Kali Linux 1.0.8 Released

                           kali linux 1.0.8 Released

 

 

Kali Linux is a Debian-derived Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security Ltd. It was developed by Mati Aharoni and Devon Kearns of Offensive Security through the rewrite of BackTrack, their previous forensics Linux distributio
Kali Linux is preinstalled with numerous penetration-testing programs, including nmap (a port scanner), Wireshark (a packet analyzer), John the Ripper (a password cracker), and Aircrack-ng (a software suite for penetration-testing wireless LANs).Kali Linux can be run from a hard disk, live CD, or live USB. It is a supported platform of the Metasploit Project's Metasploit Framework, a tool for developing and executing security exploits.
Kali Linux is distributed in 32- and 64-bit images for use on hosts based on the x86 instruction set, and as an image for the ARM architecture for use on the Raspberry Pi computer and on Samsung's ARM Chromebook.

The latest version of Kali Linux is 1.0.8 and has been officially released on 22/07/2014 and the previous version being 1.0.7 was released on 27/05/2014.  

The long awaited Kali Linux USB EFI boot support feature has been added to binary ISO builds, which has prompted this early Kali Linux 1.0.8 release. This new feature simplifies getting Kali installed and running on more recent hardware which requires EFI as well as various Apple Macbooks Air and Retina models. Besides the addition of EFI support, there is a whole array of tool updates and fixes.

As this new release focuses almost entirely on the EFI capable ISO image, Offensive Security won’t be releasing additional ARM or VMWare images with 1.0.8.

You can easily download the flavour of Kali-Linux you need by clicking the download links given below.

1. Direct Downloads :

a)  Kali Linux 64 bit ISO  1.0.8  2.9 GB.

b)  Kali Linux 32 bit ISO  1.0.8  3.0 GB.

 

Just click on the above links and your download will start. Click on save in the popup window and you are done.

For those who have already installed kali linux previous versions 1.0.6 or 1.0.7 no need to download the latest version again and then install it. Good news for all those is that you can get all the latest updates and features just by running a simple command in your already running kali-Linux version. Connect to the internet and just type in the following commands in the terminal window :

"apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade"  (press enter key)

This command will fetch you all the latest updates for kali and also it will upgrade your current version of the kali Linux installed without affecting your current setting on your system.

Note : This may take some time to get completely done. So please be patience. May take upto 3 hours or even more depending on you internet connection speed. So start the upgrade process if you have enough time.  

Enjoy and have a great day......and keep visiting for more updates.