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 430 MB, 2.9 GB, and 3.7 GB. Builds are available for x86, x86_64, and ARM architectures (armhf and armel, Raspberry Pi, Banana Pi, ARM Chromebook, Odroid). The default desktop is Xfce, 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:
- Announced the transition from Bash to ZSH. In this release, ZSH is included as an option, but starting with the next release, ZSH will be launched by default when opening the terminal (to switch to ZSH without waiting for the future version, you can execute 'chsh -s /bin/zsh'). The reason for the switch to ZSH is its advanced capabilities.
- A build has been proposed (Windows + Kali Desktop EXperience), designed to run on Windows in a WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) environment.
- The kali-hidpi-mode command has been added to automate the configuration of operation in systems with high pixel density screens (HiDPI).
- For each tool included in the basic package, a separate icon has been proposed.
- To speed up installation, the dist-upgrade process during installation has been discontinued. Users now need to perform dist-upgrade manually at their convenience to update packages.
During offline installation, instead of an empty /etc/apt/sources.list, a pre-defined list of network repositories is now offered. - Enhanced support for ARM devices, including changes to improve functionality on Pinebook, Pinebook Pro, Raspberry Pi, and ODROID-C.
- When selecting the GNOME desktop, a new design theme has been applied in the Nautilus file manager. The design of nested panels and headers has been improved (for example, in settings, the sidebar looks like a continuation of the top panel).
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.
Changes in NetHunter 2020.3 include the addition of a new set of Bluetooth Arsenal utilities, which include tools for detecting, testing, spoofing, and injecting packets specific to Bluetooth devices. Support for Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 6.1 devices has been added.
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