orthrus alternatives

Looking for an alternative tool to replace orthrus? During the review of orthrus 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

  1. Lynis (security scanner and compliance auditing tool)
  2. OpenSCAP (suite with tools and security data)
  3. otseca (system information gathering tool)

These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to orthrus.

Alternatives (by score)

100

Lynis

Introduction

Lynis is an open-source security auditing tool that is available since 2007 and created by Michael Boelen. Its primary goal is to evaluate the security defenses of systems running Linux or other flavors of Unix. It provides suggestions to install, configure, or correct any security measures.

Project details

Lynis is written in shell script.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • + The source code is easy to read and understand
  • + More than 100 contributors
  • + More than 8000 GitHub stars
  • + Tool is easy to use
  • + Available as package (simplified installation)
  • + Commercial support available
  • + Used language is shell script
  • + Very low number of dependencies
  • + Project is mature (10+ years)
  • + The source code of this software is available

    Typical usage

    • IT audit
    • Penetration testing
    • Security assessment
    • System hardening
    • Vulnerability scanning

    Lynis review

    89

    OpenSCAP

    Introduction

    The OpenSCAP project provides a wide variety of hardening guides, configuration baselines, and tools to test for vulnerabilities and configuration issues. It uses SCAP as the protocol to store the underlying data.

    Project details

    OpenSCAP is written in C.

    Strengths and weaknesses

    • + More than 25 contributors
    • + The source code of this software is available
    • + Supported by a large company

      Typical usage

      • Security assessment
      • Vulnerability scanning

      OpenSCAP review

      60

      otseca

      Introduction

      Tools like otseca help with data collection. This could be useful for system administrators to collect data on a regular interval. This data then can be compared with a future data capture. Another possibility is to use it during pentesting. In that case one should have already obtained root access, as the tool requires this as well.

      Project details

      otseca is written in shell script.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + The source code is easy to read and understand
      • + Tool is modular and extendable
      • + The source code of this software is available

        Typical usage

        • Configuration audit
        • Penetration testing
        • Security assessment

        otseca review

        68

        Cloud Security Suite (CS Suite)

        Introduction

        Cloud Security Suite (CS Suite) is a security toolkit that allows scanning Amazon, Google, and Azure cloud platforms. It leverages tools like Lynis, Prowler, and Scout2 to collect all information. The promise of the tool is to simplify the installation of the tools, their configuration, and the data collection.

        Project details

        Cloud Security Suite is written in Python.

        Strengths and weaknesses

        • + The source code of this software is available
        • - No releases on GitHub available

        Typical usage

        • IT audit
        • Configuration audit
        • Penetration testing
        • System hardening

        Cloud Security Suite review

        70

        YASAT

        Introduction

        The YASAT tool performs a system scan to detect configuration issues and possible improvements for hardening the system. Typically you would use this on new and existing systems.

        Project details

        YASAT is written in shell script.

        Strengths and weaknesses

        • + Used language is shell script
        • - No updates for a while

        Typical usage

        • IT audit
        • Configuration audit
        • Security assessment

        YASAT review

        60

        sysechk (System Security Checker)

        Introduction

        System Security Checker, or sysechk, is a tool to perform a system audit against a set of best practices. It uses a modular approach to test the system.

        Project details

        sysechk is written in shell script.

        Strengths and weaknesses

        • + Used language is shell script
        • + The source code of this software is available

          Typical usage

          • IT audit
          • System hardening

          sysechk review

          85

          Prowler

          Introduction

          Prowler is a security tool to check systems on AWS against the related CIS benchmark. This benchmark provides a set of best practices for AWS. The primary usage for this tool is system hardening and compliance checking.

          Project details

          Prowler is written in shell script.

