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vulnerability research and malware analysis tools

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security · 39 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Products in this niche provide specialized utilities, decompilers, and sandboxes designed to dissect malicious binaries and uncover deep software flaws. They are used primarily by security researchers, reverse engineers, and threat analysts conducting low-level code audits and exploit discovery. Unlike general antivirus solutions or automated web scanners, these tools focus on deep binary inspection, dynamic runtime analysis, and reverse engineering novel attack vectors.

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Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
YARA.X PH 1 2026-09-11
LOLPulse PH 1 2026-09-23
Directive4 PH 1 2026-10-06
bbradar.io PH 1 2026-10-06
DeepZero PH 2 2026-09-23
MalwareAnalyzer: Static scanning, real detonation, an interactive live VM, and a threat graph you can pivot through YC 2 2026-08-31
Defcon and HN, the only two audiences I might find HN 5 2026-08-08
Myaven GITHUB 6 2026-09-12
Triggering anti-cheats with just a browser tab title HN 8 2026-05-03
Bug-Bounty-Skills GITHUB 8 2026-09-11
grok-unrestricted-contract GITHUB 8 2026-09-10
iOS-26.5-lockdownd-vulns GITHUB 8 2026-09-14
Forensic evidence of iOS mesh networking bypassing Airplane Mode HN 8 2026-01-01
cyber-vault GITHUB 9 2026-09-23
Recat GITHUB 10 2026-09-27
asuka4scape-source-vulnerabilities GITHUB 12 2026-09-22
MemGuard GITHUB 12 2026-09-24
CopingWithPatchTuesday GITHUB 12 2026-09-11
owasp-design-codigo_tdc-sp-2026-09 GITHUB 14 2026-09-24
ios26-27-iboot-research GITHUB 14 2026-09-13
PureRAT-msbuild.exe--C2-Extraction--Net-Evasion-Analysis GITHUB 16 2026-09-21
windows-wesp-research GITHUB 17 2026-09-11
0xCr0ssCrush GITHUB 21 2026-09-14
whetstones-lab GITHUB 27 2026-09-11
ryP0-source-leak GITHUB 29 2026-10-12
Malware-Analysis-Report-Template GITHUB 30 2026-10-13
SigLens GITHUB 33 2026-10-01
relapse-y2jb GITHUB 35 2026-09-30
ApiHashing GITHUB 37 2026-10-07
ResetSpy GITHUB 40 2026-09-15
breach-yangh GITHUB 50 2026-10-04
DLLParty GITHUB 56 2026-10-01
ps5-hv-writeups GITHUB 63 2026-10-12
wesp-research GITHUB 66 2026-09-17
CAPEv2-Sandbox-plugin-Procmon-Events-v1 GITHUB 84 2026-10-05
REx-skill GITHUB 96 2026-09-23
Seep-Tool GITHUB 142 2026-09-25
Stuxnet HN 176 2026-09-07
gpt_sub_analysis GITHUB 579 2026-09-17