internal/skills/catalog/ausearch/SKILL.md
# ausearch / aureport — Linux Audit Tools ## Category Log Analysis ## License GPLv2 (audit) ## Source https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace (Linux Audit Framework) ## Purpose Search and report on Linux Audit Framework events — file access, syscalls, authentication, authorization. ## Use Cases - Investigate file access patterns on sensitive files - Detect privilege escalation attempts - Trace syscall activity for specific processes - Generate authentication and authorization summari
npx skillsauth add ggp1/mitiga internal/skills/catalog/ausearchInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Log Analysis
GPLv2 (audit)
https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace (Linux Audit Framework)
Search and report on Linux Audit Framework events — file access, syscalls, authentication, authorization.
# Search recent authentication events
ausearch -m USER_AUTH --start recent -i
# Search for access to /etc/passwd today
ausearch -f /etc/passwd --start today -i
# Authentication summary report
aureport --auth --summary -i
# Failed operations summary
aureport --failed --summary
# Search by specific user
ausearch -ua username --start today -i
# Syscall events for a specific PID
ausearch -p <pid> -i
auditd).-i flag for interpretable (human-readable) output.development
# who / w — Logged-in Users ## Category User & Group Management ## License GPLv3+ (GNU coreutils) / GPLv2 (procps-ng) ## Source Included in all Linux distributions. ## Purpose Show who is currently logged in and what they are doing. ## Use Cases - Detect unauthorized active sessions - Monitor interactive logins in real-time - Identify login sources (IP, terminal) - Review idle times for active sessions ## Examples ```bash # All login information who -a # Currently logged-in users with act
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# useradd / usermod / userdel — User Account Management ## Category User & Group Management ## License BSD-3-Clause (shadow-utils) ## Source https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow (included in all Linux distributions) ## Purpose Create, modify, and delete user accounts. ## Use Cases - Create service accounts for Mitiga components - Modify user group memberships - Disable or remove compromised accounts - Audit account configurations ## Examples ```bash # Create a system service account (no
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# ufw — Uncomplicated Firewall ## Category System Hardening ## License GPLv3 ## Source https://code.launchpad.net/ufw (included in Ubuntu/Debian) ## Purpose Simplified interface for managing iptables/nftables rules. ## Use Cases - Quick firewall status checks - Rule modifications on systems using ufw - Block malicious sources during incident response ## Examples ```bash # Show firewall status and rules ufw status verbose # Block a malicious IP ufw deny from <malicious_ip> # Allow a speci
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# trivy — Comprehensive Vulnerability Scanner ## Category Vulnerability Scanning ## License Apache 2.0 ## Source https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (CNCF project) ## Purpose Scan filesystems, container images, Git repositories, and IaC configurations for known vulnerabilities (CVEs), misconfigurations, and exposed secrets. ## Use Cases - Audit project dependencies for known CVEs - Scan configuration files for misconfigurations - Detect embedded secrets in repositories - Scan container im