FREE Developer Security Platform

Secure your code, cloud, and runtime in one central system with Aikido Security. Find and fix vulnerabilities automatically. A free forever 2 user account includes: 10 repos, 2 container images, 1 domain, 1 cloud account, 2 AI AutoFixes/mo. Features include:
▪ Open source dependency scanning (SCA)
▪ Cloud posture management (CSPM)
▪ Secrets detection
▪ Static code analysis (SAST)
▪ Infrastructure as code scanning (IaC)
▪ Dynamic testing (DAST)
▪ Outdated software detection
No credit card required, for more info see: https://www.aikido.dev/

Email Bounce Report Analyzer

This free online tool has vast knowledge of soft and hard bounce email errors as well as the SMTP error codes. Use it to quickly find out why your email bounced just by pasting your bounce report. See: https://dmarcduty.com/email-bounce-report-analyzer/

FREE Hard Drive Utilities

Paragon Software has a number of FREE community editions of it's Windows hard drive and partitioning software.

Backup & Recovery

Easily backup your files, disks and the entire Windows computer.

   

Partition Manager

Quickly organize and optimize partitions on your internal and external disks and media for free.

Rescue Kit Free

Recover lost data even when operating system crashes and fails to start.

For more info, see: www.paragon-software.com/about/products-a-to-z/#free

FREE Website Privacy Checker

Webbkoll is a free online tool to help you check what data-protecting measures a website has taken. Reports on the following:

★ HTTPS by default

★ HTTP Strict Transport Security

★ Content Security Policy

★ Referrer Policy

★ Subresource Integrity (SRI)

★ HTTP headers

★ Cookies

★ localStorage

★ Insecure first-party requests

★ Third-party requests

★ Server location

★ Raw headers

External files such as images, scripts and CSS are loaded, but the tool performs no interactions with the page. For more info, see: https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/

FREE Automated Patch Management

ITarian Patch Management offers an efficient solution with robust features to keep your network patched with the latest patch updates. ITarian allows you to identify which endpoints contain vulnerabilities and need to be patched, across different operating systems including Windows, Linux and Mac OS, and deploy the patches at scheduled times. FREE for up to 50 endpoints, see: https://www.itarian.com/patch-management.php

How To Identify Ransomware To Try and Get Your Files Back

ID Ransomware is a free service that lets you upload a ransom note and/or sample encrypted file to identify from over 750 different types of ransomware which one may have encrypted your data. Once identified, it will attempt to point you in the right direction, and let you know if there is a known way of decrypting your files. See: https://id-ransomware.malwarehunterteam.com/

FREE Copy Of The Microsoft 74-409 Exam Study Guide

Veeam are offering a free copy of the study guide for the Microsoft 74-409 exam on Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper‑V and System Center by Orin Thomas. The guide covers each of the exam objectives. Read this study guide to learn how to create and configure virtual machine settings, virtual machine storage and virtual networks. You’ll also learn about:

- Hyper-V failover clustering
- Virtual machine movement
- Virtualization monitoring
- Disaster recovery

To download, see: https://go.veeam.com/microsoft-certification-exam-74-409

How to Disable SMBv1 in Windows and Windows Server

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Server Message Block (SMB) version 1 protocol are still being exploited today by EternalBlue and others. Turn off SMBv1 today to stay safe. It's not worth the risk, for many the only reason for running it was compatibility with Windows XP. For instructions direct from Microsoft, see:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2696547/detect-enable-disable-smbv1-smbv2-smbv3-in-windows-and-windows-server

FREE Network Monitoring and Forensics Tool

Achieve enterprise-wide visibility for free with real-time network-based threat detection and network-based incident response. LogRhythm's NetMon Freemium provides the same enterprise grade functionality as a full NetMon license, but with limits on processing, packet storage, and data forwarding. All other features and functionality are fully enabled. For more info, see: https://logrhythm.com/products/logrhythm-netmon-freemium/

FREE Expert Help for UK Victims of Cybercrime

The Cyber Helpline has been setup to help UK victims of cybercrime, via a free chatbot which gives immediate advice on how to deal with your cyber security issue. If the chatbot thinks you need more help it will pass you onto one of their volunteer cyber security experts. The chatbot and team of volunteer cyber security experts will talk in language that you understand and are able to advise you in all cyber security scenarios. See: www.thecyberhelpline.com/

