Kali Linux

This chapter helps the cybersecurity professionals to understand virtualization, Kali Linux, optimizing Kali Linux, and using Kali Linux tools. Kali Linux debuted in 2013 as a total rewrite of the free Linux distribution called BackTrack. It remains free and contains more than 600 penetration tools with a wide range of wireless device support. It is specifically built to meet the requirements of security auditing and specifically geared toward security specialists. The chapter discusses some of the tools in Kali Linux, namely NMAP, Burp, Wireshark, Social Engineer Toolkit, and Metasploit Framework—but there are so many more. When cybersecurity professionals launches Sparta, after the initial NMAP scan and some data collection, it proceeds to run additional tools against the discovered services such as nikto, smbenum, snmpcheck, and more. Recon‐ng has modules, database interaction, and built‐in functions to help cybersecurity professionals gather information.