How can you check to make sure you server is safe? Are there online tools to ensure you are free of security risks?
Some companies use SSL certification authority which keep your data safe. (all logging to the company, cpanel etc..) However i dont know any online tool that let you know if your website is free of risk.
Hi, You can download clamscan to scan the files in your server. You can follow the steps here. Rkhunter is another very useful tool that is used to check for trojans, rootkits, and other security problems. To install rkhunter you can use these steps.
It depends what you define as secure, if you are looking to secure your server from the root level then theres 1001 things you need to look into. If its just for your 1 website then check that your website is secured against sql injections, Remote attacks, Form Injections etc.
Website Defender is free and useful. They'll give you reports via email when there are changes in code, etc. http://www.websitedefender.com/ There was one site I found that you could submit the URL and they'll send back a report in 3 days, it looked awesome and forgot to bookmark it. You can also look through: http://sectools.org/tag/web-scanners/ http://sectools.org/tag/vuln-scanners/ http://www.unmaskparasites.com/
If you are looking for the server binary security then install the rkhunter on the server and cron to run it in daily basis, the installation of rkhunter is very easy, refer to the following URL and configure it.. Install RKHUNTER and if you are looking for web hosting content security then install clamd scanner on the scanner as it will scan the content present under the web hosting account. Install CLAMD Note : Make sure that you are checking the E-mail sent by cron in daily basis by rkhunter, it will save your time to resolve the security issue in future.
Download and install the Linux Malware Detect (LMD) malware scanner: wget http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz tar -xzf maldetect-current.tar.gz cd maldetect* ./install.sh