FREE Phishing Add-on for Gmail

The Demisto Gmail Phishing Add-on enables users to easily report suspicious emails to the security team. The plugin streamlines the reporting process by forwarding the original, suspicious email as an attachment to the security team. Since it is not a straightforward process in Gmail to forward and attach original emails, this single click process makes it easier for the user to send any suspicious emails to the security team without disrupting their usual daily routine. For more info see:  https://gsuite.google.com/u/1/marketplace/app/demisto_phishing_addon/98372960675

How To Recover Microsoft Office Files That You Forgot To Save

We've all done it, created a file, maybe printed it, then closed Word or Excel without saving. Luckily there is a hidden backup. Before you panic, try following these simple steps: 

1. Open the program (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with a new blank file.
2. Click File from the menubar
3. Click on the Manage ... Document (Word), Workbook (Excel), Presentation (PowerPoint)
4. And select Recover Unsaved ... Document / Workbook / Presentation
5. Select the asd file to open and save as ...

Alternatively you may have a Recover Unsaved ... button at the bottom of the Open file dialog.

FREE Basic Security Logging System

The UK NCSC Logging Made Easy (LME) project is a self-install tutorial for small organisations to gain a basic level of centralised security logging for Windows clients and provide functionality to detect attacks. Combining free and open-source software, it helps the reader to produce an end-to-end logging capability. www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/logging-made-easy

Real-Time Log Anomaly Detection

Unomaly helps customers automate the analysis of vast amounts of data. It automatically and continuously learns the normal behavior of any IT system which helps teams to detect, explain, and respond to virtually any foreseen or unforeseen incident, breach, or outage. The free tier supports up to 10 sources. See: https://unomaly.com/

Full List of Windows Commands

This is a full list of all Windows commands for Command shell and PowerShell in Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008-2019. Can be filtered by Command-Line Syntax Key or Commands by Server Role. See:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/windows-commands
Also available to download as a 1049 page PDF document at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/opbuildpdf/administration/windows-commands/TOC.pdf?branch=live

Security Patching Simplified

0patch provides miniature patches of code (“micropatches”) to computers and other devices worldwide in order to fix software vulnerabilities in various, even closed source products. With 0patch, there are no reboots when patching. Available for free for personal and non-profit /educational use (but limited to free patches). Available for all versions of Windows and Windows Server, see: https://0patch.com

Security Boulevard

Security Boulevard is the home of the Security Bloggers Network (SBN). Over 300 member blogs strong; SBN has been promoting and distributing some of the leading security bloggers content for over 12 years. Also features original content by distinguished journalists, as well as audio and video content via Chats and Security Boulevard TV. See: https://securityboulevard.com/

Hacker Combat Community

Hacker Combat is a dedicated cybersecurity news platform, sharing IT expert guidance and insight, in-depth analysis, and news. Offering unbiased information to security professionals, on the countless security challenges that they come across every day. They also feature a range of free security tools for website scans, forensic security analysis and network security scans. See:
https://hackercombat.com/combat-tools/

Global Cyber Alliance Cybersecurity Toolkit

The GCA Cybersecurity Toolkit is an online resource that includes a wealth of free and effective tools businesses can start using right now, today, to make an immediate impact on reducing cyber risk.

Use the Toolkit to assess your security posture, implement free tools, find practical tips, and use free resources and guides to improve your company’s cybersecurity readiness and response. Currently the six toolboxes cover:

• Know What You Have
• Update Your Defenses
• Beyond Simple Passwords
• Prevent Phishing and Viruses
• Defend Against Ransomware
• Protect Your Brand

For more info see: https://gcatoolkit.org

FREE Microsoft Office 365 Management

O365 Manager Plus is an extensive Microsoft Office 365 tool used for reporting, managing, monitoring, auditing, and creating alerts for critical activities. With its user-friendly interface, you can easily manage Exchange Online, Azure Active Directory, Skype for Business, OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Teams, and other Office 365 services all from one place.

Provides over 700 preconfigured reports together with built-in audit reports to track every event happening in your Office 365 environment to take preemptive actions. Completely free for Office 365 accounts with up to 25 users, and never expires, see: https://www.manageengine.co.uk/office365-management-reporting