How to Use Lynis for System Vulnerability Scanning

Introduction

In this write-up, I will show you how to use Lynis for system vulnerability scanning. Lynis is a built-in multi-purpose tool in Kali Linux designed to perform the following tasks:

• Security auditing
• Compliance testing
• Penetration testing
• Vulnerability detection
• System Hardening

It can perform several types of system auditing, such as system binaries, boot loaders, startup services, run level, loaded modules, kernel configuration, core dumps, and so on.

⚠️ Disclaimer:

All information, techniques, and tools described in this write-up are …

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