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How to reset root password

1. Boot the machine and wait until GRUB Boot Loader comes up. Select recovery mode  and then press e  to edit. 2. Change the permission mode from ro  to rw and modify boot loader file in  init=/bin/bash  and then F10  make the changes and reboot the system. 3. Once the system reboot, shell prompts you for the password to manage the system. Type passwd root   and then type the desired password   of your choice. Confirm the password   and then hit enter. If new password  and retype new password  matches correctly, then you will get the message password updated successfully . Type shutdown -h now  to press power button to shutdown the system and then boot the system again. 4. Type root   and the new password . If you type the new password correctly, then you will desktop screen of Kali Linux .

Project Artillery

Project Artillery is an advanced active response tool for detecting attackers before they have the chance to hit the rest of your network. Project Artillery is an open-source Python-driven tool written purely in native Python. The purpose of Artillery is to provide a combination of a honeypot, file-system monitoring, system hardening, real-time threat intelligence feeds, and overall health of a server to create a comprehensive way to secure a system. Project Artillery was written to be an addition to security on a server and make it very difficult for attackers to penetrate a system. The concept is simple. Project Artillery will monitor the filesystem looking for any type of change, if one is detected, an email is sent to the server owner. If SSH brute force attacks are detected, notifications will be sent to the server owner, as well as ban the offending IP address. Project Artillery has a built in threat intelligence feed that automatically blocks attackers known from other sensors d