The Ubuntu Linux Experience

When you replace your OS, many things change with it. The interface might not look the same, the applications can be different, and you may not be able to ask the same people for help. So you may ask: “What would it be like to work with Ubuntu Linux? What would I be getting into?” … Read more

What Is Ubuntu Linux Anyway?

Ubuntu Linux can be defined in many ways and from different angles. First off, it is an operating system (usually shortened to OS). Ubuntu is a distribution of Linux, based on Debian, and that gives it some characteristic features. But to describe it only as an OS would be nothing short of unfair: it also … Read more

How to Install Wine to Run Windows Applications on Linux

Step 1 – Setup PPA First of all, If you are running with a 64-bit system enable 32-bit architecture. Also, install the key which was used to sign packages of wine. sudo dpkg –add-architecture i386 wget -qO – https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add – Use one of the following commands to enable the Wine apt … Read more

Types of penetration testing

Although there are different types of penetration testing, the two most general approaches that are widely accepted by the industry are the black box and white box. Black box testing While applying this approach, the security auditor will be assessing the network infrastructure and will not be aware of any internal technologies deployed by the … Read more

Installing the Cisco password cracker in kali Linux

For the second example, we will use a simple program called cisco_crack ( http://insecure.org/sploits/cisco.passwords.html ). This tool is used to crack the Cisco type 7 password. After downloading the source code, the next step is to compile it. Before you can compile the source code cleanly, you need to add the following include statements: #include … Read more

Kali Linux tool categories

Kali Linux contains a number of tools that can be used during the penetration testing process. The penetration testing tools included in Kali Linux can be categorized into the following categories: • Information gathering: This category contains several tools that can be used to gather information about DNS, IDS/IPS, network scanning, operating systems, routing, SSL, … Read more

A brief history of Kali Linux

Kali Linux (Kali) is a Linux distribution system that was developed with a focus on the penetration testing task. Previously, Kali Linux was known as BackTrack, which itself is a merger between three different live Linux penetration testing distributions: IWHAX, WHOPPIX, and Auditor. BackTrack is one of the most famous Linux distribution systems, as can … Read more