Kali Linux 2025.1a released, featuring new themes and major desktop updates

Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Because Kali Linux is multi-platform, it gives you a strong, stable, known baseline to operate from regardless of where you use it: desktops, servers, virtual machines, live environments, cloud or containers. Why is Kali Linux popular among hackers? Kali is a popular distro among the security community due to its design, it incorporates tools oriented towards penetration testing, security research, computer forensics and reverse engineering. Kali Linux became mainstream popular thanks to the TV Series Mr. Robot. How many tools does Kali Linux include? Kali Linux is preinstalled with over 600 penetration-testing programs, including nmap (a port scanner), Wireshark (a packet analyzer), John the Ripper (a password cracker), Aircrack-ng (a software suite for penetration-testing wirel ... Read full article.