The objective of this short guide is to explain how to enable autologin on Kali Linux with step by step instructions.
In this tutorial you will learn:
For years, TrueCrypt was the gold standard in encrypting drives across platforms. TrueCrypt is gone now, but VeraCrypt is carrying on its legacy. It looks and works a lot like TrueCrypt did, and it’s compatible with TrueCrypt partitions.
Even though VeraCrypt isn’t available in Kali’s repositories, but that doesn’t mean that it’s difficult to install. You can download the VeraCrypt installer right from the developers and use it to get set up on Kali.
In this tutorial you will learn:
When it comes to testing the security of web applications, you’d have a hard time finding a set of tools better than Burp Suite from Portswigger web security. It allows you to intercept and monitor web traffic along with detailed information about the requests and responses to and from a server.
There are way too many features in Burp Suite to cover in just one guide, so this one will be broken down into four parts. This first part will cover setting up Burp Suite and using it as a proxy for Firefox. The second one will cover how to gather information and use the Burp Suite proxy. The third part goes into a realistic testing scenario using information gathered through the Burp Suite proxy. The fourth guide will cover many of the other features that Burp Suite has to offer.
Kali Linux is not your typical Linux distribution. It has a very specific use case, and that is to provide the user with penetration testing and ethical hacking tools. For other most popular Linux distributions please visit our dedicated linux download page.
Under the hood, Kali Linux runs much like Debian, on which it is based. However, Kali should not be used as an ordinary operating system; it has a specific purpose in penetration testing and security auditing and should be used strictly for that.
Unable to use standard Kali Linux provided repository for updating the Kali Linux system as well for new software installations.
The following error message appears when attempting to run the apt update command:
Err:1 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 192.99.200.113 80] Reading package lists... Done E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 192.99.200.113 80] E: The repository 'http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease' is not signed. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
The following guide will provide the readers with information on how to update/upgrade the Kali Linux system.
In this tutorial you will learn:
Create a Kali Linux persistent USB.
This will work from any distribution.
A working Linux install with root privileges. You’ll also need a USB drive with at least 8GB of space.
Easy
sudo command
The procedure on how to mount USB drive on Kali Linux is no different from any other Linux distribution. Kali Linux was used by this guide to provide you with simple to follow steps on how to mount USB drive on Linux.
Privileged access to your Kali Linux system will be required.
EASY
Download and run a Kali Linux VirtualBox image.
This will work on any distribution running VirtualBox.
A working Linux install with VirtualBox or root access to install VirtualBox
Easy
sudo commandVirtualBox is an extremely popular option for spinning up virtual machines through a graphical interface with minimal hassle. While you can install Kali Linux from scratch with VirtualBox, there’s a much easier solution.
Offensive Security, the developers behind Kali, provide official VirtualBox images that are ready to go immediately.
In this second part of the Burp Suite series you will lean how to use the Burp Suite proxy to collect data from requests from your browser. You will explore how an intercepting proxy works and how to read the request and response data collected by Burp Suite.
The third part of the guide will take you through a realistic scenario of how you would use the data collected by the proxy for a real test.
There are more tools built in to Burp Suite that you can use the data that you collect with, but those will be covered in the fourth and final part of the series.
In this third part of the Burp Suite series, you will learn how to actually collect proxied traffic with Burp Suite and use it launch and actual brute force attack. It will run somewhat parallel to our guide on Testing WordPress Logins with Hydra. In this case, though, you will use Burp Suite to gather information on WordPress.
The purpose of this guide is to illustrate how the information gathered by Burp Suite’s proxy can be used to conduct a penetration test. Do Not use this on any machines or networks that you do not own.
For this guide, you will also need Hydra installed. It’s not going to go into depth on how to use Hydra, you can check out our Hydra SSH guide for that. Kali Linux already has Hydra installed by default, so if you’re using Kali, don’t worry. Otherwise, Hydra should be in your distro’s repositories.
It’s important to remember that Burp Suite is a software suite, and that’s why a whole series was needed to cover even just the basics. Because it is a suite, there are also more tools bundled in that work in conjunction with one another and the proxy that you’re already familiar with. These tools can make testing any number of aspects of a web application much simpler.
This guide isn’t going to go into every tool, and it isn’t going into too much depth. Some of the tools in Burp Suite are only available with the paid version of the suite. Others generally aren’t used as frequently. As a result, some of the more commonly used ones were selected to give you the best practical overview possible.
All of these tools can be found on the top row of tabs in Burp Suite. Like the proxy, many of them has sub-tabs and sub-menus. Feel free to explore before getting into the individual tools.