the release of the distribution , designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting audits, analyzing residual information, and identifying the consequences of attacks by malicious actors. All original developments created within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through the public . For downloading Several variants of ISO images sized 1.1, 2.6, and 3.1 GB. Builds are available for x86, x86_64, and ARM architectures (armhf and armel, Raspberry Pi, Banana Pi, ARM Chromebook, Odroid). In addition to the basic Xfce build, trimmed versions are offered with KDE, GNOME, MATE, LXDE, and Enlightenment e17.
Kali includes one of the most comprehensive toolsets for computer security specialists: from tools for testing web applications and penetrating wireless networks to software for reading data from RFID identification chips. It comes with a collection of exploits and over 300 specialized utilities for security checks, such as Aircrack, Maltego, SAINT, Kismet, Bluebugger, Btcrack, Btscanner, Nmap, p0f. Additionally, the distribution includes tools for accelerating password cracking (Multihash CUDA Brute Forcer) and WPA keys (Pyrit) using CUDA and AMD Stream technology, allowing the utilization of NVIDIA and AMD GPUs for computational operations.
In the new release:
- By default, Xfce is used as the desktop environment instead of GNOME. The use of a lightweight environment has reduced system requirements and unified the desktop with the edition for ARM devices;
- A new GTK3 theme is offered for GNOME and Xfce;
- The 'Kali Undercover' mode simulates a Windows interface to avoid suspicion while using Kali in public places;
- Documentation has been converted to Markdown format and moved to and placed in the new \/docs\/ directory;
- It is proposed for creating custom packages for Kali;
- An option has been added to the installer for using Btrfs filesystem on the root partition;
- A pwsh shell package has been added, allowing scripts to be executed for PowerShell directly from Kali;
- NetHunter Kex environment has been added, allowing a full Kali desktop to run on mobile devices with Android platform (a monitor, keyboard, and mouse can be connected to a smartphone with HDMI port);
- Linux kernel updated to version 5.3.9.
Simultaneously prepared the release , for mobile devices based on the Android platform with a set of tools for testing systems for vulnerabilities. With NetHunter, it is possible to test mobile-specific attacks, such as through the emulation of USB devices ( — emulation of a network USB adapter that can be used for man-in-the-middle attacks, or a USB keyboard performing character substitution) and creating fake access points (). NetHunter is installed in the standard environment of the Android platform in the form of a chroot image, where a specially adapted version of Kali Linux runs.
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