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Installing VirtualBox in Kali Linux

Here are the steps involved to install VirtualBox in Kali Linux. Goto this link  https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads  and select Debian version, either i386 or AMD64(depending upon the platform of your computer have). My system support i386. Select the location to download the file. I chose  Debian 7.0 ("Wheezy") and the version of virtualbox is 4.3.2. Once the file is downloaded, open root terminal window and goto the downloaded directory. My default directory is /root/downloads. Now run, dpkg -i virtualbox-x.x.x.x~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb (where x is replaced by version of virtual box) eg.: root@kali:~Downloads# dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.2-90405~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb Once we run this command, it de-compress the .deb package, start setting virtualbox environment and checks if any recent update is available. Once setup is installed sucessfully, you can goto Applications to check if VirtualBox in listed there or not.  Applications--> Sys...

Wired Network “unmanaged” in Network Manager

Issue: WLAN works fine with NetworkManager Wired Device (ethX) is marked as “ unmanaged ” and doesn’t work even if it gets DHCP-lease/IP-address /etc/network/interfaces looks correct Solution: Open root terminal and type        leafpad  / etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and then edit           ...           [ifupdown]           managed=true           ... Save the file. Inorder, to make the changes to come to an effect, type       /etc/init.d/network-manager force-reload

Kali Linux 1.0.5 released

Offensive Security, the developer behind the Backtrack and Kali Linux operating systems, has announced a few days ago that a new maintenance release of the Kali Linux distribution for forensic and penetration testing tasks is available for download. Here is the link for download .

LazyKali script for Kali Linux

LazyKali is an awesome script written in bash shell. It can automate the whole update and install new tools in your hack repository. As the name suggests, you can get all the updates on Kali Linux and your repositories in one place by running this script. Please read the description of the project here  to know what tools are there that are going to be added when you run the script. Download  lazykali.sh . * Warning: Disable firewall or Internet Security application if your Kali Linux is installed in a virtual machine. To install the script on Kali Linux, run   rootkali:~ #./lazykali.sh   on root terminal window. (If you get a message Permission Denied , then first type  rootkali:~ #chmod +x lazykali.sh   and then  rootkali:~ #./lazykali.sh ). if the script is not installed it may prompt you to install. Type Y  to install the script. Once the script is installed, it will check the version. If the version is old, allow it to update by typing...

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...