release of the distribution Kali Linux 2021.1 , designed to test systems for vulnerabilities, conduct audits, analyze residual information and identify the consequences of malicious attacks. All original developments created within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through the public Git repository . To download prepared several versions of iso images, 380 MB, 3.4 GB and 4 GB in size. Assemblies are available for x86, x86_64, ARM architectures (armhf and armel, Raspberry Pi, Banana Pi, ARM Chromebook, Odroid). The Xfce desktop is offered by default, but KDE, GNOME, MATE, LXDE and Enlightenment e17 are optionally supported.
Kali includes one of the most comprehensive collections of tools for computer security professionals, from web application testing to wireless penetration testing networks to programs for reading data from RFID identification chips. The kit includes a collection of exploits and over 300 specialized security inspection utilities such as Aircrack, Maltego, SAINT, Kismet, Bluebugger, Btcrack, Btscanner, Nmap, p0f. In addition, the distribution includes tools to accelerate the selection of passwords (Multihash CUDA Brute Forcer) and WPA keys (Pyrit) through the use of CUDA and AMD Stream technologies, which allow using GPUs of NVIDIA and AMD video cards to perform computational operations.
In the new release:
- Xfce 4.16 and KDE Plasma 5.20 desktop versions have been updated. The GTK3 theme used in Xfce has been modernized.
- The styling of the terminal emulators xfce4-terminal, tilix, terminator, konsole, qterminal and mate-terminal has been brought to a common style. The font used in terminals has been updated.
- Added the command-not-found handler, which displays a hint in case of an attempt to start a program that is not in the system. Supports typos reporting when entering existing commands and attempting to run commands that are not present on the system, but available in the package repository.
- Added new utilities:
