Today we’re pushing out the first Kali Linux release of the year with Kali Linux 2021.1. This edition brings enhancements of existing features, and is... weiterlesen

Squash the Bugs with Kali 1.0.9a Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen a bunch of nasty bugs hit the scene, from shellshock to Debian apt vulnerabilities.... weiterlesen

Five days into the Kali Linux release at BlackHat EU in Amsterdam, and we’re still not fully recovered. Since the release, we’ve had just over 90,000... weiterlesen

Kali Linux, the rising It’s been 7 years since we released our first version of BackTrack Linux, and the ride so far has been exhilarating. When the... weiterlesen

Enter Kali Linux “So, what’s the difference between BackTrack and Kali?” you might be asking. Unfortunately for us, that’s not a simple question... weiterlesen

Kernel 3.14, Tool Updates, Package Improvements Kali linux 1.0.7 has just been released, complete with a whole bunch of tool updates, a new kernel, and... weiterlesen

One of our goals when developing Kali Linux was to provide multiple metapackages that would allow us to easily install subsets of tools based on their... weiterlesen

Kali Linux in the Amazon EC2 Marketplace EDIT: For updated Kali Rolling images in the Amazon AWS, check this post. After several weeks of “back and forth”... weiterlesen

Kali Linux contains a large number of very useful tools that are beneficial to information security professionals. One set of such tools belongs to the... weiterlesen

There’s been a fair amount of discussion around the recently introduced LUKS nuke patch we added to the cryptsetup package in Kali Linux. We wanted to... weiterlesen

Kernel 3.12, LUKS nuke, Amazon AMI / Google Compute images and more! It’s been a while since our last minor release which makes 1.0.6 a more significant... weiterlesen

Kali Linux Full Disk Encryption As penetration testers, we often need to travel with sensitive data stored on our laptops. Of course, we use full disk... weiterlesen

We’re always on the lookout for and interesting ARM hardware for Kali Linux. Whether it’s a Galaxy Note or a USB stick sized SS808, we want to see... weiterlesen

Today we are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Kali Linux 1.0.5 with a rollup of various tool additions, fixes, and upgrades, including... weiterlesen

Kali Linux on any Android Phone or Tablet Getting Kali Linux to run on ARM hardware has been a major goal for us since day one. So far, we’ve built native... weiterlesen

A little while back, a bug with the LVM encrypted install in Kali Linux 1.0.4 was reported in our bug tracker. This bug was high priority in our TODO as... weiterlesen

Whenever we are given the opportunity to describe Kali Linux, we use the word “powerful”. Have you ever wondered or asked yourself why exactly we consider... weiterlesen

In keeping with our tradition of publishing new releases during the annual Black Hat and DEF CON conferences, we are pleased to announce the availability... weiterlesen

We’ve just pushed a bunch of packages, tools, and utilities to the main Kali repositories. These tools have been on the top of our wish list for a while... weiterlesen

A couple of weeks ago, we were approached (independently) by two blind security enthusiasts who both drew our attention to the fact that Kali Linux had... weiterlesen

We’ve been busy this week, still behind on our emails, but going strong with Kali development. We packaged some new tools which were pointed out by the... weiterlesen

UPDATE NOV 2019 This post is out of date as of 2019 as powershell has been added to the primary repos. Just do a: apt update && apt -y install... weiterlesen

This Kali release is the first to include the Linux 4.15 kernel, which includes the x86 and x64 fixes for the much-hyped Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities.... weiterlesen

In an earlier post, we covered Package Management in Kali Linux. With the ease of installation that APT provides, we have the choice amongst tens of thousands... weiterlesen

No, really…this isn’t clickbait. For the past few weeks, we’ve been working with the Microsoft WSL team to get Kali Linux introduced into the Microsoft... weiterlesen

Welcome to our first release of 2018, Kali Linux 2018.1. This fine release contains all updated packages and bug fixes since our 2017.3 release last November.... weiterlesen

“Whether you’re new to the fight, or a seasoned pro, don’t stop training…" This statement, like the video that introduced it, has real punch. We... weiterlesen

Update : This post is outdated. For a better way of getting Kali Linux on Windows 10, install Kali Linux from the App store. We’re always on the prowl... weiterlesen

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Kali Linux 2017.3, which includes all patches, fixes, updates, and improvements since our last... weiterlesen

Users often request the addition of vulnerability scanners to Kali, most notably the ones that begin with “N”, but due to licensing constraints, we... weiterlesen

WPA2 Key Reinstallation AttaCK or KRACK attack Recently, Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven, discovered a serious weakness in WPA2 known as the... weiterlesen

The Advanced Package Tool (APT) is how programs, libraries, documentation, and even the kernel itself are installed and managed on Kali and other Debian-based... weiterlesen

We are happy to announce the release of Kali Linux 2017.2, available now for your downloading pleasure. This release is a roll-up of all updates and fixes... weiterlesen

VMware Fusion Kali USB Boot One of the fun, and often necessary, features of Kali Linux is the ability to create really killer, completely customized live-boot... weiterlesen

The Kali community is a pretty crazy thing. There are folks all over the world doing interesting things with Kali Linux and far too often, these cool projects... weiterlesen

Finally, it’s here! We’re happy to announce the availability of the Kali Linux 2017.1 rolling release, which brings with it a bunch of exciting updates... weiterlesen

A couple of weeks back we added more HTTPS support to our Kali infrastructure, and wanted to give our users some guidance and point out what’s new. While... weiterlesen

Due to increasing popularity of cloud-based instances for password cracking, we decided to focus our efforts into streamlining Kali’s approach. We’ve... weiterlesen

Introducing the KLCP Certification After almost two years in the making, it is with great pride that we announce today our new Kali Linux Professional... weiterlesen

We’re happy to announce that we’ve once again listed our Kali Linux images on the Amazon AWS marketplace. You can now spin up an updated Kali machine... weiterlesen

Kali Linux in the Azure Marketplace Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been working on building and implementing Kali 2016.2 in the Azure Marketplace.... weiterlesen

We’re well recovered from the Black Hat and DEF CON Vegas conferences and as promised, we’re launching our second Kali Rolling ISO release aka Kali... weiterlesen

Kali Linux Dojo, BlackHat 2016 - Las Vegas We have really enjoyed doing the Dojo at Black Hat the last few years. It’s been a great opportunity to show... weiterlesen

The folks at Black Hat have been kind enough to invite us once again to deliver a Kali Dojo in Las Vegas this year. The event will be held on the 4th of... weiterlesen

Our First Release of Kali-Rolling (2016.1) Today marks an important milestone for us with the first public release of our Kali Linux rolling distribution.... weiterlesen

Kali Sana Release Aftermath Kali Linux 2.0 has been out for a couple of months and the response has been great, with well over a million unique downloads... weiterlesen

Our Next Generation Penetration Testing Platform We’re still buzzing and recovering from the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences where we finished presenting... weiterlesen

We’ve been awfully quiet lately, which usually means something is brewing below the surface. In the past few months we’ve been working feverishly on... weiterlesen

For the latest information, please see our documentation on Docker Last week we received an email from a fellow penetration tester, requesting official... weiterlesen

A short while ago, we packaged and pushed out a few important wireless penetration testing tool updates for aircrack-ng, pixiewps and reaver into Kali’s... weiterlesen