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WhiteBeam: Transparent endpoint security

From WhiteBeamSec·Updated May 20, 2026·View on GitHub·

* Block and detect advanced attacks * Modern audited cryptography: [RustCrypto](https://github.com/RustCrypto) for hashing and encryption * Highly compatible: Development focused on all platforms (incl. legacy) and architectures * Source available: Audits welcome * Reviewed by security researchers with combined 100+ years of experience The project is written primarily in Rust, distributed under the Other license, first published in 2019. Key topics include: application-whitelisting, edr, epp, rust, security.

Latest release: v0.2.6
October 13, 2021View Changelog →
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Features

  • Block and detect advanced attacks
  • Modern audited cryptography: RustCrypto for hashing and encryption
  • Highly compatible: Development focused on all platforms (incl. legacy) and architectures
  • Source available: Audits welcome
  • Reviewed by security researchers with combined 100+ years of experience

In Action

Installation

<details> <summary>WhiteBeam is currently unavailable for installation due to backwards-incompatible security enhancements for 0.3. Check back soon!</summary>

From Packages (Linux)

Distro-specific packages have not been released yet for WhiteBeam, check again soon!

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From Releases (Linux)

  1. Download the latest release
  2. Ensure the release file hash matches the official hashes (How-to)
  3. Install:
    • ./whitebeam-installer install

From Source (Linux)

  1. Run tests (Optional):
    • cargo run test
  2. Compile:
    • cargo run build
  3. Install WhiteBeam:
    • cargo run install
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Quick start

  1. Become root (sudo su/su root)
  2. Set a recovery secret: whitebeam --setting RecoverySecret mask. After setting the recovery secret, you can run whitebeam --auth to make changes to the system.

How to Detect Attacks with WhiteBeam

Multiple guides are provided depending on your preference. Contact us so we can help you integrate WhiteBeam with your environment.

  1. Serverless guide, for passive review
  2. osquery Fleet setup guide, for passive review
  3. WhiteBeam Server setup guide, for active response

How to Prevent Attacks with WhiteBeam

:information_source: WhiteBeam is <u>experimental</u> software.
Contact us for assistance safely implementing it.

  1. Become root (sudo su/su root)
  2. Review the baseline at least 24 hours after installing WhiteBeam:
    • whitebeam --baseline
  3. Add trusted behavior to the whitelist, following the whitelisting guide
  4. Enable WhiteBeam prevention:
    • whitebeam --setting Prevention true

Contributors

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This article is auto-generated from WhiteBeamSec/WhiteBeam via the GitHub API.Last fetched: 6/14/2026