Ubuntu systems already have LTS enablement stacks that provide newer kernel and X support for existing Ubuntu LTS releases. As we all know, BackBox core system is built on Ubuntu system and therefore the same principle can be applied.
For those who are impatient and want to upgrade the kernel stack with their current BackBox 4.x to the latest available, you can follow the instructions below:
The full description for Ubuntu systems can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – Trusty Tahr)
If any issues occur, feel free to get in touch with BackBox Community where you will have support.
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JEToP – Junior Enterprise Polytechnic University of Turin
Wednesday 13th April 2016, 09:00 – 19:00
Shielder is proud to announce an event that will be held at Polytechnic University of Turin
The purpose of this event is to offer participants a quick and charming introduction to the complex world of Information Security and Penetration Testing.
A Penetration Test in simple words is an attack on a computer system that seeks for the weaknesses of the target system, which can potentially let malicious users (attackers) to gain access to the system’s data by taking control of it.
The idea is not to introduce people (participants) how to attack systems but rather allow them to be able to identify the weaknesses and vulnerabilities that their systems are affected by. To allow everyone to protect their system and avoid any kind of unpleasant incidents such as unauthorized access, data loss/steal or permanent access by third parties. The event is mainly organized to this end.
While an attacker will need to find just a single vulnerability to be able to compromise a system (that is all he/she needs in the other end), a Penetration Tester thinks wider and tries to find the maximum number of vulnerabilities and weaknesses – possibly all – that an attacker may use. Once all the test is been actioned/performed, a Penetration Tester will have to report all the vulnerabilities discovered on the system and give guidelines to his/her employer (company) about how to fix such security holes to improve the companies (or even its own) systems.
During this organized event the following topics will be covered:
Introduction to Penetration Testing
Live vulnerability assessment, analysis and management of a target system (LAB)
Live pentest (attack) following the findings and vulnerabilities reported (LAB)
Mitigation of vulnerabilities
Question/Answer session and Free Talk
In order to facilitate this event we will be using BackBox Linux which one of the world’s notorious Penetration testing Linux distribution. BackBox has a collection of tools that are designed for both professional and passionate Pentesters. BackBox is a Free Open Source Community and therefore it is freely available and it can be downloaded by everyone from the official web site “https://backbox.org/download”
There will be 2 coffee breaks during the event (one before the lunch and another one after lunch). At the end of the event, the organizers are thinking of moving to Einaudi 57 for a drink, where anyone is invited to meet the guys working at Shielder and have a chat with them.
Don’t miss it!
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After having received several requests of issues that the users had with VM installation of BackBox the Team has decided to dig into the issue deeper and after investigation which involved almost the entire team has come to a conclusion.
Long story short, BackBox 4.5 has encountered some problems related to guest-additions and vmware-tools which were causing malfunctioning of some parts. The finding was that vmware-tools and guest-additions were conflicting with the specific kernel version with which BackBox was released.
BackBox Team has finally fixed the issue after finding the root cause and would like to announce that for the first time we have a revisioned version of BackBox release, which is BackBox 4.5.1 (rev 1).
In this revision release we have fixed the problems with VMware/Vbox and APT and it is fully functional and hopefully with no more troubles.
The ISO images for bit 32bit & 64bit can be downloaded from the official web site download section:
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The BackBox Team is pleased to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux, the version 4.5!
In this release we have some special new features included to keep BackBox up to date with last developments in security world. Tools such as OpenVAS and Automotive Analysis will make a big difference. BackBox 4.5 comes also with Kernel 4.2.
The ISO images (32bit & 64bit) can be downloaded from the following location:
The BackBox Team is pleased to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux, the version 4.4!
In this release we have some special new features included to keep BackBox up to date with last developments in security world. Tools such as OpenVAS and Automotive Analysis will make a big difference. BackBox 4.4 comes also with Kernel 3.19.
The ISO images (32bit & 64bit) can be downloaded from the following location:
BackBox 4 kernel stack up to date
/in NewsUbuntu systems already have LTS enablement stacks that provide newer kernel and X support for existing Ubuntu LTS releases. As we all know, BackBox core system is built on Ubuntu system and therefore the same principle can be applied.
For those who are impatient and want to upgrade the kernel stack with their current BackBox 4.x to the latest available, you can follow the instructions below:
$ sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-core-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-xenial libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-xenialAnd we are all good just like that!
