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Lynis – The Security Tool for Finding Linux and Mac OS Vulnerabilities

So what is this Lynis tool all about? Lynis is a security tool used for auditing Unix based systems it’s main aims are to achieve automated security auditing, compliance testing for standards such as ISO27001, PCI-DSS and HIPAA. It also offers vulnerability detection for areas of the system that could be vulnerable to issues such […]

Facebook’s Popular Open Source Security Tool Osquery Comes To Windows

Short Bytes: Facebook’s widely popular open source security project Osquery has now arrived on Windows. Windows users can grab the source code and compile it to unify the endpoint defenses. Using SQL-based queries, this framework makes the process of spotting network loopholes easier. Back in 2014, Facebook introduced a framework called Osquery with an aim to treat the low-level […]