BackBox Linux 5.2 – Security Assessment and Pentesting Distro

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BackBox Linux: Security Assessment and Penetration Testing Distro

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BackBox is fast and easy to use penetration testing and security assessments distribution based on Ubuntu core. With its own software repositories, you’ll have access to all necessary tools (regularly updated), that you need for your pentesting and security analysis tasks, organized in three main categories:

    auditing, services and anonymous.

Features:

    Lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu (should work well even on the old hardware). Standard Xfce desktop environment.
    Launchpad repository core, constantly updated to the latest stable version of the most known and used ethical hacking tools.
    Includes some of the most commonly known/used hacking and security analysis tools (web application analysis, network analysis, stress tests, sniffing, vulnerability assessment, forensic analysis, exploitation tools, etc.).
    Built-in anonymous mode.
    Well organized and designed menu, intuitive, friendly and easy to use (also suitable for beginners).
    You can change/modify it to suit your needs, and install additional tools, thet aren’t present in the repositories.
    and so much more.

System requirements:

•     32-bit or 64-bit processor
  
•     1024 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)
  

Some of the BackBox Linux Tools

Information Gathering

    arping
    arp-scan
    ike-scan
    p0f

Vulnerability Assessment

    nikto
    skipfish

Miscellaneous

    scapy

Exploitation

    BeEF
    sqlmap
    msfconsole
    WPscan

Privilege Excalation

    Xhydra
    John The Ripper
    medusa
    dsniff
    Ettercap
    Wireshark
    arp-spoof
    dns-spoof