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Here we collect and discuss the best DeFi, Blockchain and crypto-related OpSec researches and data terminals - contributions are welcome.

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Study Kerckhoffs's principle

The principle which holds that a cryptosystem should be secure, even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge. This concept is widely embraced by cryptographers, in contrast to security through obscurity, which is not.

Wholeaked Tool

a file-sharing tool that allows you to find the responsible person in case of a leakage

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Symbiote Tool

KeePass

or Keepassx or KeePassDX or KeePassXC or BitWarden are good options. I also found this tutorial for integrity check (and other checks) very helpful, be sure to check it out as well: link.

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Opinion on Trezor

airgapcomputer.com

Cypherockwallet

Sparrowwallet.com

Sparrow is a Bitcoin wallet for those who value financial self-sovereignty. Sparrow’s emphasis is on security, privacy, and usability. Sparrow does not hide information from you - on the contrary, it…

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BitBox

Bitlox

Alphawallet

Airgap_it

rainbow.me

Mobile-friendly Ethereum wallet

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Frame.sh

Walletscrutiny.com

Grid-lattice1

Atomicwallet.io

Multi-asset cryptocurrency wallet. Desktop and mobile apps both were built with Vue.

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Alternatives to Metamask

myetherwallet.com

Online wallet service that interacts with the blockchain and performs several other useful functions.

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Forked MetaMask

Set of utilities to manage BIP44-compatible Ethereum HD wallet

The Last Laptop You'll Ever Need For Crypto

Nano-Painting: Encryption With Colours

Hacking a Windows Machine by Hiding a RAT Inside an Image

The Importance of Self-Custody Password Managers: A Deep Dive

Read this article!

MacOS Secure Profiles

MacOS Security

Free, open-source tools to protect your Mac

Mac Monitor

Security checklist app for your Mac

A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.

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Endian

sandboxie-plus.com

Digital Communications Protocols

spideroak.com

, Tresorit and Resilio are good enterprise solutions, all with solid encryption baked-in

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rsync.net

is a Cloud Storage for Offsite Backup that give you an empty UNIX filesystem to access with any SSH tool. Built on ZFS for data security and fault tolerance with support for rsync/sftp/scp/borg/rclone/restic/git-annex.

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nextdns.io

An ad-blocking, privacy-protecting, censorship-bypassing DNS. Also comes with analytics, and the ability to shield kids from adult content.

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app.any.run

check malware for free. With our online malware analysis tools you can research malicious files and URLs and get result with incredible

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Malware - File Analysis

Vanilla OS

Vanilla OS is a Debian Sid Linux-based Point Release distribution that receives updates at the right time without sacrificing security and functionality.

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safing.io

Open source, system-wide network that routes each app connection through its own path across multiple nodes, giving per-connection IP separation instead of a single shared exit. Built into the Safing Portmaster firewall for Windows and Linux.

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shadowsocks

a fast socks5 proxy that encrypts traffic

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mac.getutm.app

Open source, feature rich, powerful type 2 hypervisor for Mac, can emulate x86-64 OSes on Apple Silicon Macs. There's also an iOS version (so you can run Windows on your iPhone!)…

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souin

HTTP cache, RFC compliant, alternative to Varnish available as a middleware.

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anon-service

privacy.sexy

Learn Cryptography!

Catch the Man-in-the-Middle

Simple tool, that compares SHA-1 fingerprints of the the SSL certificates seen from your device, and the certificate seen from an external network. If they do not match, this may indicate a man-in-the…

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CamWings

Prevent background processes gaining unauthorized access to your devices camera. Better still, use a webcam sticker.

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ScreenWings

Prevent background processes taking unauthorized screenshots, which could expose sensitive data.

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rethink-app

An open-source, no-root firewall and DNS changer, with anti-censorship capabilities for Android 6+.

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kleopatra

Certificate manager and a universal crypto GUI. It supports managing X.509 and OpenPGP certificates in the GpgSM keybox and retrieving certificates from LDAP servers.

