30 open-source projects similar to huntergregal/mimipenguin, ranked by shared indexed features. Tags may describe platforms or build tools rather than the same primary purpose. Check each project’s use case, license, and deployment requirements before treating it as a replacement.
LaZagne is a cross-platform credential recovery tool designed to extract passwords and secrets from operating systems, browsers, and applications. It functions as a security utility for retrieving stored credentials from compromised systems during penetration testing. The tool provides capabilities for decrypting domain credentials and extracting sensitive data from system storage, including memory dumps, credential managers, keychains, and password hashes. It recovers stored passwords from common software by accessing plaintext files, APIs, and local databases. The project supports digital
frida-dexdump is an Android memory forensics tool that recovers Dalvik Executable (DEX) files from running application processes using the Frida dynamic instrumentation framework. It functions as a Frida-based runtime analyzer and DEX memory dumper, capable of extracting obfuscated or packed DEX files without modifying the Android system. The tool distinguishes itself through its ability to repair corrupted or missing DEX file headers using heuristic analysis and fuzzy matching techniques. It employs fuzzy boundary detection to identify DEX file boundaries in memory even when headers are dama
Mimikatz is a Windows post-exploitation framework designed for extracting plaintext passwords, hashes, PIN codes, and security tokens from system memory and the registry. It functions as a credential extraction tool that targets the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service to retrieve cached credentials and sensitive account data. The project provides specialized capabilities for Active Directory penetration testing, including the simulation of domain controllers to replicate directory secrets. It features a Kerberos ticket manipulator capable of exporting, injecting, and forging authentica
Maskphish is a comprehensive security toolkit that integrates capabilities for digital forensics, network vulnerability scanning, open-source intelligence, penetration testing, and social engineering. It functions as a multi-purpose framework for automating reconnaissance and executing security audits across diverse network environments. The project features a specialized phishing and social engineering toolkit used for cloning websites, masking URLs, and deploying deceptive pages to capture user credentials. It also includes a remote access Trojan builder for generating platform-specific exe
This project is a red teaming knowledge base and offensive security playbook designed to simulate adversary behavior. It serves as a comprehensive collection of technical guides and tactics for executing red team operations. The repository provides detailed instructions for Active Directory exploitation, including Kerberos abuse and domain privilege escalation. It covers defense evasion through API unhooking and payload obfuscation, as well as Windows internals research involving the manipulation of kernel objects and system memory. The capability surface extends to network penetration testi
Mimikatz is a security research suite designed for auditing Windows authentication and managing system security configurations. It provides a comprehensive framework for extracting sensitive credentials, manipulating process privileges, and managing digital identity assets directly from system memory or offline memory dumps. The project distinguishes itself through advanced system-level exploitation techniques, including runtime process injection, API hooking, and the ability to bypass cryptographic export restrictions. It features a specialized toolkit for Kerberos protocol operations, allow
BloodHound is an identity risk management platform and graph-based attack path analyzer used to map identity relationships and permissions in Active Directory. It functions as a security tool for auditing directory services, uncovering unintended privilege relationships, and visualizing sequences of permissions that can lead to domain compromise. The project differentiates itself as a comprehensive adversary emulation framework that coordinates remote agents and executes post-exploitation commands. It includes a reverse proxy for bypassing multi-factor authentication via real-time session hij
WinPwn is a Windows penetration testing framework and security toolkit designed for auditing Active Directory and exploiting Windows environments. It provides a collection of automated tools and scripts for domain enumeration, credential theft, and privilege escalation. The toolkit distinguishes itself through capabilities for neutralizing antimalware scanning interfaces to evade detection and providing offline binary packaging for execution on isolated systems without internet access. It also includes specialized utilities for intercepting and relaying SMB authentication traffic to gain unau
This project is a proof of concept implementation for CVE-2026-31431, serving as a local privilege escalation tool for the Linux kernel. It functions as an exploit that allows a standard user account to obtain root permissions. The tool demonstrates a kernel page cache attack, where root access is achieved by writing shellcode into the cached pages of a privileged binary. This process manipulates how the Linux kernel handles page caches to execute code with elevated permissions. The repository covers areas of Linux security research, including kernel memory corruption analysis and local priv
