BackBox Linux is a distribution based on Ubuntu and is essentially a penetration testing or ethical hacking LiveCD. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the […]
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Kali Linux – The Most Advanced Penetration Testing Linux Distribution
So Linux Live CDs based around hacking or penetration testing used to be a super big deal, they died down a bit in the last few years. The king of the hill back in 2011 used to be BackTrack and the last time we mentioned it was when BackTrack 5 came out. This article is […]
Samurai Web Testing Framework v0.8 Released – Pen Testing Security LiveCD
The Samurai Web Testing Framework is a live linux environment that has been pre-configured to function as a web pen-testing environment. The CD contains the best of the open source and free tools that focus on testing and attacking websites. It’s been quite a while since the latest fairly major update of SamuraiWTF (around a […]
BackTrack Final 4 Released – Linux Security Distribution
BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to hacking. Regardless if you’re making BackTrack your primary operating system, booting from a LiveDVD, or using your favorite thumbdrive, BackTrack has been customized down to every package, kernel configuration, script and […]
The Kcpentrix Project – Penetration Testing Toolkit LiveDVD
[ad] The Kcpentrix Project was founded in May 2005 , KCPentrix 1.0 was liveCD designed to be a standalone Penetration testing toolkit for pentesters, security analysts and System administrators What’s New in KcPentrix 2.0 Now release 2.0 is a liveDVD, It features a lot of new or up to date tools for auditing and testing […]