Microsoft releases Linux version of the Windows Sysmon tool

guest · Oct 14, 2021

Microsoft releases Linux version of the Windows Sysmon tool
October 14, 2021
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ses-linux-version-of-the-windows-sysmon-tool/

Microsoft has released a Linux version of the very popular Sysmon system monitoring utility for Windows, allowing Linux administrators to monitor devices for malicious activity.

For those not familiar with Sysmon (aka System Monitor), it is a Sysinternals tool that monitors a system for malicious activity and then logs any detected behavior into system log files.
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Sysmon ported to Linux
Today, Microsoft's Mark Russinovich and a cofounder of the Sysinternals utility suite, announced that Microsoft had released Sysmon for Linux as an open-source project on GitHub.

Unlike Sysmon for Windows, Linux users will be required to compile the program themselves and ensure that they have all the required dependencies, with instructions provided on the project's GitHub page.
It is important to note that to compile Sysmon, you must first also install the SysinternalsEBPF project.
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With its addition to Linux, a whole new segment of system administrators can utilize it to provide free system monitoring for malicious activity.
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NormanF · Oct 14, 2021

If someone told me a decade ago, Microsoft would develop tools for Linux, I would have laughed at them. Here we are and they've done it!

EASTER · Oct 14, 2021

NormanF said: ↑

If someone told me a decade ago, Microsoft would develop tools for Linux, I would have laughed at them. Here we are and they've done it!
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Indeed!

snerd · Oct 14, 2021

It’s a crazy mixed up world!

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