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Rkhunter and Chrootkit installation

Rkhunter Installation
Rkhunter is a tool used to check trojans, rootkits, and other security problems.
Here are the installation steps:-
root@server1 [~]#wget http://downloads.rootkit.nl/rkhunter-1.2.7.tar.gz
root@server1 [~]#tar -zxvf rkhunter-1.2.7.tar.gz
root@server1 [~]#cd rkhunter-1.2.7
root@server1 [~]#./installer.sh
You can scan the server by using the following command:-
root@server1 [~]#/usr/local/bin/rkhunter -c
You can update the rkhunter database by issuing the following command:-
root@server1 [~]#rkhunter –update
Chrootkit Installation
Chrootkit is a [...]

K T Ligesh , Owner of Lxlabs (creator of LxAdmin/HyperVM/Kloxo) , is no more.

Owner of LxLabs, K T Ligesh (32) , passed away at his residence in Bangalore last night. Initial reports state that he committed suicide. As per the news-reports, it appears that Ligesh , who was a guitarist as well, was going through a difficult time personally.
LxLabs is the creator of HyperVM – optimized virtualization technology [...]

Nessus : Vulnerability scanner

Nessus is one of the best vulnerability scanning tool available today. It is available free of cost for personal use. It can detect potential vulnerabilities in an individual system or a network.
In the Unix/Linux environment,  Nessus consists of two parts :-

nessusd – It is the daemon which does the scanning.
Nessus  – the client which controls [...]