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DPI tunnel

Teletun

GoodbyeDPI

Passive Deep Packet Inspection blocker and Active DPI circumvention utility (for Windows)

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algoVPN

Set up a DIY/personal VPN in the cloud. It is a set of Ansible scripts that simplify the setup of a personal WireGuard and IPsec VPN, open-sourced by Trail of Bits. :green_circle:

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usbraptor

Network Bandwidth Analyzer - Bandwidth Monitor

Network and IT infrastructure monitoring for small & medium environments

Dota 2 Under Attack: How a V8 Bug Was Exploited in the Game

Dangerous RCE Vulnerability in GTA Online Fixed

What We Know About the Vulnerabilities Keeping ‘Dark Souls’ Offline

Details about the ‘Dark Souls’ hacking exploit have been published

SiM Swap Attacks Rising in Web3

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Steganography and You: When What You See Isn’t All You Get

Discord Security

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Stop Auto-Download on Telegram: Working Methods for Desktop, iPhone, Android!

Death Note Anonymity

Instant Workstation: Virtual Machines

Citation from this resource:

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Ultimate Guide to Safely Self Custody your Crypto

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scan.tylabs.com

any.run

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dangerzone.rocks

Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PDF.

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Malwoverview

Get maximum information about potentially malicious files and links from: Virus Total, Hybrid Analysis, URLHaus, PolySwarm, Mal Share, Alien Vault, Malpedia, ThreatFox, Triage, InQuest

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urlscan.io

urlscan.io is a free service to scan and analyse websites. When a URL is submitted to urlscan.io, an automated process will browse to the URL like a regular user and record the activity that this page navigation creates.

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OpSec SelfGuard RoadMap

AnonPlanet

Guidance to creating (truly) anonymous identities.

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My Blog on Mirror

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My Blog on Medium

OpSec SelfGuard RoadMap >Why do I need OpSec?

Follow AnonPlanet!

Security Tips & Devices for Digital Nomads

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The Only Safe Way to Store Crypto

An ultimate list of rules any on-chain survivor should follow to stay safe!

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Trail of Bits Minimum Viable Plans (MVPs) for Security

On Operational Security in Web3

Follow AnonPlanet!

opsecprofessionals.org

Crypto Security Best Practices Checklist

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«Antenna-websites»

were created at that time. There, their authors gathered a variety of resources that were related by a common subject to make someone’s life easier! In some ways, the creators of Awesome Lists and start.me continue this idea now. And it's fantastically amazing!

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Richard Stallman: How I Do My Computing

Choosing a Reliable VPN Provider for Life & Work

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The Only Safe Way to Store Crypto

An ultimate list of rules any on-chain survivor should follow to stay safe!

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Trail of Bits Minimum Viable Plans (MVPs) for Security

Check out this awesome Privacy-focused toolkit!

Create your own vpn server

Create your own vpn server No.2

Setup OpenVPN server on Ubuntu

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Wireguard VS OpenVPN

Brave Browser Privacy Issues

How to Disappear from the Internet!

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How to hide your email

Anti-detection system

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Taming a Wildhorse CEX App

«Back office» and «front office»

Steganography tool

Steganography is a process which can encode message in image. In this site just upload a image then enter a text and hit encode to encode message.

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The State of Crypto Security

Blockchain dark forest selfguard handbook

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Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave!

Blockchain dark forest selfguard handbook

Reproduce DeFi hack incidents using Foundry.

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A tool that allows user to create time bound backups for various cryptocurrencies

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Fing App

How to detect if someone is attempting to crack your wi-fi

Use a Raspberry Pi To Catch Hackers with OpenCanary

canarytokens.org

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Someone overheard me! Why it's important to think about all attack vectors, even if they seem unlikely to happen?

MacOS + IOS + Crypto + OpSec = ?

