Lynis articles

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Learn about the most important changes that form the major 3.x release of the Lynis project, including security enhancements and new tests.

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Troubleshooting Lynis. This document helps with solving most common issues experienced when running Lynis.

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While both being active in the area of Linux auditing, auditd and Lynis have a different goal. This article explains the differences between both tools.

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Rootkit Hunter (rkhunter) and Lynis are often seen as similar tools to find malware on Linux systems. Learn why they have a completely different goal.

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Feeling overwhelmed with the options available to secure your Linux system? With this guide, we walk step-by-step through the option, tools, and resources.

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Why is auditing and vulnerability scanning not the same? In this article we have a look at both, look at the differences, and how they complementary.

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The lessons we learned about open source during the last 6 months, while developing our security auditing tool Lynis. Apply these insights to your projects.

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The tiger tool was known for a long time to help with auditing Unix-based systems. Fortunately there are new tools that are better maintained.

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It can be useful to see the differences between scans of Lynis, especially when running it daily. Learn how to do this with just a few steps

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Sometimes time or money is limited. We hunt to find great alternatives to commercial solutions. This time alternatives for the CIS auditing tool CIS-CAT.

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Lynis has all tests categorized and lets the user select which tests to run. Using the --tests-category and --view-categories the selection can be made.

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The upcoming Lynis 2 release will bring many new features. Focus is on simplicity, speed and supporting newer technologies like Docker and systemd.

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In this article we do a comparison of Tenable Nessus and Lynis from CISOfy. We look at the features, their goals and where they can be compared or differ.

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Bastille Linux is a great tool for hardening of Linux systems. With the project looking outdated (or even dead), there are new alternatives to Bastille.

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Although Lynis has many tests by default, there are enough reasons to create your own custom tests. Instead of patching up existing files, learn how to do that.

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Lynis is available as a package for Arch Linux and installation is just a few steps. We look at the options to install Lynis on your favorite Linux distro.

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Auditing tool Lynis for Linux, guides administrators with discovering weaknesses. This article helps in dealing with Lynis suggestions displayed on screen.

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A vulnerability was reported in versions up to Lynis 1.5.4. Learn more about the details. This article is dated, but maintained for archival purposes.

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Keeping software up-to-date is more important than ever before. To keep Lynis up-to-date, there are several notification possibilities and upgrade methods.

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Quick guide for performing a Unix security audit on a Unix or Linux based system. Under three minutes you have the results and finished the first audit!

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Lynis plugins are an extension to Lynis, the security auditing tool for Linux and Unix-based systems. Learn how to use Lynis plugins and troubleshoot them.

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Article about Linux / Unix auditing with a focus on the usage of Lynis for auditors. Simplifying the work of the auditor and increasing the quality of work.

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Quick guide about the differences between Lynis and the Lynis Enterprise Suite and what version is best suitable for your Linux or Unix environment.

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Learn more about vulnerability scanning on Linux systems using the Lynis auditing tool. Check for weaknesses and security measures that can be implemented.

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This article provides tips for FreeBSD hardening by using a powerful tool named Lynis. This script will perform an extensive audit to secure your systems.

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Tips and suggestions to keep Lynis up-to-date. With every software tool receiving improvements and bug fixes, it's important to update Lynis as well.

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Article about how to use Lynis, a security auditing and hardening tool to test Unix and Linux based systems for vulnerabilities.

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Lynis uses a hardening index which is displayed at the end of the scan. What does it mean and how does it help? This article explains the rationale behind it.

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Introduction article into securing Linux based systems by performing a scan with Lynis. After this first audit it will be much easier to harden the system!

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How to deal with issues when running Lynis and looks like it is stuck during any testing being performed. Finding the causing in a few quick steps.

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Learn more about Lynis, the security auditing tool that is mentioned on this blog.