, and IP addresses from multiple feeds. Finally, it will enrich the collected data and export the results.Project details
MalPipe is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Data enrichment
- Data processing
- Intrusion detection
- Malware analysis
- Malware detection
Maltrail
Introduction
Maltrail monitors for traffic on the network that might indicate system compromise or other bad behavior. It is great for intrusion detection and monitoring.Project details
Maltrail is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + More than 3000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Intrusion detection
- Network analysis
- Security monitoring
Scirius
Introduction
Scirius is a web application to do Suricata ruleset management. There is both a community version as paid version available.Project details
Scirius is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Network security monitoring
Snort
Introduction
Besides intrusion detection, Snort has the capabilities to prevent attacks. By taking a particular action based on traffic patterns, it can become an intrusion prevention system (IPS).
Project details
Snort is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Supported by a large company
- + Well-known tool
Typical usage
- Security monitoring
CHIRON ELK
Introduction
CHIRON is a tool to provide network analytics based on the ELK stack. It is combined with Machine Learning threat detection using the Aktaion framework. Typical usage of the tool is home use and get the visibility of home internet devices. By leveraging the Aktaion framework, it helps with detection threats like ransomware, phishing, or other malicious traffic.
Project details
CHIRON ELK is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Network analysis
- Network security monitoring
- Network traffic analysis
- Threat discovery
IVRE
Introduction
IVRE is a framework to perform reconnaissance for network traffic. It leverages other tools to pull in the data and show it in the web interface.Project details
IVRE is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
- Information gathering
- Intrusion detection
- Network analysis
Moloch
Introduction
Moloch comes with a web interface that allows for easy browsing of pcap data (packet capture). It can also search in the data or export it. Besides pcap, the JSON format is supported, so data can be easily consumed in other tools (like Wireshark).
Project details
Moloch is written in C, Node.js.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 25 contributors
- + More than 3000 GitHub stars
- + Many releases available
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Supported by a large company
Typical usage
- Network security monitoring
- Security monitoring
Security Monkey
Introduction
Security Monkey provides a single user interface to browse and search through all of your services and accounts.
Project details
Security Monkey is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Supported by a large company
Typical usage
- Security monitoring
pastemon
Introduction
Tool like pastemon can detect specific texts on the Pastebin website, like corporate information or sensitive information. It can be used as an early warning system or detect compromises in your environment.
Project details
pastemon is written in Perl.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - Unknown project license
Typical usage
- Security monitoring
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