Awesome wifi security

bbox.rocks

IT security lecture

Unredacter Tool

forensicdots.de

Discover the tracking dots on a scanned document. Upload an image (600 dpi) of your print out. Dottspotter will try to detect the yellow dot code (MIC)

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meta-secret App

Portable-secret App

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This article tells that when using BitWarden one have to audit server side cryptography primitives by himself and…

Secant

Awesome csirt

teachingprivacy.org

securityinabox.org

digital security tools and tactics

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SecureYourselfNow

ssd.eff.org

Tips, Tools, and Tutorials for privacy and online self-defense

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Wasted

bbox.rocks

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NIST 800-63b Password Guidelines and Best Practices

OpSec tips

How to Defend Your Castle | Innovative Trio in Smart Contract Security: Monitoring, Prevention, Defense

Web3 Cybersecurity Academy

Enhancing user asset security

Rare Web2 phreaker style attacks: Note

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OpSec Going Smart

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OpSec Going Smarter

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OpSec Going Smarter: Secure Smartphones

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Choosing a Reliable VPN Provider for Life & Work

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How to use an ipad as a secure calling and messaging device

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Intro to Web3 Security

Privacy and Scaling Explorations

A collection of practical security-focused guides and checklists for smart contract development

Opinionated recommendations that the team at Nascent find to be appropriate, particularly for teams developing and managing early versions of a protocol.

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Trail of Bits Minimum Viable Plans (MVPs) for Security

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CryptoCustody Blog

A DIY Guide to High-Security Cryptography

Securing OT Systems: A Practical Guide

ECDSA: Handle with Care

solidity-security

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A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life

Checklist for Developers for securing APIs

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List of Hardware Wallet Hacks

Another List

walletcompare.xyz/

walletscrutiny.com

Security Tips & Devices for Digital Nomads

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The Only Safe Way to Store Crypto

An ultimate list of rules any on-chain survivor should follow to stay safe!

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ShiftCrypto

Rogue Key Attack in BLS Signature and Harmony Security

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Audio Steganography : The art of hiding secrets

Audio Steganography Technique for Communication Security

Learn OpSec basics in 15 mins

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OpSec Going Smart

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OpSec Going Smarter

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How to Store Seed Phrase Backups

Awesome Security Hardening Guides

Authenticator app for storing your 2FA secrets

iOS Forensics References

Android Forensics References

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Digital Communications Protocols

OTR versus OMEMO

ChatSecure

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Encrypted Instant Messaging on Mac OS X with Adium and Off The Record

axolotl, OMEMO vs OpenPGP

The most significant milestones in the development of communications

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Telegram & Discord Security Best Practices

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Jolly Roger’s Security Thread for Beginners

A curated list of privacy & security-focused software and services

is acurated list of privacy & security-focused software and services.

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Complete Expert Opsec Setup

Pidgin

AnonPlanet

Guidance to creating (truly) anonymous identities.

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element.io - Matrix client

Privacy-focused messenger using the Matrix protocol. The Element client allows for group chat rooms, media sharing, voice and video group calls. End-to-end encryption by default for message content, b…

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jitsi.org - for video calls

Encrypted, free and open source video calling app, which does not require creating an account/ providing any personal details. Available as a web app, and native app for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android…

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Open source virtual / remote desktop infrastructure for everyone!

is an open source virtual/remote desktop infrastructure for everyone. Display and control your PC (Windows, macOS, and Linux) and Android devices.

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The Invisible Internet Project

I2P is an anonymous overlay network - a network within a network. It is intended to protect communication from dragnet surveillance and monitoring by third parties such as ISPs.

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Get Bridges for Tor

YouTubeDrive

& example

youbit

aperisolve.com

Online steganography tool: PngCheck,Strings,Foremost,Binwalk,ExifTool,Outguess,Steghide,Zsteg,Blue/Green/Red/Superimposed

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An ultimate list of rules any on-chain survivor should follow to stay safe!

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openvpn-install

Juice jacking: Why you should avoid public phone charging stations

Throwingstar...

More about VPN

Mullvad

does a few things differently than most other VPNs, such as allowing cash payments and not requiring an email address to create an account. One may also wonder: Isn't WireGuard less safe than OpenVPN, since logs are kept for WireGuard (at least temporary? Well, If you have multiple users you have…

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How I turned a mini-PC into an Ethereum node to run at home

Spin up your own Ethereum node

Check out this resource!

