Kali Linux is one of the best distros for ethical hacking that we can find on the net. Thanks to it, we will be able to carry out practically any security test, in addition to connecting in a more secure and private way to the Internet. This distro is designed both so that users who are beginning to take the first steps in hacking can do it without complications and so that the most advanced hackers can have everything they need in one place. Like all operating systems, Kali is frequently updated to keep improving. And this is what it has done with the arrival of version 2020.4.
The new Kali Linux 2020.4 is the fourth, and final, update of this ethical hacking distro this year. After the previous version, 2020.3, arrived with very little news, its developers have put the batteries together and have surprised all users of this system with the launch of the new version 2020.4, a version that arrives full of changes and news as we will see below.
What’s new in Kali Linux 2020.4
Although this new version of this Linux comes with quite a few changes, these can be perfectly grouped into 6 main changes.
The first one is that, from now on, ZSH has become the new default shell for the distro. This change has been around for quite some time and has finally come true. Bash is still present within Kali Linux, but it has been given a facelift (aesthetically only) and now looks much more like ZSH.
Kali Linux is now part of Amazon GovCloud , and has an entry within its store. In addition, it has a version specially designed to work on Amazon Web Services servers, for those who need to host the distro in the cloud. Support has also been added for VMware users using Vagrant.
Like all Kali Linux updates, the ethical hacking distro has brought internal updates (like Linux Kernel 5.9) and a number of new tools such as:
- Apple bleee
- CertGraph
- dnscat2
- FinalRecon
- goDoH
- hostapd-mana
- Metasploit Framework v6
- Whatmask
Do you have a computer with ARM? You’re lucky. This new version 2020.4 of Kali Linux has now made Win-KeX compatible with ARM devices . This mode works in a similar way to the usual “window” mode, but taking advantage of Microsoft‘s Remote Desktop, RDP.
Finally, those responsible for Kali have begun to collaborate directly with the developer of the CrackMapExec tool . This means, for us, that we will receive the new versions before they reach the general public. A program packaging guide has also been provided so that anyone who wants to submit their tool to Kali knows how to do it.
Download and update
The new Kali Linux 2020.4 is now available to all users completely free of charge, as always. If we still do not have this distro installed on the PC, we can download it from the following link .
In case we have it installed before, it will be enough to execute these 3 commands to update our entire system to the latest version.
echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade [-f / var / ejecutar / reboot-required] && sudo reboot -f
After the process, which can take a long time, we will be able to execute the command “grep VERSION / etc / os-release” to verify that, indeed, we already have this new version of Kali installed.