Views: 7,164 So the Internet exploded this week with news of a pretty serious glibc exploit, something that everyone pays attention to as every Linux server uses this library and in some cases it can yield remote code execution. In basic terms the glibc DNS client (libresolv) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when […]
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LSAT – Linux Security Auditing Tool
Views: 9,315 Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security auditing tool. It is modular in design, so new features can be added quickly. It checks inetd entries and scans for unneeded RPM packages. It is being expanded to work with Linux distributions other than Red Hat, and checks for kernel versions. It […]
AIDE – Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
Views: 6,115 AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a file and directory integrity checker, it was initially developed as a free replacement for Tripwire licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). How it Works Aide takes a “snapshot” of the state of the system, register hashes, modification times, and other data […]
LinEnum – Linux Enumeration & Privilege Escalation Tool
Views: 10,282 LinEnum will automate many Local Linux Enumeration & Privilege Escalation checks documented in this cheat sheet. It’s a very basic shell script that performs over 65 checks, getting anything from kernel information to locating possible escalation points such as potentially useful SUID/GUID files and Sudo/rhost mis-configurations and more. An additional ‘extra’ feature is […]
Lynis v1.6.0 Released For Download – Linux Security Auditing Tool
Views: 4,298 Lynis is an open source linux security auditing tool. The primary goal is to help users with auditing and hardening of Unix and Linux based systems. The software is very flexible and runs on almost every Unix based system (including Mac). Even the installation of the software itself is optional! It’s a great […]