Lynis VS Chkrootkit

Linux has (free) tools to improve security and detect/remove malware: Lynis,Chkrootkit,Rkhunter,ClamAV,Vuls,LMD,radare2,Yara,ntopng,maltrail,Snort,Suricata... Source: 5 months ago

(My General Traffic System) Chkconfig: [Version 11.4] Gives a view of programs and the ability to start, stop, pause them. Through the terminal. (Same as systemctl, But to me friendlier interface) Dpkg-repack: Allows for repacking your favorite programs into a deb file. Lynis- System malware checker, More of a system checker for misconfigurations and security holes based on CISOfy -... Source: over 1 year ago

Lynis is a good tool that will help you harden your system. I believe in redhat it is already in the EPEL repo so you should be able to sudo dnf install lynis and run it. Source: over 1 year ago

While I think it's fair to recognize the amount of work to patch Windows for security and compatibility, I also think it's unfair for you to regard SteamOS as a "hobbyist" OS that has poor security. SteamOS is based on Arch Linux. From Linux, to Arch distro, to SteamOS, this open source development loop cannot be compared with what you call a "phase" Windows has gone through. The only "phase" I saw since Windows... Source: over 1 year ago

Lynis is one such tool. The more tools you use, the more coverage you'll get. Source: over 1 year ago

If you are extremely worried about root kits you would need to start with a clean system and then whitelist any "positives". If your concerned you would have to use the tedious method of using dpkg to determine what package a file belongs to, one at a time, and then compare it's checksum to the back installed... I would also recommend using only the latest version from the website directly http://chkrootkit.org/... Source: almost 3 years ago