Identify file type using signatures.
Website: https://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html Author: Marco Pontello License: Free, unknown license Notes: trid, tridupdate State File: remnux.tools.trid​
Statically scan a file to identify common malicious capabilities.
Website: https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules
Author: A group of IT security researchers: https://twitter.com/yararules
License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v2: https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules/blob/master/LICENSE
Notes: To scan a file using these rules, you can use the wrapper around Yara: yara-rules FILE, where FILE is the path to the file you wish to scan.
State File: remnux.tools.yara-rules​
Tool to read from, write to, and edit EXIF metadata of various file types
Website: https://exiftool.org/ Author: Phil Harvey License: "This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself": https://exiftool.org/#license Notes: exiftool State File: remnux.perl-packages.exiftool​
Perform static analysis of Android applications.
Website: https://github.com/cryptax/droidlysis Author: cryptax License: MIT License: https://github.com/cryptax/droidlysis/blob/master/LICENSE Notes: droidlysis State File: remnux.python3-packages.droidlysis​
Analyze zip-compressed files.
Website: https://blog.didierstevens.com/2020/07/27/update-zipdump-py-version-0-0-20/ Author: Didier Stevens: https://twitter.com/DidierStevens License: Public Domain State File: remnux.scripts.zipdump​
Convert decimal numbers to strings.
Website: https://blog.didierstevens.com/2020/12/12/update-numbers-to-string-py-version-0-0-11/ Author: Didier Stevens: https://twitter.com/DidierStevens License: Public Domain State File: remnux.scripts.numbers-to-string​
Manipulate embedded digital signatures.
Website: https://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/disitool/ Author: Didier Stevens License: Public Domain Notes: disitool.py State File: remnux.scripts.disitool​
Identify dfferent types of hashes.
Website: https://github.com/blackploit/hash-identifier Author: Zion3R License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v3 Notes: hash-id.py State File: remnux.scripts.hash-identifier​
Find patterns of common encryption, compression, or encoding algorithms
Website: http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz.htm Author: Luigi Auriemma License: Free, unknown license State File: remnux.packages.signsrch​
Compute Context Triggered Piecewise Hashes (CTPH), also known as fuzzy hashes.
Website: https://ssdeep-project.github.io/ssdeep/index.html Author: Jesse Kornblum, Helmut Grohne, Tsukasa OI License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v2: https://github.com/ssdeep-project/ssdeep/blob/master/COPYING State File: remnux.packages.ssdeep​
Compress and decompress files using a variety of algorithms.
Website: https://www.7-zip.org Author: Igor Pavlov License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Notes: 7z, 7za, 7zr State File: remnux.packages.7zip​
Hex editor
Website: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxhexeditor/ Author: Unknown License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v2: https://sourceforge.net/p/wxhexeditor/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/docs/GPL.txt State File: remnux.packages.wxhexeditor​
Scan files for malware signatures.
Website: https://www.clamav.net Author: https://www.clamav.net/about License: GNU General Public License (GPL): https://www.clamav.net/about Notes: clamscan, freshclam State File: remnux.packages.clamav-daemon​
Extract interesting strings from binary files.
Website: https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/ Author: https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/blob/master/AUTHORS License: Portions Public Domain, portions MIT License: https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/blob/master/LICENSE.md State File: remnux.packages.bulk-extractor​
View, edit, and carve contents of various binary file types.
Website: https://github.com/vstinner/hachoir Author: https://hachoir.readthedocs.io/en/latest/authors.html License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v2: https://github.com/vstinner/hachoir/blob/master/COPYING Notes: hachoir-grep, hachoir-metadata, hachoir-strip, hachoir-wx State File: remnux.python3-packages.hachoir​
Analyze disk images and recover files from them.
Website: https://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit Author: Brian Carrier, and others License: IBM Public License, Common Public License, GNU General Public License (GPL) v2: https://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/licenses.php Notes: For a listing of commands, see http://wiki.sleuthkit.org/index.php?title=TSK_Tool_Overview State File: remnux.packages.sleuthkit​
Identify file type using "magic" numbers.
Website: http://astron.com/pub/file/README Author: Ian F. Darwin, Christos Zoulas License: BSD 2-Clause "Alike" License: https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/COPYING State File: remnux.packages.file​