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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)

CentOS 8 Lynis Score and Thoughts

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  • 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: 4 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
  • Hardening Ubuntu. How to be safe!
    Try and run this on your box. Https://cisofy.com/lynis/. Source: over 1 year ago
  • How I secure my VPS
    You can use Lynis to audit your system and find possible improvements. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Setting up Ubuntu Server for the first time...
    For some basic rules/suggestions I like to use lynis on my homelab. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Server Hardening Checklist
    For Linux lynis by cisofy. Free version is good enough, but the paid is cheap. The guy who writes it is super helpful. Https://cisofy.com/lynis/. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Linux noob, just got on Fedora - security related query.
    You can install Lynis (https://cisofy.com/lynis/), it should be in the repo. Run it and it will tell you recommendations to improve security. Source: about 2 years ago
  • [question] vulnerability assessment (for the homeserver)
    Take at look at Grype for containers and Lynis for the OS. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Securing a Linux server. What else to do?
    Lynis is a tool that will analyze your system and give general security and consistency recommendations. Since you're talking about securing SSH, this tool has a whole list of SSH configurations that it will check and inform you which ones you should tighten up. https://cisofy.com/lynis/. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Securing a Linux server. What else to do?
    If you want to go beyond that try lynis (sudo apt install lynis), which is a general linux security auditing tool. You don't have to take every step lynis tells you to, but after looking at its output after assessing your system, you at least know what could become a problem. Source: over 2 years ago
  • multipronged Issue
    Fwiw, you can make Manjaro significantly more secure than it comes stock. A hardened kernel, good firewall rules, SELinux or other mandatory access control system, Secure Boot, disk encryption, etc. Maybe check out lynis and it's recommendations? Source: over 2 years ago
  • Kubernetes Security Checklist 2021
    It is recommended to regularly scan packages and configuration for vulnerabilities(OpenSCAP profiles, Lynis). - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago
  • Awesome Penetration Testing
    Lynis - Auditing tool for UNIX-based systems. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago
  • Beginner guide: How to secure your self-hosted services
    If you want a deeper look into your system security you could take a look at something like Lynis - which is one of the more accessible tools to asses system security. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Intrusion detection software?
    WAZUH (fork of OSSEC would be my first choice when it comes to Linux based HIDS (host based), and Snort or Suricata if you are looking for NIDS (network based). As well as Lynis for ensuring the setup of the host is as you intended. Source: over 2 years ago
  • looking for a good server provider with yunohost preinstalled
    And run lynis to check the security at a deeper level ( https://cisofy.com/lynis/ ). Source: over 2 years ago
  • I’ve been cryptojacked twice running self hosted apps
    I use several security auditing tools for system hardening. https://cisofy.com/lynis/ is a nice beginner one. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Open source HIPAA compliance benchmark for AWS
    Steampipe [1] looks cool, previously I use lynis[2]. It looks like there is also a steampipe GCP Compliance mod[3] steampipe too. [1] https://steampipe.io/docs [2] https://cisofy.com/lynis/ [3] https://github.com/turbot/steampipe-mod-gcp-compliance. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

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