CrowdSec

by CrowdSecurity

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Versions:

  • 1.7.6
  • 1.7.5
  • 1.7.4
  • 1.7.3
  • 1.7.2
  • 1.7.1
  • 1.7.0
  • 1.6.11
  • 1.6.10
  • 1.6.9
  • 1.6.8
  • 1.6.5
  • 1.6.4
  • 1.6.2
  • 1.6.1
  • 1.6.0
  • 1.5.5
  • 1.5.4
  • 1.5.3
  • 1.5.2
  • 1.5.1
  • 1.4.1

CrowdSec 1.7.6 by CrowdSecurity is an open-source, collaborative firewall and intrusion-prevention tool whose Windows agent continuously parses local event logs, detects brute-force, port-scan, web-application, and other malicious patterns, and—when a threat threshold is crossed—automatically creates and applies a time-limited Windows Firewall rule that bans the offending IP address. Instead of relying solely on local intelligence, each participating machine anonymizes and shares attack signatures with a community-powered blocklist; as a result, every node in the collective benefits from crowdsourced knowledge and the global attack map is updated within seconds. Typical use cases range from protecting a single public-facing IIS or RDP server on a small business network to hardening large multi-site Active Directory environments, shared hosting farms, gaming servers, or SQL clusters that are constantly probed by botnets. The lightweight service runs as LocalSystem, consumes only a few megabytes of RAM, and exposes a Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoint so SOC teams can correlate bans with SIEM or Grafana dashboards; command-line tools such as cscli allow operators to inspect active decisions, whitelist customers, or replay old logs for forensic tuning. Since its first release, the publisher has shipped twenty-two consecutive versions, steadily adding support for SQL Server, Exchange, FTP, VPN, and custom application log parsers, as well as integrations with Fail2Ban-style middleware, cloud edge providers, and generic REST API remediators. Security administrators appreciate the MIT-licensed engine’s transparent YAML configurations, community-contributed scenarios, and optional centralized LAPI console that unifies alerts from Linux, Windows, and containerized workloads alike. CrowdSec 1.7.6 is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always supply the latest build, and support batch installation alongside other applications.

Tags:

attacks-prevention 1
detection 3
linux 83
protection 35
security 156