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 options for ISO images, sized 425 MB, 2.8 GB, and 3.6 GB. The builds are available for the x86, x86_64, and ARM architectures (armhf and armel, Raspberry Pi, Banana Pi, ARM Chromebook, Odroid). By default, the Xfce desktop is offered, but KDE, GNOME, MATE, LXDE, and Enlightenment e17 are optionally supported.
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:
- The desktop environment based on KDE has been updated (the designs for Xfce and GNOME were revised in the previous release). Dark and light themes specific to Kali have been introduced.
- The metapackage kali-linux-large included in the installation and setup offers a package with the pwsh shell, allowing scripts for PowerShell to be executed directly from Kali (PowerShell is not included in the default package set kali-linux-default).
- Support for the ARM architecture has been expanded. In ARM builds, the use of the root account for login has been discontinued. The requirements for the size of the SD card for installation have increased to 16GB. The installation of the locales-all package has been discontinued, and instead, locale settings are generated using the command sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales.
- Feedback on the new installer has been taken into account. The metapackage kali-linux-everything (installation of all packages from the repository) has been removed from the installation options. The kali-linux-large set and all desktops are cached in the installation image, allowing for a complete installation without the need for a network connection. Customization settings for live images have been removed, which upon installation revert to a simple copying scheme of the basic content with the Xfce desktop, without the need for internet connectivity.
- Updated versions of programs, including GNOME 3.36, Joplin, Nextnet, Python 3.8, and SpiderFoot.
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.
Among the changes in NetHunter 2020.2, support for the wireless network monitoring mode Nexmon and frame injection for
devices Nexus 6P, Nexus 5, Sony Xperia Z5 Compact has been noted. System images for the device OpenPlus 3T have been prepared. The number of Linux kernel build variants in the repository to 165, and the number of supported devices .
Source: opennet.ru
