Wasmer

  • GitHub: https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer
  • Description: Wasmer is a fast and secure WebAssembly runtime that enables super lightweight containers to run anywhere from Desktop to the Cloud, Edge, and IoT devices. It is written in Rust and allows embedding WebAssembly in various programming languages. WebAssembly's sandboxing features, combined with Rust's safety, make Wasmer an exciting tool for securely running untrusted code.

ripgrep

  • GitHub: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
  • Description: While not a cybersecurity tool per se, ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern. It's incredibly fast and respects your .gitignore files. Security professionals often use tools like ripgrep for searching through codebases, logs, or configurations for sensitive data leaks or patterns indicative of security issues.
  • Demo:
time grep -R "main" ~/
time rg "main" ~/