Kali Linux has released version 2024.4, the fourth and final release of 2024, and is now available with fourteen new tools, many improvements , and removes some features.
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Kali Linux is a distribution created for cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers to perform penetration testing, ethical hacking, vulnerability research, security audits, and red team exercises. With this final release for 2024, the Kali team brings increased Raspberry Pi support, a new default Python version , and the end of i386 versions .
Fourteen new tools in Kali Linux 2024.4
It's not a new version of Kali without new tools, and Kali 2024.4 certainly doesn't disappoint.
See also: Kali Linux 2024.1: 4 new tools and UI refresh
The fourteen new tools released in this release are:
bloodyad – Active Directory privilege escalation framework (Submitted by @Arszilla ) certi – Request certificates for ADCS and discover templates (Submitted by @Arszilla) chainsaw – Fast search and hunt through Windows forensic objects (Submitted by @Arszilla) findomain – The fastest and most comprehensive solution for domain identification (Submitted by @Arszilla) hexwalk – Competitive analyzer, processor and viewer
linkedin2username – Create username lists for companies on LinkedIn
mssqlpwner – Interact and pwn MSSQL servers
openssh-ssh1 – Secure SHell (SSH) client for legacy SSH1 protocol
proximoth – Checkbox attack vulnerability detection tool (Submitted by @TechnicalUserX)
python-pipx – Run binaries from Python packages in isolated environments
sara – RouterOS Security Inspector (Submitted by @casterbyte)
web-cache-vulnerability-scanner – Go-based CLI tool for web cache poisoning testing (Submitted by @Arszilla)
xsrfprobe – An advanced cross-site request forgery (CSRF/XSRF) testing and exploitation toolkit.
zenmap – The Network Mapper (nmap) frontend (zenmap-kbx is no longer needed!)
With the release of Kali Linux 2024.4, i386 images will no longer be released as Debian, on which Kali is based, dropped support for 32-bit versions in October. However, as 32-bit programs can still run on x86-64 images, Kali Linux has not removed any i386 packages from the distribution.
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Kali Linux is a Linux distribution designed specifically for penetration testing and information security. Developed by Offensive Security, it includes a wide variety of security tools for network auditing, vulnerability analysis, intelligence gathering, and more. Its flexibility and lightweight nature make it a popular choice for security professionals and cybersecurity researchers.
Source: bleepingcomputer
