Top Operating Systems Of Hackers

Hackers and researchers need their tools at hand always. Many of them are based on the Ubuntu and Debian operating system and come with a number of hacking tools already installed.

That's why in this article we will see the top operating systems of hackers for 2015 and all the information you need.

Kali Linux 

Kali Linux is an open source project that is maintained and funded by Offensive Security, a provider of world-class information security training and penetration testing services. In addition to Kali Linux, Offensive Security also maintains the Exploit Database and the free online course, Metasploit Unleashed.

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BackBox

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It includes some of the most used security and analysis Linux tools, aiming to a wide spread of goals, ranging from web application analysis to network analysis, from stress tests to sniffing, including also vulnerability assessment, computer forensic analysis and exploitation.

Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable version of the most used and best known ethical hacking tools.

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Parrot Security OS

Parrot Security OS is based on Debian GNU/Linux mixed with Frozenbox OS and Kali linux and developed by Frozenbox Dev Team. It’s a cloud operating system designed for Pentesting, Computer Forensic, Reverse engineering, Hacking, Cloud pentesting, privacy/anonimity and cryptography. 

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Live Hacking OS

Live Hacking OS is based on Linux which has big package of hacking tools useful for ethical hacking or penetration testing.

It includes the graphical user interface GNOME inbuilt. 

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DEFT Linux

The Linux distribution DEFT is made up of a GNU / Linux and DART (Digital Advanced Response Toolkit), suite dedicated to digital forensics and intelligence activities.

It’s a Ubuntu customization with a collection of computer forensic programs and documents created by thousands of individuals, teams and companies.

It is currently developed and maintained by Stefano Fratepietro, with the support of Massimo Dal Cero, Sandro Rossetti, Paolo Dal Checco, Davide Gabrini, Bartolomeo Bogliolo, Valerio Leomporra and Marco Giorgi.

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Samurai Web Testing Framework

The Samurai Web Testing Framework is a live linux environment that has been pre-configured to function as a web pen-testing environment. The CD contains the best of the open source and free tools that focus on testing and attacking websites. In developing this environment, we have based our tool selection on the tools we use in our security practice. We have included the tools used in all four steps of a web pen-test.

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Network Security Toolkit (NST)

Network Security Toolkit (NST) is a bootable live CD based on Fedora Core. The toolkit was designed to provide easy access to best-of-breed open source network security applications and should run on most x86 platforms. The main intent of developing this toolkit was to provide the network security administrator with a comprehensive set of open source network security tools. 

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Bugtraq

Bugtraq is an electronic mailing list dedicated to issues about computer security. On-topic issues are new discussions about vulnerabilities, vendor security-related announcements, methods of exploitation, and how to fix them. It is a high-volume mailing list, and almost all new vulnerabilities are discussed there.

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NodeZero

This is another Ubuntu-based hacking, which is used for penetration testing and security auditing.

NodeZero Linux is reliable, stable, and powerful.  Based on the industry leading Ubuntu linux distribution, NodeZero Linux takes all the stability and reliability that comes with Ubuntu’s Long Term Support model, and its power comes from the tools configured to live comfortably within the environment.

Every time you get a patch for bugs in the Ubuntu OS, Nodezero also gets updated. 

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Pentoo

This is a live CD that is meant for security testing and is based on Gentoo. It comes with a number of customised tools and kernel from the company. These include a Backported WiFi stack, XFCE4 etc.

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