Kali Linux 2025.4 Release (Desktop Environments, Wayland & Halloween Mode)

With this release, another image will now be available only over BitTorrent: it’s the , : 3.5 GB, these are the smaller images, basically it’s your default Kali Linux that is pre-installed and compressed with xz. That’s the best we can do in terms of compression.

New Tools in Kali

As with every Kali release, new tools have been introduced (to the network repositories). Below is a brief summary of the additions:

• - Python-based tool for executing commands on remote Windows machines using the WinRM


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  Android 16 Support

  
  

  Our recommended device family kicks in the door of Android 16. Made by as an example. OnePlus Nord now also has Android 16 support by added support for Xiaomi Mi 9 on Android 15.

  
  

  
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  Miscellaneous

  
  

  The kernel install tab is temporarily disabled as it needs some more maintenance. You will notice that @kimocoder started transforming some of the fragments to the new style. He also added a very early alpha version of the in-app terminal. You can enable in Kali NetHunter app settings if you’d like to check it out. Most commands will still go to the external Terminal app. Magisk installer now supports modules install, credits to , also known as Mobile Hacker. Live wireless attacks from phone and smartwatch, kon-boot Windows password bypass using smartwatch, Q&A, and guest talk. Make sure you check out if you missed the live stream! Episode two coming in January. Feedbacks are very welcomed.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Kali NetHunter Blog Interview

  
  

  A with updates to current pages and a handful of new ones:

  
  
  
  
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    New Kali Mirrors

    
    

    We have 3 new mirrors in Asia! Those are:

    
    
    
    
    • India: and thanks to Rahul Makhija.
    
    
    • South Korea: .
    
    
    • South Korea: and thanks to Chobi.
    
    
    
    

    And 1 new mirror in the North America:

    
    
    
    
    • United States: .
      
      

      Miscellaneous

      
      

      Here are a few additional Kali updates we are calling out, though they do not warrant a deep dive:

      
      
      
      
      • Our gave a talk at , & already!
        
        

        Seasoned Kali Linux users are already aware of this, but for those who are not, we also produce . But we gladly take :

        
        
        CONSOLE Kopieren

        ┌──(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 2025.4. We can do a quick check by doing:

        
        
        CONSOLE Kopieren

        ┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
        
        └─$ grep VERSION /etc/os-release
        
        VERSION="2025.4"
        
        VERSION_ID="2025.4"
        
        VERSION_CODENAME="kali-rolling"
        
        ┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
        
        └─$ uname -v
        
        #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Kali 6.16.8-1kali1 (2025-09-24)
        
        ┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
        
        └─$ uname -r
        
        6.16.8+kali-amd64
        
        

        
        

        NOTE: The output of uname -r may 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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