{"adoption": {"forks": 199, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "stars": 1015}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bdfproxy", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "cli-tool", "description": "Patch Binaries via MITM: BackdoorFactory + mitmProxy.  ", "domain": ["security", "penetration-testing", "networking", "developer-tools"], "enriched": true, "function": ["security", "proxy", "penetration-testing", "reverse-engineering"], "health_score": 20, "homepage": null, "language": "Python", "license": null, "license_family": "other", "maturity": "maintenance", "member_repos": ["secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"], "name": "secretsquirrel/BDFProxy", "platform": ["cli"], "pushed_at": "2021-07-31T01:29:09+00:00", "repo": "secretsquirrel/BDFProxy", "stars": 1015, "tags": ["mitm", "man-in-the-middle", "binary-patching", "backdoor-factory", "pentest", "red-team", "kali-linux", "payload-embedding", "pe-patching", "elf-patching", "linux", "macos", "docker"], "topics": ["bdf", "python", "bdfproxy", "mitmproxy", "mitm-attacks", "mitm"], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["patch binaries during download via man-in-the-middle attack", "embed payloads into executables as they are downloaded over HTTP", "demonstrate risks of software distributed without TLS", "strip digital signatures from Windows PE binaries during transfer", "run a red team exercise injecting backdoors into downloaded tools", "test network defenses against MITM binary tampering"], "what_it_is": "BDFProxy is a man-in-the-middle proxy that patches downloaded binaries on the fly by embedding payloads, combining the Backdoor Factory with mitmproxy. It is a security research and penetration testing tool for demonstrating the risk of binaries served over unencrypted HTTP.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need a maintained tool - the public version is old and the new version is sponsor-only", "you require modern mitmproxy compatibility - it only works with mitmproxy 0.11-0.17", "you want a general-purpose HTTP proxy without offensive capabilities", "you need a tool for defensive monitoring rather than attack simulation"], "when_to_choose": ["you are a security professional demonstrating MITM binary patching attacks", "you need to patch PE or ELF binaries on the fly during a pentest", "you run Kali Linux and want an integrated binary backdooring proxy", "you are researching how unsigned binaries can be tampered with in transit"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/bdfproxy", "repo": "secretsquirrel/BDFProxy", "role": "main", "score": 32}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T07:11:28.274548+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "762061e82dfa8585703d12a9518738ee2b1716bbb681217781e5e45ecf2365d9", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:03:14.237797+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/secretsquirrel/BDFProxy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 0, "longevity": 100, "rhythm": 35}, "computed_at": "2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00", "flags": ["no_releases", "no_license"], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 4494, "days_push": 1860, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}, "score": 32, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}