Improve Fast Reaction: Techniques to Enhance Your Reflexes

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More about VPN >Problem 8

DefaultCreds CheatSheet

One place for all the default credentials to assist the Blue/Red teamers activities on finding devices with default password

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Physical crypto attacks

About If you want know, who use your computer when you are not nearby - PC Mouse Tracker

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Torn

Anon Swaps

sideshift.ai

agoradesk.com

Aztecnetwork

Aztec-2 Dune Privacy Dashboard

RailGun

Monero

More about VPN >Problem 9

Physical Security: Escapology

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Threat modeling for smart contracts step-by-step guide

How to Defend Your Castle | Innovative Trio in Smart Contract Security: Monitoring, Prevention, Defense

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Drive NFC Hack

Web3.0 API Security for TestNet and MainNet Environment for Authorization Attack Prevention Implementation Using Python

Ethereum nodes security

How To Secure Your Crypto Wallet On A Virtual Machine And Stop Front-Running

The Evolving Landscape of Privacy in Web3

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Wi-Fi Security when holding Crypto assets!

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity

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SS7 Attacks

More SS7 Attacks

How to detect IMSI catchers

Check out

Wardriving

CreepDetector

AntiCensorship Messaging

Discord e2e encryption

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On Operational Security in Web3

Network Security Myths Busted

5 Ways to Find Hidden Cameras Using Your Mobile Phone

9 Places Where Secret Cameras Are Most Likely to Be Hidden

Discussion about how to find hidden cameras.

Perform a Self-doxxing!

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Awesome InfoSec

Information security resources for pentesting, forensics, and more.

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Dear Security, be a part of the solution

Staying Safe in Web3: OTC Scams

HoneyPots against Hackers

Randomness Concept

CIA Triad

Detect Personal Information Leakage With OSINT Attack Surface Management

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Leveraging Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) for Enhancing Efficiency in Business Administration: A Comprehensive…

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The Wiretap: How The FBI Digs Up Deleted WhatsApp Messages

AnonPlanet

Guidance to creating (truly) anonymous identities.

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Android keyboard for secure E2EE communication through the signal protocol in any messenger

Steganography

and Cryptography can also be combined for this purpose. After all, cryptography hides information, whereas steganography masks the fact that it was transmitted. For example, if you stenographically double-encrypt your passwords and store them in a cloud-based password manager, hackers (even if the…

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Steganography

and Cryptography can also be combined for this purpose. After all, cryptography hides information, whereas steganography masks the fact that it was transmitted. For example, if you stenographically double-encrypt your passwords and store them in a cloud-based password manager, hackers (even if the…

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Check out this awesome Privacy-focused toolkit!

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Steganography tool

Steganography is a process which can encode message in image. In this site just upload a image then enter a text and hit encode to encode message.

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stegonline.georgeom.net

A web-based, enhanced and open-source port of StegSolve. Upload any image file, and the relevant options will be displayed.

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Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

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Follow AnonPlanet!

censorship.no

Censorship-resistant mobile browser that shares and retrieves web content through the Ouinet peer-to-peer cache.

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Anti-detection system

WhatBreach

Search email addresses and discover all known breaches that this email has been seen in, and download the breached database if it is publicly available.

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Building a Transaction By Hand

Generating a Seed Phrase using a Calculator

Instruments on the radio waves🛠

+ websdr.org + try 😅

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No Internet, No Problem: How to Send Bitcoin by Amateur Radio

The Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio

The Only Safe Way to Store Crypto

Portable-secret App

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Can forensic science still recover data from a hard drive after a seven-pass wipe?

Gentoo

Gentoo is a Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system. Unlike a binary software distribution, the source code is compiled locally at the time of installation. Gentoo is known for its speed.

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TailsOS

Awesome Memory Forensics

WhonixOS

Whonix is an anonymous operating system, which can run in a VM, inside your current OS. It is the best way to use Tor, and provides very strong protection for your IP address. It comes bundled with ot…

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ParrotOS

Parrot Linux, is a full Debian-based operating system, that is geared towards security, privacy and development. It is fully-featured yet light-weight, very open. There are 3 editions: General Purpose…

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File carving

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Choose Veracrypt (better) or FileVault!

