Kali Linux Blog

Build Kali with Live-Build on Debian Based Systems

July 18, 2018elwoodKali Linux Tutorialscustomize, docs, Kali Linux Tutorials, live build

We use live-build to create our official Kali releases and we encourage users to jump in and build their own customized versions of Kali whenever we can. Our documentation of the process is one of the most popular items on our documentation site, and the Kali Dojo also revolves around this topic. We love it and our users love it.

One roadblock of live-build has always been the fact that you need a Kali system to build a Kali system. The reason for this is that small changes in both the original deboostrap and live-build packages are needed for building a Kali ISO. In Kali, these changes are already included, however in most Debian derivatives, some gentle massaging is needed to get our ISOs to build.

Secure Kali Pi 2018

July 10, 2018elwoodKali Linux TutorialsLUKS, nuke, raspberry pi

We have covered how to create secure “throw-away hack boxes” using the Raspberry Pi before, but we thought it was time to go back and take a look at the process again. With all the new Raspberry Pi models and Kali changes from when we last covered this, we found the old process was in need of some updating.

Installing PowerShell on Kali Linux

June 6, 2018dookieKali Linux Tutorials, Penetration Testing

You may already be aware that you can safely add external repositories to your Kali Linux installation but you may not be aware that one of the many repositories available online includes one from Microsoft that includes PowerShell. The repository is for Debian but its packages install perfectly well on Kali, as we will show in this post.

Kali Linux 2018.2 Release

April 30, 2018dookieKali Linux News, Kali Linux Releasesrelease

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. It also includes much better support for AMD GPUs and support for AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization, which allows for encrypting virtual machine memory such that even the hypervisor can’t access it.

Finding Packages for Kali Linux

April 17, 2018dookieKali Linux TutorialsDebian, metapackages, repository

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 of packages but the downside is, we have tens of thousands of packages. Finding out what packages are available and finding the one(s) we want can be a daunting task, particularly for newcomers to Linux. In this post, we will cover three utilities that can be used to search through the haystack and help you take advantage of the vast open source ecosystem.

Kali Linux in the Windows App Store

March 5, 2018mutsKali Linux News, Kali Linux TutorialsWSL

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 App Store as an official WSL distribution and today we’re happy to announce the availability of the “Kali Linux” Windows application. For Windows 10 users, this means you can simply enable WSL, search for Kali in the Windows store, and install it with a single click. This is especially exciting news for penetration testers and security professionals who have limited toolsets due to enterprise compliance standards.