Hello 2024! Today we are unveiling Kali Linux 2024.1. As this is our the first or since the - FCIX Software Mirror reached out offering to host our images, and we said yes
Introducing the Micro Mirror Free Software CDN
With this latest release of Kali Linux, our network of . The FCIX is a rather big mirror located in California, and they reached out to offer to host the Kali images on their mirror. To which we answered yes please, and that was it; shortly after, the . For anyone interested in Internet infrastructure, we encourage you to read it, that’s a well-written blog post right there, waiting for you.
So what is the Micro Mirror CDN exactly? One-liner: a network of mirrors dedicated to serving Linux and Free Software. Contrary to traditional mirrors that host around 50TB of project files, Micro Mirrors are machines with “only” a few TB of storage, that focus on hosting only the most high-demand projects. In other words: they provide additional bandwidth where it’s needed the most. Another important difference with traditional mirrors is that those machines are not managed by the sponsor (the organization that funds the mirror). Usually, a sponsor provides the bandwidth, the mirror, and also administrates it. While here, the sponsor only provides the bandwidth, and it’s the FCIX Micro Mirror team that does everything else: buy the hardware, ship it to the data-center, and then manage it remotely via their , it’s a long tradition. It’s true that we’ve seen some changes over the last years, and these days some of the biggest FOSS projects since 2019. But smaller or newer projects don’t get this chance, thus community mirrors are still essential to free software distribution. That’s why it’s nice to see a project like the Micro Mirror CDN, it’s a novel approach in the field of mirroring, and with Kali Linux we are very grateful to be part of the journey.
For any organization out there that has spare bandwidth and wants to support free software, the Micro Mirror project might be something you are interested in. You might want to look at their for details.
2024 Theme Refresh
As for previous 20**.1 releases, this update brings with it our annual theme refresh, a tradition that keeps our interface as cutting-edge as our tools. This year marks the unveiling of our newest theme, meticulously crafted to enhance user experience from the moment you boot up. With significant updates to the boot menu, login display, and an array of captivating desktop wallpapers, for both our regular Kali and Kali Purple editions. We are dedicated to not only advancing our cybersecurity capabilities but also ensuring that the aesthetic appeal of our platform matches the power within.
Boot menu:
Desktop:
New wallpapers:
for not only suggesting two wallpaper variants but also contributing to the creation of one of the default wallpapers featured in this release. These additional images were crafted to complement the background colors of the Nord and Dracula color schemes. To access these wallpapers, simply install the kali-community-wallpapers package, which also offer many other stunning backgrounds created by our community contributors.
for your contribution that made this feature possible!
Icon Theme
Following with the desktop enhancements, we’ve added a few new app icons, ensuring a fully themed experience for default installations of Kali Linux. Additionally, we’ve refreshed our icon theme with new symbolic icons, enhancing consistency system-wide.
We finally got our hands on a brand new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and yes!, .
We have updated our managed to add the popular Bad Bluetooth HID attack the the NetHunter app for both phones and even smartwatches!
The icons for our NetHunter and NHTerm apps have received a makeover and spent countless days updating the codebase to ensure compatibility with the latest Android version.
The community engagement is at an all time high, which is reflected by the following , we wouldn’t be here without you!
Stay tuned as there are many more kernels already on the way!
New Tools in Kali
The following new tools made it into this Kali release (via the network repositories):
- - TAXII server implementation from EclecticIQ
- - Flexible Network Intrusion Detection System
The focus was adding new libraries this release, and there is always numerous packages updates. Plus we also bump the Kali kernel to 6.6!
Community Packages
There has also been a tool submitted from the community which has been merged into Kali:
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Miscellaneous
Below are a few other things which have been updated in Kali, which we are calling out which do not have as much detail:
- Due to the ongoing
/usr-mergetransition in Debian, using 2023.4 or older versions of has had various updates:
- (updated)
A way to make a project even stronger is to help its .
Tool Documentation
Our :
- is a great way to :
Community Shout-Outs
These are people from the public who have helped Kali and the team for the last release. And we want to praise them for their work (we like to give credit where due!):
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New Kali Mirrors
We have some new mirrors! Plenty of new mirrors, in fact. The last quarter was quite incredible on this front, and now is the time to give credits.
Let’s start with North America:
- US: . Thanks to Kenneth Finnegan for reaching out… one and a half year ago! Thankfully we rediscovered the email and that was worth it.
- Canada: , and thanks to Sepehr Ahmadi.
- Canada: , and thanks to Guanzhong Chen.
- Canada: , thanks to Peter Potvin.
- Canada: .
Now for the rest of the world:
- Chile: , and thanks to Jonathan Gutierrez, who also maintains the other Kali Linux mirror in Chile: , sponsored by the USTC aka. the , sponsored by the , sponsored by .
On top of that, as said above, there is now the Micro Mirror CDN that serves Kali images via 10 points of presence: 7 in the US, 1 in Colombia, 1 in the UK and 1 in Australia!
To wrap that up: THANK YOU to all of you, individuals and companies, who provide bandwidth and help us distribute Kali to everyone out there!
If you have the disk space and bandwidth, with .
It will once again be on - already!
Seasoned Kali Linux users are already aware of this, but for the ones who are not, we do also produce . But we gladly take :
CONSOLE┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list
[...]
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade
[...]
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ cp -vrbi /etc/skel/. ~/
[...]
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] && sudo reboot -f
You should now be on Kali Linux 2024.1 We can do a quick check by doing:
CONSOLE┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ grep VERSION /etc/os-release
VERSION="2024.1"
VERSION_ID="2024.1"
VERSION_CODENAME="kali-rolling"
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ uname -v
#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Kali 6.6.9-1kali1 (2024-01-08)
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ uname -r
6.6.9-amd64
NOTE: The output of
uname -rmay be different depending on the system . We will never be able to fix what we do not know is broken! And Social networks are not bug trackers!
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