          Strengths and weaknesses

          • + More than 25 contributors
          • + More than 500 GitHub stars
          • + The source code of this software is available

            Typical usage

            • Compliance testing
            • Security assessment
            • System hardening

            Prowler review

            64

            LUNAR

            Introduction

            LUNAR is short for Lockdown UNix Auditing and Reporting and runs on the system itself.

            Project details

            LUNAR is written in shell script.

            Strengths and weaknesses

            • + The source code of this software is available

              Typical usage

              • Security assessment
              • Self-assessment
              • System hardening

              LUNAR review

              64

              Zeus

              Introduction

              Zeus is a tool to perform a quick security scan of an AWS environment. It helps to find missing security controls, so additional system hardening measures can be applied to systems.

              Project details

              Zeus is written in shell script.

              Strengths and weaknesses

              • + Used language is shell script
              • + The source code of this software is available
              • - No releases on GitHub available

              Typical usage

              • Configuration audit
              • Security assessment
              • Self-assessment
              • System hardening

              Zeus review

              52

              Nix Auditor

              Introduction

              This fairly new tool is written in shell script to scan Linux systems with the focus on security auditing.

              Project details

              Nix Auditor is written in shell script.

              Strengths and weaknesses

              • + Used language is shell script
              • - Full name of author is unknown
              • - Unknown project license

              Nix Auditor review

              60

              VHostScan

              Introduction

              Tools like VHostScan are powerful to perform reconnaissance and discover configuration defaults. This can be useful during penetration tests or security testing, to see if a system has been stripped from default pages. If not, this tool might discover them and provide valuable information about the system.

              Project details

              VHostScan is written in Python.

              Strengths and weaknesses

              • + The source code of this software is available

                Typical usage

                • Penetration testing
                • Reconnaissance

                VHostScan review

                97

                CloudSploit scans

                Introduction

                CloudSploit scans is an open source software project to test security risks related to an AWS account. It runs tests against your Amazon account and aims to discover any potential misconfigured setting or other risks.

                Project details

                CloudSploit scans is written in Node.js.

                Strengths and weaknesses

                • + More than 10 contributors
                • + More than 500 GitHub stars
                • + The source code of this software is available
                • - No releases on GitHub available

                Typical usage

                • IT audit
                • Configuration audit
                • Security assessment

                CloudSploit scans review

                85

                Kube-Bench

                Introduction

                Tools like Kube-Bench help with quickly checking configuration weaknesses or discovering bad defaults.

                Project details

                Kube-Bench is written in Golang.

                Strengths and weaknesses

                • + The source code of this software is available

                  Kube-Bench review

                  60

                  SSHsec

                  Introduction

                  SSHsec scans a system running the SSH protocol and retrieves its configuration, host keys, and Diffie-Hellman groups.

                  Project details

                  SSHsec is written in Python.

                  Strengths and weaknesses

                  • + The source code of this software is available

                    Typical usage

                    • Information gathering
                    • Penetration testing
                    • Security assessment

                    SSHsec review

                    60

                    iniscan

                    Introduction

                    Iniscan scans a given php.ini file and tests it against security best practices. It reports back the results by showing a Pass or Fail for each related test. As it is a command-line utility, it can be used in automated testing.

                    Project details

                    iniscan is written in PHP.

                    Strengths and weaknesses

                    • + More than 25 contributors
                    • + More than 1000 GitHub stars
                    • + The source code of this software is available

                      Typical usage

                      • Configuration audit
                      • Security assessment

                      iniscan review

                      74

                      testssl.sh

                      Introduction

                      Key features of testssl.sh include:

                      • Clear output: you can tell easily whether anything is good or bad
                      • Ease of installation: It works for Linux, Darwin, FreeBSD, NetBSD and MSYS2/Cygwin out of the box: no need to install or configure something, no gems, CPAN, pip or the like.
                      • Flexibility: You can test any SSL/TLS enabled and STARTTLS service, not only webservers at port 443
                      • Toolbox: Several command line options help you to run YOUR test and configure YOUR output
                      • Reliability: features are tested thoroughly
                      • Verbosity: If a particular check cannot be performed because of a missing capability on your client side, you'll get a warning
                      • Privacy: It's only you who sees the result, not a third party
                      • Freedom: It's 100% open source. You can look at the code, see what's going on and you can change it.

