SpyLog Alternatives

SpyLog is described as 'Monitor logs from several sources and execute actions based on some rules. Can be used to protecet against brute-force attacks' and is a Remote Desktop tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SpyLog for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Online / Web-based, Self-Hosted solutions and Windows Server 2019. The best alternative is CrowdSec. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Fail2ban or SSHGuard. Other great apps like SpyLog are IPBanPro, Denyhosts, Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense and RdpGuard.

SpyLog alternatives are mainly Firewalls but may also be Remote Desktop Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of SpyLog.

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SpyLog

Free • Open Source
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows

Monitor logs from several sources and execute actions based on some rules. Can be used to protecet against brute-force...

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CrowdSec
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Free Personal • Open Source
Firewall
Linux
Self-Hosted
4 alternatives to CrowdSec
CrowdSec is a cybersecurity automation engine, leveraging the unique combination of local IP behavior & global reputation features.
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1. Privacy focusedCrowdSec is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
2. Ad-freeCrowdSec doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. CrowdsourcedCrowdSec uses suggestions, information, etc., from a large group of people to improve the quality of the content.
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Fail2ban
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Linux
18 alternatives to Fail2ban
Fail2ban scans log files (e.g. /var/log/apache/error_log) and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc. Generally Fail2Ban is then used to update firewall rules to reject the IP addresses for a specified amount of time...

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SSHGuard
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Mac
Linux
14 alternatives to SSHGuard
SSHGuard monitors services through their logging activity. It reacts to messages about dangerous activity by blocking the source address with the local firewall. SSHGuard employs a clever parser that can transparently recognize several logging formats at once (syslog, syslog-ng...
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SSH
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IPBanPro
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Paid • Open Source
Firewall
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows
Linux
13 alternatives to IPBanPro
A FREE and open source application that allows auto banning ip addresses from failed login attempts. Many sources are watched such as SSH, SMTP, SQL-Server, MySQL, RDP and dropped packets.
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SSH
SMTP Support
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Denyhosts
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Free • Open Source
Linux
16 alternatives to Denyhosts
The idea of denying access to SSH servers is nothing new and I was inspired by many other scripts that I discovered. However, none of them did things the way I envisioned them to. Also, they were all shell scripts which do not offer the elegance of Python.

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Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense
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Free • Open Source
Windows
13 alternatives to Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense
Out-of-the-box security for Remote Deskop, Exchange, OWA, SharePoint, CRM, generic IIS applications and many other server systems.

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Discontinued
Software has been set open-source and abandoned by the main developer. Seems a very good detector but fails to successfully stop attacks. When I have it set to block IPs after 5 failed attempts I shouldn't see multiple entries showing 300 attempts by the same IP addresses.
RdpGuard
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Paid • Proprietary
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows
15 alternatives to RdpGuard
RdpGuard allows you to protect your Remote Desktop (RDP) from brute-force attacks by blocking attacker's IP address. Fail2Ban for Windows.
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RDP
EvlWatcher
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Free • Open Source
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows
8 alternatives to EvlWatcher
Protected against RDP-Brute forcers. It installs a service which scans the event log for anomalies every 30 seconds (by default).

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AiP Defense
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows
14 alternatives to AiP Defense
Your Microsoft Windows servers are probably under constant attack and you may not even know it! Chances are if your hosting remote desktop, or other services such as Microsoft exchange, FTP, HTTP, HTTP’s or SQL. Your server is likely getting bombarded with failed login attempts.
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Centralized Management
RDP
Support for SFTP
Reporting
Cloud based
IP Address Blacklist
Support for MS SQL Server
Support for FTP
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IPQ BDB
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Linux
11 alternatives to IPQ BDB
IPQ BDB filtering is done by a user space netfilter daemon that issues verdicts after looking up the IP address in a Berkeley DB. The fuzzy blocking model, freely inspired by STOCKADE, is designed to block non-distributed dictionary attacks and mitigate spam.

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