BackBox GNU/Linux developers announced release of BackBox Linux 4.2, a Ubuntu based GNU/Linux distribution developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. BackBox Linux is designed to be fast, easy to use and it provides a minimal but complete desktop environment.
BackBox Linux is based on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. According to release announcement, BackBox Linux 4.2 comes with following features.
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- Preinstalled Linux Kernel 3.16
- New Ubuntu 14.04.2 base
- Ruby 2.1
- Installer with LVM and Full Disk Encryption options
- Handy Thunar custom actions
- RAM wipe at shutdown/reboot
- System improvements
- Upstream components
- Bug corrections
- Performance boost
- Improved Anonymous mode
- Predisposition to ARM architecture (armhf Debian packages)
- Predisposition to BackBox Cloud platform
- New and updated hacking tools: beef-project, crunch, fang, galleta, jd-gui, metasploit-framework, pasco, pyew, rifiuti2, setoolkit, theharvester, tor, torsocks, volatility, weevely, whatweb, wpscan, xmount, yara, zaproxy