Kali Linux 2022.1 Release with Visual Updates, New Tools, Legacy SSH

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Moreover, the functions, theme and layout of the boot menu present in our ISO images have been improved. With these changes, it makes them consistent throughout. Previously, the menus in the UEFI and the BIOS boot menus had different options, designs, and were also written differently, making them confusing. Throw into the mix that there were multiple differences between “installer”, “live”, “netinstall” and “mini” options as well. All of these problems have been addressed and they now have a universal feel to them all.

New Tools in Kali

Between numerous packages updates, there has been various new tools added! A quick breakdown of what has been added (to the network repositories):

• dnsx – Fast and multi-purpose DNS toolkit allow to run multiple DNS queries
• email2phonenumber – An OSINT tool to obtain a target’s phone number just by having his email address
• naabu – A fast port scanner with a focus on reliability and simplicity
• nuclei – Targeted scanning based on templates
• PoshC2 – A proxy aware C2 framework with post-exploitation and lateral movement
• proxify – Swiss Army knife Proxy tool for HTTP/HTTPS traffic capture, manipulation, and replay on the go

Shout-out to ProjectDiscovery for their work & tools!

Kali ARM Updates

A list of packages that were previously not available for the arm64 architecture, and that have been added in this release:

• feroxbuster
• ghidra

Bluetooth should now be fixed on the Raspberry images, aside from the Zero 2 W, which they are still hunting down a fix for and will release an updated image when it is ready. There was a change with the bootloader that changed the serial device name being used.

Image file names have changed to be a bit more verbose with their naming, instead of using short-hand or nicknames of devices.

The build scripts now have a documentation page that explains them a bit more in depth.

The Raspberry Zero 2 W device has documentation now as well.

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Download Kali Linux 2022.1

Fresh Images: So what are you waiting for? Start downloading already!

Seasoned Kali Linux users are already aware of this, but for the ones who are not, they do also produce weekly builds that you can use as well. If you cannot wait for the next release and you want the latest packages (or bug fixes) when you download the image, you can just use the weekly image instead. This way you will have fewer updates to do. Just know that these are automated builds that they do not QA like they do our standard release images. But they gladly take bug reports about those images because they want any issues to be fixed before the next release!

Existing Installs: If you already have an existing Kali Linux installation, remember you can always do a quick update:

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]

└─$ echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]

└─$ sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]

└─$ cp -rbi /etc/skel/. ~

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]

└─$ [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] && sudo reboot -f

You should now be on Kali Linux 2022.1. We can do a quick check by doing:

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]

└─$ grep VERSION /etc/os-release

VERSION="2022.1"

VERSION_ID="2022.1"
VERSION_CODENAME="kali-rolling"

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]

└─$ uname -v

#1 SMP Debian 5.15.15-2kali1 (2022-01-31)

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]

└─$ uname -r

5.15.0-kali3-amd64
 

NOTE: The output of uname -r may be different depending on the system architecture.

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Source: www.kali.org

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