Lynis v1.5.7 Released

Lynis is an auditing tool which tests and gathers (security) information from Unix based systems. The audience for this tool are security and system auditors, network specialists and system maintainers.

Some of the (future) features and usage options:

  • System and security audit checks
  • File Integrity Assessment
  • System and file forensics
  • Usage of templates/baselines (reporting and monitoring)
  • Extended debugging features

This tool is tested or confirmed to work with at least: AIX, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris. See website for the full list of tested operating systems.

lynis-screenshot

 

Changelog v1.5.7 (2014-07-09)

New:

  • Implementation of SafePerms function
  • Added notification when exceptions are found

Changes:

  • Fix for error_log handling in nginx

 

More Information:

Download Lynis v1.5.7

MaxiSoler

www.artssec.com @maxisoler