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Trail of Bits Minimum Viable Plans (MVPs) for Security

CryptoCustody Blog

6 Reasons to Avoid Cloud Services and Keep Your Feet on the Ground

How Crypto Stealth Addresses Keep Your Transactions Private

How to Hide Your MAC Address and Why You Should

5 Ways to Hide Apps on Your iPhone

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Create a ‘Panic’ Alarm With Aqara Hub & Siri Shortcuts

How to use the 'In Case of Emergency' iPhone shortcut to get quick help from rescue services or a contact

Automated Panic Button: Details in Comments

Event Triggers - Siri

Using Siri Shortcuts as a Panic Button on Apple Watch - Discussion

Panic Button App example

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SIEM

DLP

IDS

How to Generate Your Own GnuPG Key

5 Reasons Installing Fewer Apps Helps You Stay Safe

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Telegram & Discord Security Best Practices

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Check out: Littlesnitch tool

A very polished application firewall, allowing you to easily manage internet connections on a per-app basis. (Mac OS)

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Read More on Incident Response Plans

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Violent Attack Vectors in Web3: A Detailed Review

Here's a List of 29 Different Types of USB Attacks

Bluetooth Attacks and Security Tips – Awareness Results in Better Protection

Bluetooth Security: 5 Ways to prevent Bluetooth attacks with Build38

This is a macOS hardening to read or set security configuration

Awesome Security Hardening Guides

Guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS

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How To Detect Hidden Cameras

How to find hidden cameras - 2.0

4 Ways of Detecting Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb

Cybersecurity expert explains how to find hidden cameras in an Airbnb or hotel room

How to Find Hidden Spy Cameras in your Airbnb with Wireshark

Lumos System Can Find Hidden Cameras and IoT Devices in Your Airbnb or Hotel Room

Lumos: IoT device detection system

Researchers reveal how hotel key cards can be hacked - what you need to know

Drive NFC Hack

Key Card Entry System Security: What is the Difference Between NFC and RFID?

Your hotel card may be copied through this item

logic bomb

Duress - Emergency Password

Contracts for a wallet that is recoverable via backup keys

Portable-secret App

digi cloak

hackna

html vault

Great PC for work

Another great PC for work

More Info

Trail of Bits Minimum Viable Plans (MVPs) for Security

OpSec101

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OpSec Going Smarter: Secure Smartphones

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Telegram & Discord Security Best Practices

A nice OpSec feature

iPhones Vulnerable to Attack Even When Turned Off

Malicious profiles – one of the most serious threats to iPhones

Why Configuration Profiles Can Be As Dangerous As Malware on iPhones and iPads

Kyocera phones

BlackBerry Device

Let's respect the true Pioneers in this industry!

ThinkPhone

What is Island in Android?

A sandbox environment, allowing you to clone selected apps and run them in an isolated box, preventing it from accessing your personal data, or device information.

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walletcompare.xyz/

walletscrutiny.com

TryEthernal.com

Defillama.com

(source code) - Best DeFi data source: TVL, yields, stablecoins, unlocks across all chains

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Rotki

Find wallet

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Someone overheard me! Why it's important to think about all attack vectors, even if they seem unlikely to happen?

On Operational Security in Web3

Violent Attack Vectors in Web3: A Detailed Review

Do not confuse it with allowance approve scam!

How to protect your assets

sideshift.ai

Torn

changenow.io

tradeogre

Spook

RPC-proxy

Zmok

JSON-RPC Ethereum API (Mainnet, Rinkeby, Front-running Mainnet)

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Helios

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The Only Safe Way to Store Crypto

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DeFi Developer roadmap is a curated Developer handbook which includes a list of the best tools for DApps development, resources and references!

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How to protect your assets

On Operational Security in Web3

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Physical crypto attacks

Physical Security Tips

3FA

Counter-OSINT Techniques

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