Kali Linux 2023.4 Released With New Hacking Tools

Offensive Security releases Kali Linux 2023.4, the latest version of the popular operating system, as 2023 comes to a close and the holiday season draws near.

Kali Linux, a Debian-derived OS by Offensive Security, is dedicated to ethical hacking and penetration testing. It is an advanced, free, open-source operating system in this domain.

The Offensive Security team consistently releases new versions of Kali Linux each year, a Linux-based penetration testing and hacking distro.

While not heavily focused on end-user features, the release introduces new platforms and significant behind-the-scenes improvements. 

Kali Linux is packed with numerous Information Security tools specifically designed for a wide range of penetration testing activities like:-

• Security Research

• Reverse Engineering

• Red Team Testing

• Penetration Testing

• Computer Forensics

• Vulnerability Management

Beyond news and features, the release includes updates to packages featuring:-

• New tools

• New upgrades

Kali Linux 2023.4 New updates and features

• Cloud ARM64: Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure marketplaces now offer ARM64 support.

• Vagrant Hyper-V: The Vagrant now supports Hyper-V.

• Raspberry Pi 5: Kali on the latest Raspberry Pi foundation device.

• GNOME 45: Kali theme is on the latest versions.

• Internal Infrastructure: Get a glimpse behind the scenes with mirrorbits.

New Tools in Kali Linux 2023.4

Here below, we have mentioned all the new tools that the new version of Kali Linux 2023.4 offers:-

• cabby – TAXII client implementation

• cti-taxii-client – TAXII 2 client library

• enum4linux-ng – Next generation version of enum4linux with additional features (a Windows/Samba enumeration tool)

• exiflooter – Finds geolocation on all image URLs and directories

• h8mail – Email OSINT & Password breach hunting tool

• Havoc – Modern and malleable post-exploitation command and control framework

• OpenTAXII – TAXII server implementation

• PassDetective – Scans shell command history to detect mistakenly written passwords, API keys, and secrets

• Portspoof – All 65535 TCP ports are always open & emulates services

• Raven – Lightweight HTTP file upload service

• ReconSpider – Most Advanced Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Framework

• rling – RLI Next Gen (Rling), a faster multi-threaded, feature-rich alternative to rli

• Sigma-Cli – List and convert Sigma rules into query languages

• sn0int – Semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager

• SPIRE – SPIFFE Runtime Environment is a toolchain of APIs for establishing trust between software systems

Miscellaneous

Here below we have mentioned all the miscellaneous changes:-

• The newsletter provider has been changed to SubStack.

• The VMware issue in Offensive Security’s pre-gen VMs is fixed.

• KDE has issues in virtual machines, with functions like shared clipboard not working.

• Support for the QT6 themes was added.

• Python v3.12 PIP install change is coming soon.

ARM Updates

Here below we have mentioned all the Kali ARM updates:-

• The Raspberry Pi Zero W image now starts in the command line interface, not X.

• Remote network configuration access is fixed.

• For the ARM64 platform, the eyewitness is now available.

New Kali Mirrors

Here below we have mentioned all the new Kali mirrors:-

• Japan: repo.jing.rocks

• Serbia: mirror1.sox.rs

How to get Kali Linux 2023.4?

If you are an existing Kali Linux user then you can quickly upgrade to the latest version by following the steps below:-

In order to upgrade to the latest version, follow these steps:

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list
[...]
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade
[...]
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ cp -vrbi /etc/skel/. ~/
[...]
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] && sudo reboot -f

Here is how you can check which version you are using:

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ grep VERSION /etc/os-release
VERSION="2023.2"
VERSION_ID="2023.2"
VERSION_CODENAME="kali-rolling"
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ uname -v
#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.27-1kali1 (2023-05-12)
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ uname -r

To download the latest version of Kali Linux (Kali Linux 2023.4) in 32-bit or 64-bit, according to your needs, you can visit the official website of Kali Linux.

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