BackBox 4.6 release
BackBox is an Open Source Linux distribution which aims to provides the best penetration testing, incident response and computer forensics applications in a user-friendly desktop distribuiton. According to BackBox webiste “BackBox is more than an operating system, it is a Free Open Source Community project with the aim to promote the culture of security in IT environment and give its contribute to make it better and safer. All this using exclusively Free Open Source Software by demonstrating the potential and power of the community. If you'd like to know more feel free to navigate in our web site and get in touch with us.”
It is based on Ubuntu 14.04 with Xfce as a default window manager. Kernel version is updated to 4.2 and Ruby version to 2.2. Tools which are updated are beef, dirsearch, metasploit, openvas, setoolkit, volatility, wpscan, wxhexeditor, yara, etc.
Iso file can be downloaded from here
System Requirements :
32-bit or 64-bit processor512 MB of system memory (RAM)
10 GB of disk space for installation
Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
DVD-ROM drive or USB port (3 GB)
Why to Use BackBox:
Blackbox is a distro for Penetration testers who would like to do:
- Web application analysis
- Automotive and exploitation
- Stress testing
- Vulnerability assessment
- Network analysis
- Sniffing
- Computer forensic analysis
It is based on Ubuntu so a vast number of applications can be installed and used easily. BackBox is a nice place for beginners to start because it is easier than Kali Linux to start because Kali is based on Debian and for beginner it is difficult to use. Tor is by default install which is good for anonimity and security on Internet. LibreOffice and Gimp are installed too. Overall its a nice distro to start with for pentesting.
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