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.CrowdSec
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free Personal • Open Source
- Firewall
4 alternatives to CrowdSec- Linux
- Self-Hosted
CrowdSec is a cybersecurity automation engine, leveraging the unique combination of local IP behavior & global reputation features.
CrowdSec Features
Fail2ban
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo18 alternatives to Fail2ban- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
- Linux
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...
SSHGuard
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
14 alternatives to SSHGuard- Mac
- Linux
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...
SSHGuard Features
IPBanPro
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Open Source
- Firewall
- Remote Desktop Tool
13 alternatives to IPBanPro- Windows
- Linux
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.
IPBanPro Features
Denyhosts
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo16 alternatives to Denyhosts- Free • Open Source
- Linux
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.
Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo13 alternatives to Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense- Free • Open Source
- Windows
Out-of-the-box security for Remote Deskop, Exchange, OWA, SharePoint, CRM, generic IIS applications and many other server systems.
DiscontinuedSoftware 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
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo15 alternatives to RdpGuard- Paid • Proprietary
- Remote Desktop Tool
- Windows
RdpGuard allows you to protect your Remote Desktop (RDP) from brute-force attacks by blocking attacker's IP address. Fail2Ban for Windows.
RdpGuard Features
EvlWatcher
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo8 alternatives to EvlWatcher- Free • Open Source
- Remote Desktop Tool
- Windows
Protected against RDP-Brute forcers. It installs a service which scans the event log for anomalies every 30 seconds (by default).
AiP Defense
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
- Firewall
- Remote Desktop Tool
14 alternatives to AiP Defense- Windows
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.
AiP Defense Features
IPQ BDB
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo11 alternatives to IPQ BDB- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
- Linux
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.