Er is een nieuwe versie van Kali Linux uitgekomen. Deze Linux-distributie, de opvolger van BackTrack, richt zich op het testen van beveiligingen en wordt daarom ook wel een penetration testing suite genoemd. In versie 2.0 treffen we een geheel vernieuwde interface aan, die in plaats van diverse menu's nu toegang tot de tools via een dock geeft. Verder is Kali Linux nu een zogenaamde rolling distribution, wat betekent dat het makkelijker is om updates te installeren. De release notes voor deze uitgave kunnen hieronder worden gevonden.
Kali Linux 2018.2 ReleaseThis 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.
Easier Metasploit Script AccessIf you spend any significant amount of time writing exploits, you are undoubtedly familiar with the various Metasploit scripts that are available, such as pattern_create, pattern_offset, nasm_shell, etc. You are likely also aware that all of these helpful scripts are tucked away under /usr/share/metasploit-framework/tools/exploit/, which makes them more than a little difficult to make use of. Fortunately, as of metasploit-framework_4.16.34-0kali2, you can now make use of all these scripts directly as we have included links to all of them in the PATH, each of them prepended with msf-.
Package UpdatesIn addition to the above changes, there have been updates to a number of applications including Bloodhound, Reaver, PixieWPS, Burp Suite, Hashcat, and more. Since there are far too many packages to include in a default ISO, to see the full list of changes, we encourage you to review the Kali Changelog.