Lynis VS Silverback

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Lynis

Security auditing tool for systems running Linux, macOS, BSD, and other UNIX-based systems.

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2021-09-23

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How to install and run the Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux (Tutorial 2020 InfoSec Pat)

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Lynis and Silverback)

Silverback

Cyber Security

75 75%

Cyber Security

25% 25

Security & Privacy

70 70%

Security & Privacy

30% 30

SSH

0 0%

SSH

100% 100

Monitoring Tools

100 100%

Monitoring Tools

0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Lynis seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 26 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Lynis mentions (26)

Who does check linux distros of malware - open source
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
What are your must have favourite apps on Linux mint ?
(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
What according to u is Easy Linux distribution for hosting sites?
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
Every time system update, my neuron activates
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
Linux security
Lynis is one such tool. The more tools you use, the more coverage you'll get. Source: over 1 year ago