Few days ago the developers behind forensic and security distribution BlackArch released the first release of the distro set for 2020. With around 2.400 tools for security testing using specific penetration testing, the latest software packages and a new kernel.
If you are still unaware of BlackArch Linux you should know that this is one of the most popular GNU / Linux distributions for ethical hacking, penetration testing and security research. The ever-expanding repository of distribution it currently has just over 2000 tools.
These tools are organized into numerous groups and categories Among which we can find: malware, wireless devices and disassemblers, adulterers, anti-forensics, debuggers, fuzzers, keyloggers, decompilers, backdoors, proxy, spoofing, sniffers, etc.
BlackArch Linux is released as a live ISO with multiple window managers including dwm, Fluxbox, Openbox, Awesome, wmii, i3 and Spectrwm. It has support for multiple architectures (x86_64, armv6h, armv7h and aarch64)
Likewise also features a 64-bit OVA image out of the box with Virtualbox, QEMU and VMware
Optionally it is possible to install the distribution on a distro based on Arch Linux or on Arch Linux itself. This is possible by adding the BlackArch Linux repository to the system.
As BlackArch is compatible with Arch Linux installations and derivatives, it acts as an unofficial user repository available to install simply by running a little "strap.sh" script as root.
What's new in BlackArch 2020.01.01?
This version of BlackArch released update all system packages to the latest version, plus new ISO and OVA image files have been released, containing a number of new features and enhancements, including adding 120 tools, plus it was added Terminus font support for the LXDM desktop environment.
Another important change in this new version is that the distro was updated to use the Linux 5.4.6 kernel and the installer was updated along with which several known bugs were fixed and hardware detection and support was improved.
On the other hand, we can find that urxvt terminal emulator provides the ability to resize on the fly.
In vim, The complement pathogen has been replaced by Vundle.vim. Added new clang_complete plugin.
And we can also find updated menus for impressive window managers, fluxbox and openbox.
Full BlackArch ISO image is now over 13GB and is only available for USB or VirtualBox media, but the project also provides a CD-sized "netinst" image.
If you want to download and install this powerful operating system, now you can download BlackArch 2020.01.01 from the link below.
How to install BlackArch on Arch Linux and derivatives?
Possible install BlackArch over ready-made Arch Linux installations and derivatives. For those who are interested in being able to use this method, they should follow the instructions below.
The first thing we are going to do is download the BlackArch installer script, for this we are going to open a terminal and in it we are going to execute the following command:
curl -O https://blackarch.org/strap.sh
To verify that the download was successful, we can verify the SHA1 sum of this file which must match 9f770789df3b7803105e5fbc19212889674cd503
sha1sum strap.sh
Le we are going to give execution permissions with
chmod +x strap.sh
After that now we are going to run the following commands as root, for this we access the root user with:
sudo su
Y let's run strap.sh
./strap. sh
Done this now we can know the tools available to install with:
pacman -Sgg | grep blackarch | cut -d’ ’ -f2 | sort -u
To only show BlackArch categories, run:
pacman -Sg | grep blackarch
To install a category of tools, we just type:
pacman -S blackarch - <category>
Optionally we can install the BlackArch tool with:
pacman -S blackman
To install a tool:
blackman -i <package>
To install a category of tools:
blackman -g <group>
Finally to perform a complete installation:
blackman -a