After a year of development, the release of BackBox Linux 9 has been published, based on Ubuntu 24.04 and shipped with a collection of tools for system security testing, exploit testing, reverse engineering, network traffic analysis, wireless networks, malware exploration, stress testing, and recovering hidden or lost data. The user environment is based on Xfce. The size of the ISO image is 6 GB (x86_64).
The new version marks the transition to the Ubuntu 24.04 package base, updates to the Xfce environment, and the Linux kernel (6.8), supplies new versions of security testing tools, and improves functionality in anonymous mode.
Additionally, the release of Parrot 6.2, based on the Debian 12 package base, has been published, including a collection of tools for system security testing, forensic analysis, and reverse engineering. The Parrot distribution is positioned as a portable laboratory with an environment for security experts and forensic specialists, focusing primarily on tools for testing cloud systems and the Internet of Things devices. It also includes cryptographic tools and programs for secure network access, including TOR, I2P, anonsurf, gpg, tccf (Two Cents Cryptography Frontend), zulucrypt, veracrypt, truecrypt, and luks. ISO images with a MATE environment are offered for download.
The new release updates system packages and specialized applications, including Linux kernel 6.10, Airgeddon 11.30, Anonsurf 5.0.0, Bind 9.18.28, Chromium 129, Codium, Firefox ESR 128.3, Flatpak 1.14.10, LibreOffice 24.8.2, Maltego 4.7.0, OpenJDK 17.0.12, VirtualBox 7.0.20, VLC 3.0.21, and Tor 0.4.8.12. Notably, developers have created a new application, Rocket, written in Python using PyQt6, providing a graphical interface for running security testing utilities in separate isolated containers. In addition to Linux, the Rocket interface can also run on Windows and macOS.
Source: opennet.ru
