Linux Checklist for Cyberpatriot idk

checklist.md

Install updates (Covered)

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade

Automatic updates in GUI (Not covered)

Firewall (Covered)

apt-get install ufw && ufw enable

SSH settings

Turn off root in sshd_config (Covered)

if grep -qF 'PermitRootLogin' /etc/ssh/sshd_config; then sed -i 's/^.*PermitRootLogin.*$/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config; else echo 'PermitRootLogin no' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config; fi
PermitRootLogin no
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
PasswordAuthentication no
UsePAM no
PermitEmptyPasswords no

Possibly add port 22 to firewall? (i.e. only accept local connections)

sudo ufw allow from 202.54.1.5/29 to any port 22

No keepalive or unattended sessions

ClientAliveInterval 300
ClientAliveCountMax 0

Disable obsolete rsh settings

IgnoreRhosts yes

Check sshd_config file for correctness before restart:

sudo sshd -t

Lock root user (Covered)

passwd -l root

Change login chances (Covered)

sed -i 's/PASS_MAX_DAYS.*$/PASS_MAX_DAYS 90/;s/PASS_MIN_DAYS.*$/PASS_MIN_DAYS 10/;s/PASS_WARN_AGE.*$/PASS_WARN_AGE 7/' /etc/login.defs

Update PAM settings (Covered)

echo 'auth required pam_tally2.so deny=5 onerr=fail unlock_time=1800' >> /etc/pam.d/common-auth
apt-get install libpam-cracklib
sed -i 's/\(pam_unix\.so.*\)$/\1 remember=5 minlen=8/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
sed -i 's/\(pam_cracklib\.so.*\)$/\1 ucredit=-1 lcredit=-1 dcredit=-1 ocredit=-1/' /etc/pam.d/common-password

Set up auditing (Covered)

apt-get install auditd && auditctl -e 1

Check for weird admins

mawk -F: '$1 == "sudo"' /etc/group

Check for weird users

mawk -F: '$3 > 999 && $3 < 65534 {print $1}' /etc/passwd

Check for empty passwords

mawk -F: '$2 == ""' /etc/passwd

Check for non-root UID 0 users

mawk -F: '$3 == 0 && $1 != "root"' /etc/passwd

Remove anything samba-related

apt-get remove .*samba.* .*smb.*

Find music (probably in admin's Music folder) (Covered)

find /home/ -type f \( -name "*.mp3" -o -name "*.mp4" \)

Remove any downloaded "hacking tools" packages (Covered)

find /home/ -type f \( -name "*.tar.gz" -o -name "*.tgz" -o -name "*.zip" -o -name "*.deb" \)

Don't blink

If it doesn't ask for apache2, nginx, etc., you can usually remove it

Check services

Install bum for a graphical interface

apt-get install bum

Set home directory perm's

for i in $(mawk -F: '$3 > 999 && $3 < 65534 {print $1}' /etc/passwd); do [ -d /home/${i} ] && chmod -R 750 /home/${i}; done

Blacklisted programs

nmap zenmap apache2 nginx lighttpd wireshark tcpdump netcat-traditional nikto ophcrack

Other things to try (not tested yet)

Kernel hardening

# Turn on execshield
kernel.exec-shield=1
kernel.randomize_va_space=1

# IP Spoofing protection
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1

# Ignore ICMP broadcast requests
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1

# Disable source packet routing
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0

# Ignore send redirects
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 0

# Block SYN attacks
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 2048
net.ipv4.tcp_synack_retries = 2
net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries = 5

# Disable IP packet forwarding
net.ipv4.ip_forward

# Log Martians
net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1
net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses = 1

# Ignore ICMP redirects
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects = 0 
net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects = 0

# Ignore Directed pings
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1

Then run: sudo sysctl -p

Prevent IP spoofing in /etc/host.conf

grep -qF 'multi on' && sed 's/multi/nospoof/' || echo 'nospoof on' >> /etc/host.conf

Find world-writable files

find /dir -xdev -type d \( -perm -0002 -a ! -perm -1000 \) -print

Find no-user files

find /dir -xdev \( -nouser -o -nogroup \) -print

Disable USBs

echo 'install usb-storage /bin/true' >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-usb-storage.conf

Disable Firewire/Thunderbolt

echo "blacklist firewire-core" >> /etc/modprobe.d/firewire.conf
echo "blacklist thunderbolt" >> /etc/modprobe.d/thunderbolt.conf

fail2ban

Blocks IPs with too many login attempts sudo apt-get install fail2ban sudo systemctl restart fail2ban.service

Find rootkits, backdoors, etc.

sudo apt-get install chkrootkit rkhunter
sudo chkrootkit
sudo rkhunter --update
sudo rkhunter --check

checklist.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Install updates
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade

# Firewall
apt-get install ufw && ufw enable

# No root login on sshd
if grep -qF 'PermitRootLogin' /etc/ssh/sshd_config; then {
  sed -i 's/^.*PermitRootLogin.*$/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
} else {
  echo 'PermitRootLogin no' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
} fi

# Lock root user
passwd -l root

# Change login chances/age
sed -i 's/PASS_MAX_DAYS.*$/PASS_MAX_DAYS 90/;s/PASS_MIN_DAYS.*$/PASS_MIN_DAYS 10/;s/PASS_WARN_AGE.*$/PASS_WARN_AGE 7/' /etc/login.defs
echo 'auth required pam_tally2.so deny=5 onerr=fail unlock_time=1800' >> /etc/pam.d/common-auth
apt-get install libpam-cracklib
sed -i 's/\(pam_unix\.so.*\)$/\1 remember=5 minlen=8/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
sed -i 's/\(pam_cracklib\.so.*\)$/\1 ucredit=-1 lcredit=-1 dcredit=-1 ocredit=-1/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
apt-get install auditd && auditctl -e 1
apt-get remove samba*
## Find music (probably in admin's Music folder)
    find /home/ -type f \( -name "*.mp3" -o -name "*.mp4" \)
## Remove any downloaded "hacking tools" packages
    find /home/ -type f \( -name "*.tar.gz" -o -name "*.tgz" -o -name "*.zip" -o -name "*.deb" \)

what_port.sh

#/bin/sh

## Requires: fuser,awk,readlink

for i in $*; do
  procs="$(fuser $i/tcp 2>/dev/null | awk '{for (i = 1; i <= NF; ++i) {print $i}}')"
  for p in $procs; do
    readlink -f /proc/$p/exe
  done
done

systemctl disable avahi-daemon

Disable guest account
echo "allow-guest=false" >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

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