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Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.

17 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 5 stories, 12 comments · first 2016-07-27 · latest 2024-11-07

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  1. …out, whichever happens earlier [1]. (Full disclosure: I’m the author of that merge request.) [1]: https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis/pull/1006
    comment by Hackbraten · 2022-06-11 · in AirPlay and Touch Bar = Network Disaster
  2. …security hardening. A dead simple tool that covers a wide range of security considerations. [i] https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis
    comment by canada_dry · 2020-05-29 · in Linux Security Hardening and Other Tweaks
  3. …Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis
    comment by listoflinks · 2019-04-18 · in Ask HN: How do you secure your Mac?
  4. …sources I recall while writing this: - https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide - https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis - https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.s... - https://help.apple.com/machelp/mac/10.12/…
    comment by ricardbejarano · 2018-09-29 · in Hardening macOS
  5. …on Linux, macOS, and Unix-derivatives. It is named Lynis and was founded in 2007. GitHub link: https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis
    comment by mboelen · 2018-02-25 · in OpenSCAP: Tools for managing system security and standards compliance
  6. You might like Lynis ( https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis ). A lightweight security scanner that can be integrated as well.
    comment by mboelen · 2017-12-28 · in The Docker Bench for Security
  7. Someone submitted my security tool Lynis during Black Hat Europe: https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis (original link https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12870753 ). The result was a spike in GitHub stars, more users and feedback. So a great…
    comment by mboelen · 2017-07-27 · in Ask HN: HNers who got their “Show HNs” on homepage, how is your site doing now?
  8. …solutions for that. I worked on https://github.com/HewlettPackard/reconbf another popular one is https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis
    comment by viraptor · 2017-05-11 · in Gixy: Nginx Configuration Static Analyzer
  9. * Project name: Lynis ( https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis/ ), GPLv3 * Project description: security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-derivatives. The primary goal is to assist in security assessments and help with system hardening.…
    comment by mboelen · 2016-10-04 · in Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (October 2016)
  10. At our company (CISOfy) we created a solution around our existing open source project Lynis ( https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis ). This way the tool in itself provides value, yet the separate Enterprise offering as well. Lynis itself is…
    comment by mboelen · 2016-09-23 · in How to build a business around an open source project?
  11. …to help out the open source project and make the web a safer place, this is your chance to help: https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis Thanks again for sharing!
    comment by mboelen · 2016-08-30 · in Hacked: Investigating an Intrusion on My Server
  12. …Install the systems, start with basic system hardening and up-to-date software packages. Use https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis to validate your configuration. Do not have any interaction or data exchange with the old (compromised) systems.…
    comment by mboelen · 2016-07-27 · in Ask HN: Anonymous person sent proof of SSH access to our production server