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Kali Linux Has Been Released! 12 Mar 2013 | 06:49 pm
Seven years of developing BackTrack Linux has taught us a significant amount about what we, and the security community, think a penetration testing distribution should look like. We’ve taken all of th...
Kali Linux – A Teaser into the Future. 22 Jan 2013 | 09:40 pm
Originally, BackTrack Linux was developed for our personal use but over the past several years, it has grown in popularity far greater than we ever imagined. We still develop BackTrack for ourselves b...
Upgrade From BackTrack 5 R2 to BackTrack 5 R3 14 Aug 2012 | 12:18 pm
Recently, we released the long-awaited BackTrack 5 R3 but for those of you who don’t want to start fresh with a new installation, have no fear because you can easily upgrade your existing installation...
BackTrack 5 R3 Released! 13 Aug 2012 | 03:22 pm
The time has come to refresh our security tool arsenal – BackTrack 5 R3 has been released. R3 focuses on bug-fixes as well as the addition of over 60 new tools – several of which were released in Blac...
BackTrack 5 R3 Release – Aug 13th, 2012 26 Jul 2012 | 12:02 am
The BackTrack Development team will be releasing an R3 revision of our Penetration Testing distribution in 2 weeks. This release focuses on bugfixes and over 50 new tool additions – making it the most...
Hakin9 Guide to BackTrack and European Open Source Event 19 Jun 2012 | 01:54 am
The guys over at Hakin9 have dedicated this month’s edition to BackTrack, and various different ways it can be used. From forensics to wireless to preforming stealthy attacks, they have a pretty compr...
The Debian Administrator’s Handbook 23 Apr 2012 | 11:25 am
The BackTrack Team is proud to have contributed 1000 EUR to the Debian Administrator’s Handbook liberation fund. This book, written by two Debian developers, is a welcome addition to any administrator...
BackTrack 0day privilege escalation 12 Apr 2012 | 01:55 pm
Yesterday, we recieved a bug report in our BackTrack forums describing an “0-day privilage escalation in BackTrack” from the Infosec Institute. Initially, the bug report confused us, as BackTrack 5 R...
BackTrack 5 R2 Released 1 Mar 2012 | 07:01 pm
BackTrack 5 R2 – New Kernel, New Tools After months of development, bug fixes, upgrades, and the addition of 42 new tools, we are happy to announce the full release of BackTrack 5 R2 available for do...
Upgrading to BackTrack 5 R2 25 Feb 2012 | 04:03 am
The long awaited release of the BackTrack 5 R2 kernel has arrived, and it’s now available in our repositories. With a spanking brand new 3.2.6 kernel, a huge array of new and updated tools and securit...
