BackBox is a penetration test and security assessment oriented Ubuntu-based Linux distribution providing a network and information systems analysis toolkit. It includes a complete set of tools required for ethical hacking and security testing.
Contents BackBox was designed with consideration of customisation and system performance. It uses the light window manager Xfce , which contributes to its relatively low resource usage. It also has an assistive community behind it.
It includes commonly used security and analysis Linux tools, aiming for a wide spread of goals, including web application analysis, network analysis, stress testing, sniffing, vulnerability assessment, computer forensic analysis and exploitation, and other tools.
Part of the significance of this distribution comes from its Launchpad repository core, frequently updated to the latest stable version of the most known and used ethical hacking tools. The integration and development of new tools in the distribution follows the open source community, particularly the Debian Free Software Guidelines criteria.
Releases Date Release Sep 9, 2010 BackBox Linux RC Sep 3, 2011 BackBox Linux 2Security testing with BackBox 2 [LWN.net] Jan 2, 2012 BackBox Linux 2.01 Apr 24, 2012 BackBox Linux 2.05 Oct 24, 2012 BackBox Linux 3.0BackBox Linux 3 review | LinuxBSDos.com Jan 23, 2013 BackBox Linux 3.01 May 23, 2013 BackBox Linux 3.05 Sep 20, 2013 BackBox Linux 3.09 Jan 16, 2014 BackBox Linux 3.13 Oct 11, 2014 BackBox Linux 4.0 Jan 29, 2015 BackBox Linux 4.1 Apr 27, 2015 BackBox Linux 4.2 Jul 20, 2015 BackBox Linux 4.3BackBox 4.3 review: Not just for penetration tests and security assessments | LinuxBSDos.com Oct 12, 2015 BackBox Linux 4.4BackBox Linux 4.4 review | LinuxBSDos.comJan 27, 2016BackBox Linux 4.5Mar 08, 2016BackBox Linux 4.5.1May 26, 2016BackBox Linux 4.6December 8, 2016BackBox Linux 4.7July 21, 2017BackBox Linux 5March 9, 2018BackBox Linux 5.1August 9, 2018BackBox Linux 5.2February 18, 2019BackBox Linux 5.3June 11, 2019BackBox Linux 6May 15, 2020BackBox Linux 7November 15, 2022BackBox Linux 8November 9, 2023BackBox Linux 8.1October 30, 2024BackBox Linux 9
Categories BackBox Linux categories listed as follow:
Information Gathering Vulnerability Assessment Exploitation Privilege Escalation Maintaining Access Documentation & Reporting Reverse Engineering Social Engineering Forensic Analysis VoIP Analysis Wireless Analysis Miscellaneous
Tools More than 70 tools are included in BackBox:
Metasploit Armitage Nmap OpenVAS W3af The Social Engineering Toolkit Ettercap Scapy Wireshark Kismet Aircrack Ophcrack Sqlmap John The Ripper
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