Blueteam Tools
Introduction
Welcome to the Blue Team Tools resource center. This curated list is your go-to guide for defensive cybersecurity tools that help you protect, detect, and respond to threats. Whether you’re new to cybersecurity or a seasoned defender, these resources are essential for your security toolkit.
Adversary Emulation
APTSimulator - A script that simulates advanced persistent threats to test your defenses.
Atomic Red Team (ART) - Small and highly portable detection tests based on MITRE’s ATT&CK.
Blue Team Training Toolkit (BT3) - Designed for defensive security training.
Caldera - Automated adversary emulation system.
Metta - Adversarial simulation tool.
All-In-One Tools
CimSweep - CIM/WMI-based tools for IR and hunting on Windows.
Cyber Triage - Fast and forensically-sound incident response.
Doorman - osquery fleet manager.
Falcon Orchestrator - Incident management and response automation platform.
GRR Rapid Response - Remote live forensics for incident response.
TheHive - Scalable, open-source and free Security Incident Response Platform.
Evidence Collection
bulk_extractor - Digital forensics tool which extracts PII and other interesting information.
CyLR - Fast tool to collect forensic artifacts.
ir-rescue - Comprehensive Windows incident response script.
Live Response Collection - Collection of scripts for gathering forensic evidence.
File Management and Text Editing
- 7-Zip - File archiver with a high compression ratio.
- Notepad++ - Free source code editor and Notepad replacement.
Memory Analysis Tools
AVML - Volatile memory acquisition tool.
Evolve - Web interface for Volatility.
LiME - Loadable Kernel Module (LKM) for volatile memory acquisition.
Rekall - Memory forensic framework.- Volatility - Advanced memory forensics framework.
Network Analysis
- Wireshark - Widely-used network protocol analyzer.
Log Analysis Tools
APT Hunter - Threat hunting tool for windows event logs.
Chainsaw - Rapid searching and identification of threats in Windows event logs.
Log Parser Lizard - GUI for Microsoft Logparser.
Sigma - Generic signatures for log events.- SysmonSearch - Web application to search event logs collected by Sysmon.
OSINT
Passive Reconnaissance Tools - Comprehensive guide to tools for gathering information without direct interaction.
Incident Management
Cyphon - Incident management and response platform.
DFTimewolf - Tool for orchestrating forensic collection, processing, and data export.- Fast Incident Response (FIR) - Cyber incident management platform.
RTIR - Incident handling system.
Shuffle - General-purpose security automation platform.
Remote Management
WinSCP - Popular free SFTP and FTP client for Windows.
Putty - Free SSH and telnet client for Windows.
System Monitoring
Autoruns - Shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login.- Procmon - Advanced monitoring tool for Windows.
- Process Hacker - Multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources.
- Regshot - Registry compare utility that takes snapshots.
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