Desktop Monitoring and Notifications for CISA KEV
A new tool called KEV Monitor has been developed to track changes in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. This lightweight service, written in Rust, provides desktop notifications and generates Markdown reports for new entries. It is available for both Windows and Linux systems, offering features like periodic polling and SHA-1 change detection.
- ▪KEV Monitor is a background service that monitors the CISA KEV catalog for updates.
- ▪It generates reports and sends desktop notifications when new vulnerabilities are detected.
- ▪The tool can be installed on both Windows and Linux platforms and features configurable polling intervals.
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KEV Monitor A lightweight background service written in Rust that watches the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog for changes, writes a Markdown report of new entries, and sends a desktop toast notification. Built as an extension of Zeus Threat Intelligence pipeline for Automated KEV testing against a software inventory, refactored into a standalone portable utility. Install Windows (Run in Powershell): Installs under C:\kev_monitor iwr https://github.com/quantumcore/kev_monitor/raw/refs/heads/main/install_windows.ps1 | iex Linux Installs under /opt/kev_monitor curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quantumcore/kev_monitor/refs/heads/main/install_linux.sh | sudo bash Features Feature Detail Periodic polling Configurable interval (default: every 1 day) SHA-1 change…
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