Loki alternatives
Looking for an alternative tool to replace Loki? During the review of Loki we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.
Alternatives (by score)
LMD
Introduction
LMD uses MD5 file hashes and HEX pattern matches to define the malware signatures. These are used to detect malware.
Project details
LMD is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware scanning
Malice
Introduction
Malice is a malware analysis that wants to provide a free and open source version of VirusTotal. The goal of Malice is to make it usable by both independent researchers up to fortune 500 companies.
Malice is useful for those that do malware analysis or deal with user-generated files that may contain malware. The framework allows scanning files and directories to see if they are infected.
Project details
Malice is written in Golang.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware analysis
- Malware detection
- Malware research
- Malware scanning
Malscan
Introduction
Malscan is a tool to scan for malicious software (malware) such as viruses, worms, and backdoors. Its goal is to extend ClamAV with more scanning modes and signatures. It targets web servers running Linux, but can also be used on mail servers and desktops.
Project details
Malscan is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware protection
- Malware scanning
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
MultiScanner
Introduction
MultiScanner helps malware analysts by providing a toolkit to perform both automated and manual analysis. The data extracted from the analysis can be easily stored together, including the relevant metadata and samples. It allows enriching the data further by retrieving information from external resources.
Project details
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware analysis
- Malware detection
- Malware scanning
Rootkit Hunter (rkhunter)
Introduction
Rootkit Hunter is a small utility to find suspicious rootkit components. Other known backdoors or malicious software can also be discovered, especially if it has the goal to hide.
The tool uses different ways to hunt, like using predefined directory locations and comparing the output of system utilities. Another method is by requesting a specific output and see if this output is altered, therefore tricking rootkits to reveal themselves.
Project details
Rootkit Hunter is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- + Project is mature (10+ years)
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware detection
- Malware scanning
rastrea2r
Introduction
Rastrea2r is a threat hunting utility for indicators of compromise (IOC). It is named after the Spanish word rastreador, which means hunter. This multi-platform open source tool helps incident responders and SOC analysts to triage suspected systems. The hunt for IOCs can be achieved in just a matter of a few minutes.
Project details
ClamAV
Introduction
ClamAV is a popular tool to detect malicious software or malware. While it calls itself an antivirus engine, it probably won't encounter many viruses, as they have become rare. It is more likely to find other forms of malware like worms, backdoors, and ransomware. ClamAV can be used in a few ways, from doing an occasional scan up to scanning in batch. ClamAV does not do on-access scanning but can be combined with other tools to obtain similar functionality. ClamAV is often used to support scanning incoming emails for malicious content.
Project details
ClamAV is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Many maintainers
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware analysis
- Malware detection
- Malware scanning
YARA
Introduction
YARA is a tool to identify and classify malware samples. It uses textual or binary patterns to match data, combined with a boolean expression to define a match. YARA is multi-platform, can be used via a command-line interface or via Python scripts using the yara-python extension.
Project details
YARA is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + More than 2000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware analysis
- Malware detection
- Malware scanning
chkrootkit
Introduction
The chkrootkit tool consists of multiple parts that may detect the presence of rootkit parts of rootkit behavior on a system.
Some areas that are checked include:
- interface in promiscuous mode
- lastlog deletions
- wtmp deletions
- wtmpx deletions
- signs of LKM trojans
- utmp deletions
Project details
chkrootkit is written in C, shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- + Project is mature (10+ years)
- - Long time between releases
Typical usage
- Malware detection
- Malware scanning
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
Dagda
Introduction
The main reasons to use Dagda is the detection of vulnerable or malicious components within your containerized environment.
Project details
Dagda is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware detection
- Malware scanning
- Vulnerability management
- Vulnerability scanning
Bitscout
Introduction
Bitscout contains a set of popular tools to acquire and analyze disk images onsite. It saves engineers from traveling to the physical location. In other words, it is providing the option to do remote forensics. The project claims that everything is correctly implemented when it comes to digital forensics. One of these requirements is that no data is altered. For example, the remote security professional can obtain a disk image clone, but not alter the machine state.
Project details
Bitscout is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
FIR (Fast Incident Response)
Introduction
FIR is an incident response tool written in the Django framework. It provides a web interface to deal with the creation and management of security-related incidents.Project details
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Incident response
- Security monitoring
LogonTracer
Introduction
LogonTracer is a tool to investigate malicious logins from Windows event logs with visualization capabilities.
Project details
LogonTracer is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 contributors
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Criminal investigations
- Digital forensics
- Learning
MIG (Mozilla InvestiGator)
Introduction
MIG provides a platform to perform investigative analysis on remote systems. By using the right queries, information can be obtained from these systems. This all happens in parallel, making intrusion detection, investigation, and follow-up easier.
Project details
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 25 contributors
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Supported by a large company
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
- Intrusion detection
The Sleuth Kit
Introduction
The Sleuth Kit is a forensics tool to analyze volume and file system data on disk images. With its modular design, it can be used to carve out the right data, find evidence, and use it for digital forensics.
Project details
The Sleuth Kit is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Well-known tool
Typical usage
- Criminal investigations
- Digital forensics
- File system analysis
Volatility
Introduction
Volatility is a well-known tool to analyze memory dumps. Interesting about this project is that the founders of this project decided to create a foundation around the project. This foundation is an independent 501(c) (3) non-profit organization that maintains and promotes open source memory forensics with The Volatility Framework.
Project details
Volatility is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 2000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Project is supported by a foundation
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
dfis (Digital Forensic Investigative Scripts)
Introduction
This toolkit of scripts are made by Hal to help in forensic assignments. They make several parts of the job easier, like converting data to another format for further processing.
Project details
dfis is written in Perl.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Well-known author
- - No updates for a while
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
libewf
Introduction
The libewf toolkit is useful for those who need to create a disk image or perform disk forensics.
Project details
libewf is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
r2frida
Introduction
Both Radare2 and Frida have their own area of expertise. This project combines both, to allow a more extensive analysis of files and processes.
Project details
r2frida is written in C, JavaScript.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Application testing
- Binary analysis
- Memory analysis
radare2
Introduction
Radare2 is a popular framework to perform reverse engineering on many different file types. It can be used to analyze malware, firmware, or any other type of binary files. Besides reverse engineering, it can be used for forensics on filesystems and do data carving. Tasks can be scripted and support languages like JavaScript, Go, and Python. Even software exploitation is one of the functions it can be used in.
Project details
radare2 is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 contributors
- + More than 8000 GitHub stars
- + Many releases available
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
- Reverse engineering
- Software exploitation
- Troubleshooting
shellbags
Introduction
Typically this tool will be used to gather information from a compromised system or to track traces from a system to find evidence. Shellbags can provide some insight on browsed directories on the system via Explorer on Microsoft Windows systems.
Project details
shellbags is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
TheHive
Introduction
TheHive is scalable and a complete platform to deal with security incidents. It allows for collaboration between those responsible for dealing with such incidents and related events. It can even use the data of the MISP project, making it easier to start analyzing from there.
Project details
TheHive is written in Scala.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Digital forensics
- Incident response
- Intrusion detection
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
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