# keyhound

> keyhound — cognis-digital-keyhound. Use this tool when you need to identify security vulnerabilities in firmware or filesystems by scanning for hardcoded sensitive data such as private keys, API tokens, and default credentials. It analyzes firmware blobs and filesystem dumps to detect weak RSA/ECC material and other potential security risks. Ideal for use in security auditing and penetration testing contexts to uncover hidden vulnerabilities.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/cognis-digital-keyhound  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-keyhound

## Description

Scan firmware blobs and filesystem dumps for hardcoded private keys, API tokens, default creds, and weak RSA/ECC material.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Updated:** 2026-09-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/cognis-digital/keyhound)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "cognis-digital-keyhound"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-keyhound` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-keyhound/pull`

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