Parrot 5.0 is now available, based on the Debian 11 package base and including a collection of tools for system security testing, forensic analysis and reverse engineering. Several iso images with MATE environment are offered for download, designed for everyday use, security testing, installation on Raspberry Pi 4 boards and creating specialized installations, for example, for use in cloud environments.
The Parrot distribution is positioned as a portable lab environment for security experts and forensic scientists, focusing on tools for testing cloud systems and IoT devices. It also includes cryptographic tools and programs to provide secure access to the network, including TOR, I2P, anonsurf, gpg, tccf, zulucrypt, veracrypt, truecrypt and luks.
In the new release:
- Switched to using packages from the Debian 11 stable branch, instead of the previously used Debian Testing package base.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.16 (was 5.10).
- The formation of assemblies with the KDE and Xfce desktops has been stopped, the graphical environment is now equipped only with the MATE desktop.
- An experimental build for Raspberry Pi boards has been proposed.
- Added new utilities for checking system security: Pocsuite3, Ivy-optiv, Python3-pcodedmp, Mimipenguin, Ffuf, Oletools, findmyhash 2.0, Dirsearch, Pyinstxtractor.
Source: opennet.ru