The 22 Best Linux Distros for Hackers (Pentesting)

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Kali Linux

In addition to desktop support, Kali Linux also has a dedicated project for compatibility and portability for specific Android devices, called Kali Linux NetHunter. When it comes to security tools, this ethical hacking operating system is equipped with more than 600 preinstalled tools and is updated frequently and offered for different platforms, such as ARM and VMware. Kali Linux is now based on a continuous release model.

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2

Pentoo

The Pentoo kernel includes grsecurity and PAX protection and extra fixes - with binaries compiled from a reinforced tool chain with the latest versions of some tools available.

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3

BackBox

BackBox is a Linux distribution for pentesting on Ubuntu. It provides targeted intrusion testing and security assessment, providing a toolkit for analyzing network and computer systems, as well as a complete set of other tools needed for ethical hackers and security testing.

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4

Parrot OS

Parrot Security OS (or ParrotSec) is a GNU/LINUX distribution based on Debian. This Linux distribution for hackers is designed to perform intrusion testing, vulnerability assessment and mitigation, computer forensic analysis and anonymous browsing. It was developed by the Frozenbox team.

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GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.

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Deft

DEFT stands for Digital Evidence and Forensic Toolkit and is an open source Linux distribution created around DART (Digital Advanced Response Toolkit) software and based on the Ubuntu operating system. It was developed from the start to offer some of the best open source computer forensics and incident response tools that can be used by individuals, IT auditors, investigators, the military and police.

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GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.

The Network Security Toolkit (NST) is a Linux-based Live CD that provides a set of open source computer security and networking tools to perform routine security and network monitoring and diagnostic tasks. Distribution can be used as a network security analysis, validation and monitoring tool on servers hosting virtual machines. Most of the tools published in Insecure.org’s “Top 125 security tools” article are available in the toolkit.

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9

Bugtraq

Bugtraq-II is a GNU/Linux distribution focused on digital forensics, intrusion testing, malware labs and GSM forensics. Bugtraq-II is available in 11 languages, with over 500 ethical security hacker tools installed and configured. Depending on the desktop environment, features vary. The minimum requirements are based on XFCE and KDE;this ethical hacking system needs a 1 GHz x86 processor and 512 MB of system memory and 15 GB of disk space for installation.

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GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.

GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.

GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.

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Knoppix

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GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.

15

BlackArch

BlackArch Linux - a Linux-based ethical hacker operating system for intrusion testers and security researchers. The new version also has a total of 1400 intrusion testing tools, with the old ones updated and added, making it a mandatory download for hackers and security researchers.

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16

Matriux

Matriux Linux - a Debian-based security distribution designed for intrusion testing and hacking. Although it is more suitable for hackers, it can also be used by any Linux user as a desktop system for everyday computing.

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17

Dracos Linux

Dracos Linux - another hacker favorite operating system that emerged from Indonesia, built from Linux. Dracos was developed to be a fast, strong and powerful operating system, used to perform security tests (intrusion tests).

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GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.

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Caine

Caine - Computer Aided Research Environment - is a GNU/Linux live distribution based on Ubuntu created for ethical hackers and experts in digital forensics. It provides a complete forensic environment with a friendly graphical interface.

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20

ArchStrike

ArchStrike is one of the perfect operating systems for Arch Linux-based ethical hackers for security experts. ArchStrike provides a live desktop environment based on the Openbox window manager, along with an extra repository of 32 and 64-bit build security software.

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GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.

GnackTrack mainly contains a collection of utilities for pentesting, which have been organized into some categories in the GnackTrack menu entry in the main menu.