When it comes to security-focused and pentest distributions, Distributions such as Kali Linux, Parrot, Black Arch, Wifislax among others will most likely come to mind.
all these based on different distributions such as Debian, Arch Linux or Slackware. But in the case of Ubuntu we had Backtrack, which happened to be Kali Linux leaving the Ubuntu base for Debian.
That is why this time we will meet BackBox Linux which is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution based on penetration and security testing that provides a network and computer systems analysis toolkit.
About BackBox Linux
The BackBox desktop environment includes a complete set of tools necessary for ethical hacking and security testing.
The main objective of BackBox is to provide an alternative system, highly customizable and with good performance. BackBox uses the light Xfce window manager.
BackBox includes some of the most widely used security and analysis Linux tools, They target a wide variety of objectives, from web application analysis to network analysis, from stress testing to tracing, and even vulnerability assessment, computer forensics and exploitation.
Part of the power of this distribution comes from its Launchpad repository core, constantly updated to the latest stable version of the most popular and widely used ethical hacking tools.
The integration and development of new tools in the distribution follow the open source community, in particular the criteria of the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
Within the categories of tools offered by the distribution we will find:
- Information gathering
- Vulnerability assessment
- Exploitation
- Privilege escalation
- Keep access
- Social engineering
- Wireless analysis
- Documentation and Reporting
- Reverse engineering
Within these categories We can find the most popular pentesting tools, of which we can mention:
- Metasploit / Armitage
- Nmap
- OpenVAS
- w3af
- The Social Engineering Toolkit
- Ettercap
- scapey
- Wireshark Kismet
- Aircrack
- Ophcrack
- SQLmap
- John The Ripper
About the new version of BackBox Linux 6
Yesterday (June 11) the distribution was updated to a new version coming to BackBox Linux 6 where the new version updates the Ubuntu 16.04 system components to the 18.04 branch. The Linux kernel has been updated to version 4.18.
Updated versions of security testing tools. The ISO image is assembled in a hybrid format and is adapted for download on UEFI systems.
Requirements to run BackBox Linux 6
In order to run the system on a computer or laptop, you must have at least the following resources:
- 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- 1024 MB of system memory (RAM)
- 10 GB of disk space for installation
- Graphics card with 800 × 600 resolution.
- DVD-ROM drive or USB port (3GB)
So if you plan to test the distro on a virtual machine, you should consider more of these resources.
Download BackBox Linux 6
Finally, if you want to get this new version of BackBox Linux 6, just They will have to go to the official website of the distribution where you can get the image of the system from your download section.
The size of the bootable ISO image is 2.5 GB.
Similarly, for those who prefer it or if they are already users of the system and want to help with the development, they can obtain a paid version of the system for a modest amount.
The link to be able download the system is this.
Finally yes You already have a previous version of the distro, you can update to this new version by executing the update commands:
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt dist-upgrade
At the end of the update you will have to restart your computer in order to load the system with the new Kernel.
For anyone who wants to pentest in their various environments, BackBox makes the task much easier than many other operating systems.