awesome-qubes-os
github.com/xn0px90/awesome-qubes-os ↗A curated list of awesome qubes os links
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Optics and Extra Info
- 3mdebExtra Info
We’re hands-on firmware experts with years of experience writing elegant, scalable and custom code for clients.
- Backups in QubesExtra Info
Learn how and why to back up your data on Qubes OS.
- Demi Marie Obenour: Reasonably Secure GPU AccelerationXen project summit 2024 videos
- Explaining Computers presentsExtra Info
“Qubes OS: Security Oriented Operating System”
- Full xen project summit 2024 playlistXen project summit 2024 videos
- GPU Virtual Machine (GVM)Extra Info
An OpenMdev Project (Qubes OS Summit 2022)
Qubes OS Server
- Admin API
The goals of the Admin API system is to provide a way for the user to manage the domains without direct access to dom0.
- Ansible
Automation with Ansible.
- borg-offsite-backup
help back up Qubes VMs and ZFS file systems.
- Colored! network information
Colorful network information with iptables & ip.
- Configuration Management
A collection of guides about creating Salt formulas in Qubes OS and distributing them as RPM packages to take advantage of the secure updates mechanism for dom0.
- Multi-user Qubes: Using sys-gui to make non-adminstrative user logins
Here we try to create restricted sys-guis, where they only need to see the parts that pertain to them. Basically a administrative gui login (dom0), and a restricted user sys-gui login.
Exploitation Tools
- Advanced ExploitationXen Exploitation
Xen Hypervisor VM Escape
- AFL++
AFL++ is a superior fork to Google's AFL - more speed, more and better mutations, more and better instrumentation, custom module support, etc.
- Awesome-Fuzzing
A curated list of references to awesome Fuzzing for security testing. Additionally there is a collection of freely available academic papers, tools and so on.
- Blackhat 2010Xen Exploitation
Hacking the Hypervisor
- Blackhat 2014Xen Exploitation
Lessons Learned from Eight Years of Breaking Hypervisors
- Blackhat 2015Xen Exploitation
Attacking Hypervisors Using Firmware And Hardware
Adventure Further
- Adventure Here!
All the awesome lists.
Troubleshooting
- Analyze Qubes OS VM
Analyze Qubes OS VM startup performance.
- Changing your Time Zone
Change the system’s time zone in terminal you can issue the timedatectl command with the option set-timezone.
- Mounting a qube’s private storage in another qube
Useful for data recovery.
Templates
- Android VM options
There are multiple “android on PC” type distributions that one could try in a VM. Here are the 3!
- archlinux-minimal template
This is a community guide, not an official guide.
- audio-qubes
An audio qube acts as a secure handler for potentially malicious audio devices, preventing them from coming into contact with dom0
- Auto Minimal Debian Template Creation
This page summarizes how to automate debian-minimal based template creation.
- Building a TemplateVM for a new OS
If you don’t like using one of the existing templates because of specific administration, package management or other building needs, you can build a TemplateVM for your distribution of choice.
- Debian templates
The Debian template is an officially supported template in Qubes OS.
VM-Hardening
- Anonymizing your MAC Address
Although the MAC address is not the only metadata broadcast by network hardware, changing your hardware's default MAC Address could be an important step in protecting privacy.
- Anti Evil Maid (AEM)
A user who frequently travels with a Qubes laptop holding sensitive data may be at a much higher risk of Evil Maid attacks than a home user with a stationary Qubes desktop.
- Apparmor profile
Create Apparmor profile.
- Custom preferences for Brave browser in disposable qube
The initial_preferences json file can be used to configure the preferences that will be used by default in newly created profiles.
- Data leaks
Firewalling in Qubes is not intended to be a leak-prevention mechanism.
- Device handling security
Any additional ability a VM gains is additional attack surface.
Training and Materials
- Anonymous Planet
The place to be for all topics regarding privacy, anonymity and other subjects. Rooms are click-to-join.
- Anonymous Planet Onion
For those who wish to read over the anonymous Tor network.
- Free e-book Foundation
Free ebooks to help your journey!
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