Windows-Exploit-Suggester is a security audit tool designed to scan Windows systems for outdated components and missing security patches. It functions as a vulnerability scanner that compares target patch levels against official vendor security bulletins to identify security gaps. The tool specializes in exploit mapping, linking identified missing updates to known public exploit code and available penetration testing modules. It automates the research process by cross-referencing missing patches with specific vulnerability identifiers to determine applicable attack vectors. The system includ
This project is a security auditing tool and vulnerability scanner designed to evaluate the security posture of Linux hosts. It functions as a privilege escalation auditor that scans running kernels for missing security patches and vulnerabilities to identify potential paths for gaining root access. The utility performs kernel security analysis by matching system version strings against a database of known exploits. It audits kernel hardening settings and evaluates system exposure to categorize the probability of successful privilege escalation attacks. The tool covers a broad range of asses
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MemProcFS is a volatile memory analysis tool and cross-platform memory acquisition system. It functions as a memory forensic virtual file system, mapping physical memory and kernel objects into a virtual directory structure that allows users to analyze system artifacts using standard file system tools. The project distinguishes itself by providing a virtual file system for memory forensics, enabling the browsing and querying of physical memory as read-only files and folders. It also incorporates a Yara-based memory scanner to identify malware signatures and injected code within physical memor
This project is a comprehensive cybersecurity tool collection designed to support security research, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment. It functions as a unified penetration testing suite, providing a centralized environment where professionals can access a wide range of offensive security utilities to identify system weaknesses and study attack vectors. The platform distinguishes itself through a modular architecture that aggregates disparate security scripts into a single, hierarchical command-line interface. It simplifies the management of these utilities by integrating ext
WinPwn is a Windows penetration testing framework designed for conducting internal security assessments and privilege escalation. It functions as a suite for Active Directory security auditing, credential extraction, and the execution of privilege escalation scripts. The toolset enables the automation of SMB relay attacks to intercept and reuse authentication hashes. It provides specialized capabilities for retrieving passwords and hashes from system memory, registries, and browsers using obfuscated techniques to avoid detection. The framework covers broad capability areas including domain a
fsociety is a penetration testing framework and security tool orchestrator designed to conduct full security audits. It functions as a wrapper that integrates external security binaries into a unified, menu-driven interface, providing a centralized system for command-line parameter mapping and execution. The project distinguishes itself by organizing specialized utilities into domain-specific collections for structured navigation. It automates the transition between different phases of an audit by chaining reconnaissance and exploitation tools through sequential workflow automation. The fram
pcileech is a toolkit for executing DMA attacks, analyzing PCIe bus traffic, performing kernel patching, and conducting remote volatile memory forensics. It functions as a hardware memory acquisition tool and a PCIe DMA attack framework designed to read and write remote system memory via direct hardware interfaces. The project provides capabilities for capturing and displaying raw transaction layer packets from the PCIe bus and mounting live RAM as local drives for analysis. It enables the modification of system memory signatures and the execution of shellcode or implants within the kernel wi
Godzilla is a post-exploitation toolkit and webshell management framework designed for remote administration, credential extraction, and memory shell injection. It provides a centralized platform to deploy, control, and monitor encrypted remote access scripts across multiple server environments. The project differentiates itself through a memory shell injector that loads binaries and shellcode directly into server memory to avoid disk-based detection. It also employs polyglot payload injection, deploying encrypted scripts across various language environments to maintain persistent connections
Steam Achievement Manager is a game achievement editor and specialized API client designed to modify and unlock game achievements and statistics for titles on the Steam platform. It functions as a utility for manually changing the state of earned rewards and milestones while the client is running. The tool provides capabilities for steam profile customization and game statistic manipulation, allowing users to adjust displayed progress and achievement states. It operates by interfacing with the platform backend to update user profile data.
