Tools starting with U

Looking for new tools to extend your tool box? The top 100 list of best security tools is a great start.

UPX

UPX is tool to pack several executable formats. It is free, portable, and extendable, and well-known.


Latest release: 4.2.4 [May 9, 2024]

USB Canary

USB Canary monitors the devices on a system for the addition or removal of USB devices. On such an event, then an alert will be sent.

USBGuard

USBGuard is a software framework which allows USB device authorization policies. It defines what kind of USB devices are authorized together with a related policy regarding permissions.


Latest release: usbguard-1.1.3 [June 6, 2024]

USBleach

USBleach disarms potential threats to systems by acting as a firewall or gateway for USB drives and USB sticks.

uitkyk

Uitkyk is a security framework to identify Android malware by investigation memory. It detects suspicious processes by looking at the so-called memory heap.

uncompyle6

Uncompyle6 is a decompiler for Python-based software. It can be used for developers and security professionals to investigate software components.

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