Best Vshadow Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

PowerSploit

PowerSploit is a PowerShell-based penetration testing framework containing modules for code execution, injection techniques, persistence, and various offensive security operations.

DiskShadow

A tool that exposes the functionality of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for creation, enumeration, and manipulation of volume shadow copies, with features for persistence and evasion.

checkra1n

Semi-tethered jailbreak for iPhone 5s to iPhone X, running iOS 12.0 and up, using the 'checkm8' bootrom exploit.

SharpAppLocker

SharpAppLocker is a C# tool that retrieves AppLocker application control policies from Windows systems, replicating the Get-AppLockerPolicy PowerShell cmdlet functionality.

Darkarmour

Darkarmour is an open-source Windows antivirus evasion framework that enables security professionals to bypass antivirus detection through customizable obfuscation and anti-analysis techniques.

Donut

A shellcode generator that creates position-independent code for loading and executing .NET Assemblies, PE files, and Windows payloads from memory.

Koadic

A COM Command & Control framework that uses JScript to provide fileless remote access capabilities on Windows systems through a modular plugin architecture.

TikiTorch

TikiTorch is a process injection tool that executes code within the address space of other processes using various injection techniques.

LaZagne Project

Open source application for retrieving passwords stored on a local computer with support for various software and platforms.

Fridump

Fridump is an open source memory dumping tool that uses the Frida framework to extract accessible memory addresses from iOS, Android, and Windows applications for security testing and analysis.

Log-Killer

Tool for deleting logs on Linux/Windows servers.

Ultimate AppLocker Bypass List

A repository documenting AppLocker bypass techniques with verified methods, legacy DLL execution approaches, and a PowerShell module for identifying AppLocker weaknesses.

mimikatz

A powerful tool for extracting passwords and performing various Windows security operations.

SigThief

SigThief extracts digital signatures from signed PE files and appends them to other files to create invalid signatures for testing Anti-Virus detection mechanisms.

MadKing Amazon Web Services Attack Platform

A project for demonstrating AWS attack techniques with a focus on ethical hacking practices.

Read-Teaming-TTPs

A comprehensive repository of red teaming resources including cheatsheets, detailed notes, automation scripts, and practice platforms covering multiple cybersecurity domains.

Fortra Cobalt Strike

Threat emulation tool for adversary simulations and red team operations

Attify Offensive IoT Exploitation

Private training course for IoT device pentesting and exploitation

Black Hills Information Security DNS Triage

DNS reconnaissance tool checking DNS records, subdomains, and third-party svcs

Nightwing DejaVM

Whole-system emulation environment for software dev, debugging, testing & security

Red Balloon Security RASPUTIN

Automated hardware reversing platform using robotics for embedded device analysis

FourCore ATTACK

FourCore ATTACK is an adversary emulation platform to manage cyber risk with evidence

Core Security Cobalt Strike

Post-exploitation threat emulation platform for red team operations.

Core Security Outflank Security Tooling

Red team toolkit for EDR evasion, initial access, and post-exploitation.

Core Security Bundles and Suites

Bundled offensive security suites combining pen testing, red teaming, and VM.

Dreadnode Offensive Security Agents

AI agent platform for automating offensive security operations and evals.

NSO Group

Govt-focused cyber intelligence & surveillance software provider.

REDLattice

AI-assisted vulnerability research and advanced offensive cyber tooling firm.

SEWORKS

Offensive security firm offering AI pentesting, credential monitoring & compliance.

Two Six Technologies

R&D firm providing cyber defense & operational tech for DoD and DHS.

Zenyard RE Agent

AI agent for in-depth binary analysis and reverse engineering assistance.

Feisty Fox Security

Boutique security firm offering red team, OSINT, and adversary simulation services.

Red Specter Cheatsheet

CLI cheatsheet for Red Specter's 30-tool offensive security platform.

HexStrike AI MCP Agents

MCP server enabling AI agents to autonomously run 150+ security tools

Cobalt Strike's ExternalC2 framework

A specification/framework for extending default C2 communication channels in Cobalt Strike

Impacket

A Python library for working with network protocols

CAI (Cybersecurity AI)

An open-source framework that enables building and deploying AI security tools

GraphSpy

GraphSpy is a browser-based post-exploitation tool for Azure Active Directory and Office 365 environments that enables token management, reconnaissance, and interaction with Microsoft 365 services.

Havoc Framework

Open-source C2 framework for red team ops and adversary simulation.

Boomerang Decompiler

An open source machine code decompiler that converts binary executables into readable C source code across multiple architectures and file formats.

Android port of Radamsa

An Android port of the Radamsa fuzzing tool compiled with Android NDK to support Android ABIs for security testing on mobile platforms.

WebDAV Covert Channel

A covert channel technique that uses WebDAV protocol features to deliver malicious payloads and establish C2 communication while bypassing security controls.

LinksDumper

LinksDumper extracts links and endpoints from HTTP responses to support web application security testing and reconnaissance activities.

getallurls (gau)

Fetches known URLs from various sources for a given domain

tcpkill

A Linux command-line tool that allows you to kill in-progress TCP connections based on a filter expression, useful for libnids-based applications that require a full TCP 3-way handshake for TCB creation.

Shellcode2PE

A Python script that converts shellcode into a PE32 or PE32+ file.

tcpreplay

Tcpreplay is a suite of Open Source utilities for editing and replaying captured network traffic.

LeakIX

LeakIX is a red-team search engine that indexes mis-configurations and vulnerabilities online.