Top OS for Penetration Testing

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1. KALI LINUX: One of the main distinctives of Kali Linux is that this system has been ported to the ARM architecture. The most used Linux distribution in penetration tests rely on the Debian packaging management since it’s easy and has a bug tracking system as well. Linux Kali by Offensive Security is one of the greatest security distribution ever after Blackbuntu, Blackarch, Matriux, and many more.
2. PARROT OS: Tor is a package that comes pre-installed with Parrot OS and gives the outright advantage to begin penetration testing without any need for the installation of other tools, like in the case of Kali. Wifiphisher is one of the tools needed when performing security testing over Wi-Fi. Parrot OS is another Linux distribution that comes pre-installed with security tools. One of the main advantages of Parrot OS compared to Kali Linux is that parrot OS is considered lightweight. This means that it requires much less disk space and processing power to run effectively.
3. FEDORA: Fedora Security environment enables you to work on security auditing, forensics, and hacking. It comes with a clean and fast desktop environment. This OS contains essential networking tools like Wireshark, Medusa, Sqlninja, Yersinia, and more. Fedora Security environment makes pen-testing and security testing simple.
4. BLACKBOX: Black box pen testing is used to examine a system against external factors responsible for any weakness that could be used by an external attacker to disrupt the network’s security. A black box test pays attention to inputs entering into the software and outputs it generates. The BackBox distribution consists of more than 70 tools for tasks ranging from Web analysis and network analysis to stress testing, sniffing, vulnerability assessment, forensics and exploitation.
5. BLACKARCH: BlackArch is a penetration testing distribution based on Arch Linux that provides a large amount of cyber security tools. It is an open-source distro created specially for penetration testers and security researchers. The repository contains more than 2800 tools that can be installed individually or in groups. Kali Linux and Black Arch Linux are both very useful. Kali Linux is very user-friendly; therefore it is the most widely used by beginners and students. The Black Arch Linux OS is more powerful and is used by professionals. Once you get a little experience of using Kali Linux, then you can use Black Arch Linux.
6. DRACOS LINUX: Dracos Linux is an open source operating system provides to penetration testing. Packed with a ton of pentest tools including information gathering, forensics, malware analysis, mantaining access, and reverse engineering.
7. CAINE: CAINE is a professional open source forensic platform that integrates software tools as modules along with powerful scripts. provides tight security and built-in forensic investigation tools. CAINE is built around a complete investigative environment that is organized to integrate existing software tools as software modules and to provide a friendly graphical user interface.
8. NST: Network Security Toolkit (NST) is a Linux-based Live DVD/USB Flash Drive that provides a set of free and open-source computer security and networking tools to perform routine security and networking diagnostic and monitoring tasks. NST has been developed by Ronald W. Henderson and Paul Blankenbaker. It provides a Web interface known as NST WUI and all the tools can be accessed via the Web page. NST is equipped with intelligent package management capabilities based on Fedora and maintains its own repositories of additional packages.
9. BUGTRAQ: Bugtraq system offers the most comprehensive distribution, optimal, stable and automatic security to date. Bugtraq is a distribution based on the 2.6. 38 kernel has a wide range of penetration and forensic tools.

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