Usage of the Lynis security auditing tool
Lynis is an extensible security audit tool for computer systems running Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Solaris and other Unix-derivatives.
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Lynis Test: SSH settings/tools
When I run my Lynis I get the following:
[+] Shells
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- Checking shells from /etc/shells
Result: found 6 shells (valid shells: 6).
- Session timeout settings/tools [ NONE ]
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How to update Lynis to the latest version?
I'm new with Lynis, the security tool. I installed it with a package manager and check that it is the latest version:
$ sudo apt-get install lynis
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lynis is already the newest version (2.1.1-1).
And yet, when I run lynis audit system, I get:
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How different are Lynis and Wazuh solutions?
It seems both Cisofy's Lynis and Wazuh's OSSEC share a lot of functionalities. I'm completely newbie on both tools and yet I need to pick one (or both) to help achieve PCI DSS Compliance. Any thoughts?
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