Saturday, February 5, 2022

SMART utility for Linux

One utility to check the SMART data for a local drive within Linux can be installed via the command below:

sudo apt install smartmontools

The -H flag will check the current health of a drive

sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda

The -i flag will display details of the drive

sudo smartctl -i /dev/sda

The --test=short flag will perform a check of the drive

sudo startclt --test=short /dev/sda

The -a flag will display the results of the test

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda





smem for Linux

smem is a memory utility for Linux.  To install the application, use the following command:

sudo apt install smem

One example would be to use the -k switch for more friendly output and -t for totals.

smem -k -t

https://www.howtogeek.com/773161/easily-understand-your-linux-ram-usage-with-smem/



Tuesday, February 1, 2022

RCLocals

RCLocals analyzes all Linux startup entries similar to how AutoRuns displays information for Windows.

https://github.com/YJesus/RCLocals

Method to display Wi-Fi password within Windows

To view an existing saved Wi-Fi password, launch an elevated command prompt and issue the following command:

netsh wlan show profile

Determine the profile name in question and then use the following command:

netsh wlan show profile profile-SSID-Name key=clear

Sports.tv

Sports.tv is from Allen Media Group, and it is a new free-streaming app that focuses on sports.

https://www.sports.tv/

ESET SysInspector

ESET SysInspector is a free diagnostic tool that displays details of a Windows-based computer.

https://www.eset.com/int/support/sysinspector/

SysmonSimulator

SysmonSimulator is an open source Windows event simulation utility designed to generate attack data for the relevant Sysmon Event IDs.

https://github.com/ScarredMonk/SysmonSimulator


Scanning Made Easy (SME) NMAP scripts

Scanning Made Easy (SME) is a joint project between the i100 and the NCSC to build a collection of NMAP Scripting Engine scripts that are designed to help system owners and administrators find systems with specific vulnerabilities.

https://github.com/ukncsc/SME/blob/main/ncsc-scanning-made-easy-script-developer-guidelines.md

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-govt-releasing-nmap-scripts-to-find-unpatched-vulnerabilities/


Tactical RMM

Tactical RMM is a remote monitoring & management tool for Windows computers built with Django and Vue.

https://github.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm

https://4sysops.com/archives/tactical-rmm-open-source-remote-monitoring-and-management-for-windows/