Posted by Avik Sarkar
On 3/15/2013 12:49:00 am
From The Makers of BackTrack We Got 'Kali Linux' The Most Advanced & Stable Penetration Testing Distribution
Fans of world famous penetration testing distribution 'BackTrack' can now taste another flavor as the developer at BackTrack and Offensive Security has introduced a new Linux distribution targets enterprise security, offering a suite of helpful tools for rigorous testing calling it "Kali Linux." In the official release note Offensive-Security claimed that Kali Linux is the most advanced, robust, and stable penetration testing distribution to date. From that note we also came to know that this new distribution is a product of seven years long knowledge and experience which make Kali Linux the “next generation” penetration testing distribution. Now lets look at the main features of Kali Linux at a glance:
Kali Linux Features:-
Kali is a complete re-build of BackTrack Linux, adhering completely to Debian development standards. All-new infrastructure has been put in place, all tools were reviewed and packaged, and we use Git for our VCS.
- More than 300 penetration testing tools: After reviewing every tool that was included in BackTrack, we eliminated a great number of tools that either did not work or had other tools available that provided similar functionality.
- Free and always will be: Kali Linux, like its predecessor, is completely free and always will be. You will never, ever have to pay for Kali Linux.
- Open source Git tree: We are huge proponents of open source software and ourdevelopment tree is available for all to see and all sources are available for those who wish to tweak and rebuild packages.
- FHS compliant: Kali has been developed to adhere to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, allowing all Linux users to easily locate binaries, support files, libraries, etc.
- Vast wireless device support: We have built Kali Linux to support as many wireless devices as we possibly can, allowing it to run properly on a wide variety of hardware and making it compatible with numerous USB and other wireless devices.
- Custom kernel patched for injection: As penetration testers, the development team often needs to do wireless assessments so our kernel has the latest injection patches included.
- Secure development environment: The Kali Linux team is made up of a small group of trusted individuals who can only commit packages and interact with the repositories while using multiple secure protocols.
- GPG signed packages and repos: All Kali packages are signed by each individual developer when they are built and committed and the repositories subsequently sign the packages as well.
- Multi-language: Although pentesting tools tend to be written in English, we have ensured that Kali has true multilingual support, allowing more users to operate in their native language and locate the tools they need for the job.
- Completely customizable: We completely understand that not everyone will agree with our design decisions so we have made it as easy as possible for our more adventurous users tocustomize Kali Linux to their liking, all the way down to the kernel.
- ARMEL and ARMHF support: Since ARM-based systems are becoming more and more prevalent and inexpensive, we knew that Kali’s ARM support would need to be as robust as we could manage, resulting in working installations for both ARMEL and ARMHF systems. Kali Linux has ARM repositories integrated with the mainline distribution so tools for ARM will be updated in conjunction with the rest of the distribution. Kali is currently available for the following ARM devices:
Kali is specifically tailored to penetration testing and therefore, all documentation on this site assumes prior knowledge of the Linux operating system. For more information, I would like to request you to visit the official website of Kali Linux.
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Posted by Avik Sarkar
On 10/26/2012 05:58:00 am
BackBox Linux 3 Released! To Perform Penetration Tests & Security Assessments
In past we have discussed many times about
BackBox, which is a
Linux distribution based on
Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform
penetration tests and
security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment. Its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable version of the most used and best known
ethical hacking tools. Now a days along with
BackTrack this Ubuntu based penetration testing distribution has became very popular in hacker communities, even several penetration testers also using
BackBox. Like other popular Pen testing distro, BackBox also get updated periodically. This time
BackBox developer team has announced a major release
BackBox Linux, version 3.0. The major release include features such as the new
Linux Kernel 3.2 flower and
Xfce 4.8. Apart from the system major upgrade, all auditing tools are up to date as well.
What's new:-
- System upgrade
- Bug corrections
- Performance boost
- Improved start menu
- Improved Wi-Fi dirvers (compat-wireless aircrack patched)
- New and updated hacking tools
System requirements:-
- 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- 512 MB of system memory (RAM)
- 4.4 GB of disk space for installation
- Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
- DVD-ROM drive or USB port
To Download BackBox Linux Version 3.0 Click Here
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Posted by Avik Sarkar
On 8/14/2012 02:44:00 am
BackTrack 5 R3 Released & Available To Download!!
In our last post about BackTrack we mention the release date of long awaited BT 5 Release 3. So finally the countdown is over. The time has come to refresh our security tool arsenal – BackTrack 5 R3 has been released world wide. First BT5 R3 preview was released in BlackHat 2012 Las Vegas for the enjoyment of conference attendees. The main aim of that pre-release was to figure out their last bug reports and tool suggestions from the BH / Defcon crowds. This final release mainly focuses on bug-fixes as well as the addition of over 60 new tool. A whole new tool category was populated – “Physical Exploitation”, which now includes tools such as the Arduino IDE and libraries, as well as the Kautilya Teensy payload collection.
As usual KDE and GNOME, 32/64 bit ISOs, have been released a single VMware Image (Gnome, 32 bit).
For those requiring other VM flavors of BackTrack If you want to build your own VMWare image then instructions can be found in the BackTrack Wiki. Direct ISO downloads will be available once all our HTTP mirrors have synched. But still you can download BackTrack 5 R3 via torrent from the below links.
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Posted by Avik Sarkar
On 7/26/2012 04:15:00 pm
BackTrack 5 R3 (Penetration Testing Distribution) Will be Available on August 13th, 2012
Earlier we have discussed several times about BackTrack. After the huge success BackTrack 5 R2, now the world's most popular and widely used penetration testing distribution BackTrack is set to release its third release candidate (R3) of BT 5. According to the official release The BackTrack Development team will be releasing
an R3 revision of their Penetration Testing distribution in 2 weeks. This release focuses on bugfixes and over 50 new tool additions – making it the most potent revision yet. Though the BT5 R3 preview has already been released in BlackHat 2012 Las Vegas for the enjoyment of conference attendees, which can be found in their delegate bags. The DVD contains a BT5 R3 Gnome, 32 bit edition – burnt as an ISO (as opposed to an image). The BackTrack Development team will be taking in their last bug reports and tool suggestions from the BH / Defcon crowds for the upcoming official release, which will be on August 13th, 2012. We would also like to give to reminder that the first release candidate (R1) of BackTrack 5 was released in August last year. Current BT5 users can simply upgrade to the latest release using the regular update commands. More details will be released along with the full listing of new tools on the 13th of August.
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