Security Checks on Sooraj Sathyanarayanan Recent content in Security Checks on Sooraj Sathyanarayanan https://profincognito.me/tools/security-checks/ Hugo en-us 2026-06-10T15:20:29-07:00 Sooraj Sathyanarayanan [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Dangerzone https://profincognito.me/tools/security-checks/dangerzone/ 2026-05-24T00:00:00-07:00 2026-06-10T15:20:29-07:00 Convert untrusted documents and images into safer PDFs Dangerzone is a practical safety tool for handling documents you do not fully trust. It converts potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, and images into safer PDFs by rendering them in a sandbox and rebuilding the result locally.

Key features include:

  • Converts PDFs, Office documents, and common image formats into safer PDFs
  • Uses a sandboxed workflow with no document network access
  • Maintained by Freedom of the Press Foundation
  • Free and open source
  • Useful for journalists, researchers, activists, and anyone receiving risky attachments
  • Best treated as document sanitization, not a guarantee that every file is harmless
]]> VirusTotal https://profincognito.me/tools/security-checks/virustotal/ 2026-04-23T00:00:00-07:00 2026-06-10T15:20:29-07:00 Scan suspicious files, URLs, domains, and IPs with many security engines VirusTotal is a fast way to triage suspicious files, links, domains, and IP addresses before deeper investigation. Key features include:

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  • Useful for checking suspicious downloads or websites quickly
  • Not a replacement for isolated malware analysis or sandboxing
]]> Have I Been Pwned https://profincognito.me/tools/security-checks/haveibeenpwned/ 2026-04-23T00:00:00-07:00 2026-06-10T15:20:29-07:00 Check whether an email address has appeared in known data breaches Have I Been Pwned is the standard first stop for checking whether an email address has shown up in known breaches. Key features include:

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  • Includes the widely used Pwned Passwords service
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  • Best paired with unique passwords, password manager use, and MFA
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