Good day, there are countless Linux distributions for different purposes, but today we are going to talk about the best distributions for pentesters.
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is the most widely recognized Linux distribution for ethical hacking and penetration testing.
Kali Linux was developed by Offensive Security. This distribution is based on Debian. It comes with a lot of penetration testing tools from various areas of security and forensics. (Like everything in this top)
This is the platform that all "black and white" hackers use mostly. It supports a wide variety of devices and hardware platforms. In addition, Kali Linux provides decent documentation and a large and active community.
Official site - https://www.kali.org
BackBox
BackBox is an Ubuntu-based distribution designed for penetration testing and security assessments. It is one of the best distributions in its field.
BackBox has its own software repository providing the latest stable versions of various system and network analysis tools as well as the most famous "hacker" tools. It is designed with minimalism in mind and uses the XFCE desktop environment. The distribution gives a good working experience. He also has a very cool community.
Official site - https://www.backbox.org
Parrot Security OS
Parrot Security OS is new to this game. This distribution was created by Frozenbox. Target users of Parrot Security OS are information security specialists, white / black hackers.
Parrot Security OS is based on Debian and uses MATE as its desktop environment, but you can also download a version from KDE. Almost every cool penetration testing tool is here, as well as some of the exclusive custom tools from the Frozenbox team.
Official site - https://parrotlinux.org
BlackArch
BlackArch is a penetration testing distribution. It has its own repository containing thousands of tools organized into various groups. And this list grows over time.
If you are already using Arch Linux, you can install BlackArch tools on top of Arch.
Official site- https://blackarch.org
Bugtraq
Bugtraq is available in XFCE, GNOME and KDE desktop environments based on Ubuntu, Debian and OpenSUSE. It is also well localized.
Bugtraq has a huge arsenal of penetration testing tools, malware testing labs, and tools specially designed by the Bugtraq community.
Official site - https://archiveos.org/bugtraq/
DEFT Linux
DEFT (short for Digital Evidence & Forensics Toolkit) is a distribution designed for computer forensics, a "computer incident" investigation tool.
It uses LXDE desktop environment and WINE to run Windows tools.
Samurai Web Testing Framework
Samurai Web Testing Framework is based on Ubuntu and contains the best free and open source tools focused on testing and attacking websites.
It also includes a pre-configured Wiki configured to store information during a penetration test.
Official site - http://www.samurai-wtf.org
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is the most widely recognized Linux distribution for ethical hacking and penetration testing.
Kali Linux was developed by Offensive Security. This distribution is based on Debian. It comes with a lot of penetration testing tools from various areas of security and forensics. (Like everything in this top)
This is the platform that all "black and white" hackers use mostly. It supports a wide variety of devices and hardware platforms. In addition, Kali Linux provides decent documentation and a large and active community.
Official site - https://www.kali.org
BackBox
BackBox is an Ubuntu-based distribution designed for penetration testing and security assessments. It is one of the best distributions in its field.
BackBox has its own software repository providing the latest stable versions of various system and network analysis tools as well as the most famous "hacker" tools. It is designed with minimalism in mind and uses the XFCE desktop environment. The distribution gives a good working experience. He also has a very cool community.
Official site - https://www.backbox.org
Parrot Security OS
Parrot Security OS is new to this game. This distribution was created by Frozenbox. Target users of Parrot Security OS are information security specialists, white / black hackers.
Parrot Security OS is based on Debian and uses MATE as its desktop environment, but you can also download a version from KDE. Almost every cool penetration testing tool is here, as well as some of the exclusive custom tools from the Frozenbox team.
Official site - https://parrotlinux.org
BlackArch
BlackArch is a penetration testing distribution. It has its own repository containing thousands of tools organized into various groups. And this list grows over time.
If you are already using Arch Linux, you can install BlackArch tools on top of Arch.
Official site- https://blackarch.org
Bugtraq
Bugtraq is available in XFCE, GNOME and KDE desktop environments based on Ubuntu, Debian and OpenSUSE. It is also well localized.
Bugtraq has a huge arsenal of penetration testing tools, malware testing labs, and tools specially designed by the Bugtraq community.
Official site - https://archiveos.org/bugtraq/
DEFT Linux
DEFT (short for Digital Evidence & Forensics Toolkit) is a distribution designed for computer forensics, a "computer incident" investigation tool.
It uses LXDE desktop environment and WINE to run Windows tools.
Samurai Web Testing Framework
Samurai Web Testing Framework is based on Ubuntu and contains the best free and open source tools focused on testing and attacking websites.
It also includes a pre-configured Wiki configured to store information during a penetration test.
Official site - http://www.samurai-wtf.org