Volatility is a memory forensics framework and digital forensics tool designed to extract and analyze evidence from volatile computer memory dumps. It functions as a memory dump parser and analysis platform used to identify running processes, network connections, and loaded modules from a system RAM capture. The framework enables the reconstruction of system state to uncover malicious activity, such as rootkits and injected code, during malware incident response and threat hunting. It provides capabilities for digital forensic investigations to detect unauthorized access and indicators of com
PINCE is a dynamic debugger, instruction tracer, and memory scanner designed for the analysis and manipulation of running processes. It functions as a process memory manipulator and editor, allowing for the identification, modification, and monitoring of values within a target application's active memory. The tool distinguishes itself through memory pointer analysis, tracing addresses and offsets to locate static pointers that lead to dynamic data across different sessions. It also enables the execution of internal functions within a running process by manipulating the instruction pointer and
LOLBAS is a curated database and knowledge base of signed Windows binaries that can be misused to bypass security restrictions and execute unauthorized code. It serves as a technical registry that maps trusted system files to their functional capabilities and the offensive tactics they enable. The project distinguishes itself by providing a capability-driven indexing system and a tactics registry that relates legitimate binary functionality to known security evasion techniques. It includes an association layer that links specific system binaries to attack patterns and tactical objectives, pro
pwndbg is a GDB plugin and binary analysis framework designed for reverse engineering, exploit development, and low-level program analysis. It extends the core functionality of the debugger to provide advanced memory inspection and automation tools. The project distinguishes itself with specialized capabilities for heap analysis across glibc, jemalloc, and musl, as well as a comprehensive kernel debugging toolkit for inspecting Linux kernel tasks and slab allocators. It includes an integrated ROP gadget searcher for constructing exploit chains and an LLM-powered debugging assistant that provi
Blackbone is a collection of specialized tools for memory scanning, process injection, and kernel-driver interfaces used to manipulate the Windows execution environment. It provides a framework for executing remote code, mapping portable executable images, and managing threads across different process boundaries. The project includes a kernel memory driver to access kernel memory and modify handle rights to hide allocations from user-mode detection. It also features a library for intercepting function calls in remote processes using software interrupts and hardware breakpoints. The toolkit c
Empire is a command and control framework and post-exploitation toolkit used for network penetration testing. It serves as a centralized platform for coordinating remote agent communication and automating the delivery of security testing payloads to target systems. The project provides a suite of modules for host reconnaissance, lateral movement, and credential harvesting across corporate environments. It functions as a remote administration tool to maintain persistence and execute commands on compromised hosts. The framework incorporates capabilities for agent orchestration and the executio
CUPP is a suite of tools for extracting default credentials from aggregated databases, generating password dictionaries from personal data, profiling targets interactively, and expanding wordlists from dictionary sources. It functions as a password dictionary generator and target profiling tool that collects personal details through interactive questions to build custom password lists for security testing. The project distinguishes itself through a modular command pipeline architecture that chains independent subcommands for downloading remote wordlists, parsing structured credential database
Seatbelt is a C# offensive security framework and host security auditor designed to perform endpoint surveys on Windows systems. It functions as a modular tool for identifying vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and security-relevant artifacts on both local and remote hosts. The project distinguishes itself through a module-based check system that allows for the integration of custom security command units. It features a security event log parser to track logon and process activity, alongside a credential extraction utility for gathering browser history, saved passwords, and cloud credentials
Nishang is a PowerShell-based offensive security framework designed for red teaming and penetration testing on Windows targets. It functions as a post-exploitation toolkit and payload generator to automate attacks and manage remote targets. The project provides specialized capabilities for bypassing security controls, such as disabling the Antimalware Scan Interface and employing in-memory execution to avoid disk-based detection. It includes a variety of stealthy command and control mechanisms, utilizing non-standard channels like DNS TXT records, ICMP traffic, and webmail for communication a
OffensiveNim is a red teaming framework and post-exploitation toolkit developed in Nim. It provides a collection of low-level primitives and a Windows API wrapper designed for offensive security operations, including malware development and shellcode loading. The project focuses on evasion and obfuscation through techniques such as API unhooking, direct system calls, and anti-debugging mechanisms. It features diverse payload delivery methods, including reflective binary loading, the execution of .NET assemblies via CLR hosting, and various shellcode injection techniques using fibers, COM obje
K8tools is a multi-stage attack framework that combines memory-only payload execution, credential testing, port forwarding, privilege escalation, and physical USB-based keystroke injection for comprehensive system compromise. At its core, the Ladon PowerShell module loads a multi-function scanner directly into memory, enabling command execution without writing files to disk, while supporting memory-only payload delivery that downloads and runs obfuscated shellcode or PowerShell commands to evade antivirus detection. The framework distinguishes itself through its breadth of integrated capabili