🛡️ Linux Security Case Study

Automated Security Monitoring & Reporting System

📖 Overview

This project focuses on implementing an automated security layer for Ubuntu. It uses a custom bash script to manage malware scanning, rootkit detection, and cross-platform report sharing.

📂 Repository Structure

• src/security_checkup.sh: The main automation script for scans and reporting.
• documentation/: Contains the full technical case study report.

🛠️ Key Features

• Automated Updates: Syncs the latest threat signatures for ClamAV and Rkhunter.
• System-Wide Scans: Performs recursive checks for viruses and camouflaged rootkits.
• Daily Summaries: Uses grep to extract specific warnings into a clean report.
• NFS Sharing: Automatically exports reports to a remote Fedora VM.

📺 Project Demos

• Automation & Scripting Demo
• NFS Report Sharing Demo

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Developed for my Operating Systems Course @ Thomas More University of Applied Sciences.

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