                      Project details

                      testssl.sh is written in shell script.

                      Strengths and weaknesses

                      • + Used language is shell script
                      • + The source code of this software is available

                        Typical usage

                        • Application testing
                        • Configuration audit

                        testssl.sh review

                        84

                        Docker Bench for Security

                        Introduction

                        Docker Bench for Security is a small security scanner to perform several tests that are part of the Docker CIS benchmark.

                        Project details

                        Docker Bench for Security is written in shell script.

                        Strengths and weaknesses

                        • + More than 25 contributors
                        • + Screen output is colored
                        • + More than 3000 GitHub stars
                        • + The source code of this software is available

                          Typical usage

                          • Application security
                          • Configuration audit
                          • Security assessment

                          Docker Bench for Security review

                          64

                          JShielder

                          Introduction

                          JShielder is a security tool for Linux systems to make them more secure by adding system hardening measures.

                          Project details

                          JShielder is written in Python, shell script.

                          Strengths and weaknesses

                          • + Used language is shell script
                          • + The source code of this software is available

                            Typical usage

                            • System hardening

                            JShielder review

                            60

                            Scout2

                            Introduction

                            Scout2 is a security tool to assess the security of an AWS environment. It can be used for system hardening and IT audits.

                            Project details

                            Scout2 is written in Python.

                            Strengths and weaknesses

                            • + More than 10 contributors
                            • + More than 500 GitHub stars

                              Typical usage

                              • IT audit
                              • Security assessment
                              • Self-assessment
                              • System hardening

                              Scout2 review

                              64

                              seccheck

                              Introduction

                              Seccheck is a security scanner for Linux systems. It is originally written for SuSE Linux by Marc Heuse.

                              Project details

                              seccheck is written in shell script.

                              Strengths and weaknesses

                              • + The source code of this software is available
                              • - Project looks outdated (old code or documentation)

                              Typical usage

                              • Security assessment
                              • System hardening

                              seccheck review

                              63

                              360-FAAR

                              Introduction

                              360-FAAR is a tool written in Perl to parse policies and logs from firewalls. It can compare firewall policies and translate between a policy and log data. Supported firewalls include Checkpoint FW1, Cisco ASA, and Netscreen ScreenOS.

                              Project details

                              360-FAAR is written in Perl.

                              Strengths and weaknesses

                              • + Project is mature (5+ years)
                              • + The source code of this software is available

                                Typical usage

                                • Firewall auditing
                                • Log analysis
                                • Security assessment
                                • Security reviews

                                360-FAAR review

                                60

                                ssh_scan

                                Introduction

                                This tool is light on its dependencies, as it only uses Ruby and BinData. The scanner is simple to use, as it is limited in the number of parameters and options. There is also the ability to show the results on the screen or export the data to a JSON file. The latter is great if you want to do further processing of the details, or simply store them for later comparison.

                                Project details

                                ssh_scan is written in Ruby.

                                Strengths and weaknesses

                                • + More than 10 contributors
                                • + Many releases available
                                • + The source code of this software is available
                                • + Supported by a large company

                                  Typical usage

                                  • Penetration testing
                                  • Security assessment
                                  • System hardening
                                  • Vulnerability scanning

                                  ssh_scan review

                                  78

                                  Clair

                                  Introduction

                                  The tool has been created by CoreOS and can scan containers of different formats. It analyzes them and determines available security weaknesses in the container.

                                  Project details

                                  Clair is written in Golang.

                                  Strengths and weaknesses

                                  • + The source code of this software is available

                                    Typical usage

                                    • Security assessment
                                    • Vulnerability scanning

                                    Clair review

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