The world of security testing and validation has long been one of arcane commands and mystical knowledge summoned by wizards and mages under the watchful eyes of druids. But this has been slowly changing over the last few years with mere mortals being allowed to enter the sacred realms.

To hasten this along Netally has introduced the Cyberscope, the latest model in their arsenal of Android powered hand wieldable tools which includes the Etherscope, AirCheck, and others. To be certain the Cyberscope doesn’t bring about any new magick, but what it does offer is a familiar and easy to understand UI to tools such as Nmap opening the power of long standing network security testing and validation programs to the masses.

Netally breaks the scope of capabilities within the Cyberscope into five categories: Discover, Identify, Locate, Analyze, and report. The tests within each category can readily be run individually, but the power comes in grouping multiple tests into one or more profiles to be executed with a single click. As with their other testing tools the Cyberscope supports saving test results both locally and to Linklive for later review or sharing.

In terms of numbers the Cyberscope weighs 1.68lbs, measures 4.05 in x 7.67 in x 2.16 in, and features both 10GbE and WiFi6e support, but no RFID or NFC. A full rundown of the specs is available here.

The TLDR is a powerful and portable network security tool that can be handed off to a lightly trained intern, student worker, or electrical subcontractor.

James Kahkoska, CTO of Netally, presented on the Cyberscope recently at Security Field Day 9 (XFD9) including a demo of what it can do. Replays of the presentation, and ensuing discussion on the role of tool makers in privacy matters as it relates to collection of RF signals in unlicensed spectrum here.