The full description for Ubuntu systems can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – Trusty Tahr)
If any issues occur, feel free to get in touch with BackBox Community where you will have support.
BackBox Linux 4.6 released!
/in ReleasesThe BackBox Team is pleased to announce the last of 4 minor releases… BackBox Linux 4.6!
In this release we have fixed some minor bugs, configured ruby2.2 as default, updated base system and tools.
The ISO images for 32bit & 64bit can be downloaded from the official web site download section:
https://www.backbox.org/download
What’s new
System requirements
Upgrade instructions
To upgrade from a previous version (BackBox 4.x) follow these instructions:
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install -f
# For amd64
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-lts-wily linux-image-generic-lts-wily linux-signed-generic-lts-wily linux-signed-image-generic-lts-wily
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-lts-wily --install-recommends
# For i386
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-lts-wily linux-image-generic-lts-wily
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-lts-wily --install-recommends
sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev ruby2.1 ruby2.1-dev ruby2.2-dev ruby2.2 --reinstall
sudo apt-get purge ri1.9.1 ruby1.9.1 bundler libruby2.0 ruby2.0 ruby2.0-dev libruby1.9.1 ruby-full
sudo gem cleanup
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/gems/1.*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/gems/2.0.*
sudo apt-get install backbox-default-settings backbox-desktop backbox-menu backbox-tools --reinstall
sudo apt-get install beef-project metasploit-framework whatweb wpscan setoolkit --reinstall
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
sudo apt-get install openvas sqlite3
sudo openvas-launch sync
sudo openvas-launch start
sudo update-rc.d apache2 disable
sudo update-rc.d polipo disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-gsa disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-manager disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-scanner disable
Hacker by trade: Simulation of a Penetration Testing
/in NewsJEToP – Junior Enterprise Polytechnic University of Turin
Wednesday 13th April 2016, 09:00 – 19:00
Shielder is proud to announce an event that will be held at Polytechnic University of Turin
The purpose of this event is to offer participants a quick and charming introduction to the complex world of Information Security and Penetration Testing.
A Penetration Test in simple words is an attack on a computer system that seeks for the weaknesses of the target system, which can potentially let malicious users (attackers) to gain access to the system’s data by taking control of it.
The idea is not to introduce people (participants) how to attack systems but rather allow them to be able to identify the weaknesses and vulnerabilities that their systems are affected by. To allow everyone to protect their system and avoid any kind of unpleasant incidents such as unauthorized access, data loss/steal or permanent access by third parties. The event is mainly organized to this end.
While an attacker will need to find just a single vulnerability to be able to compromise a system (that is all he/she needs in the other end), a Penetration Tester thinks wider and tries to find the maximum number of vulnerabilities and weaknesses – possibly all – that an attacker may use. Once all the test is been actioned/performed, a Penetration Tester will have to report all the vulnerabilities discovered on the system and give guidelines to his/her employer (company) about how to fix such security holes to improve the companies (or even its own) systems.
During this organized event the following topics will be covered:
In order to facilitate this event we will be using BackBox Linux which one of the world’s notorious Penetration testing Linux distribution. BackBox has a collection of tools that are designed for both professional and passionate Pentesters. BackBox is a Free Open Source Community and therefore it is freely available and it can be downloaded by everyone from the official web site “https://backbox.org/download”
There will be 2 coffee breaks during the event (one before the lunch and another one after lunch). At the end of the event, the organizers are thinking of moving to Einaudi 57 for a drink, where anyone is invited to meet the guys working at Shielder and have a chat with them.
Don’t miss it!
BackBox Linux 4.5.1 released
/in ReleasesAfter having received several requests of issues that the users had with VM installation of BackBox the Team has decided to dig into the issue deeper and after investigation which involved almost the entire team has come to a conclusion.
Long story short, BackBox 4.5 has encountered some problems related to guest-additions and vmware-tools which were causing malfunctioning of some parts. The finding was that vmware-tools and guest-additions were conflicting with the specific kernel version with which BackBox was released.
BackBox Team has finally fixed the issue after finding the root cause and would like to announce that for the first time we have a revisioned version of BackBox release, which is BackBox 4.5.1 (rev 1).
In this revision release we have fixed the problems with VMware/Vbox and APT and it is fully functional and hopefully with no more troubles.
The ISO images for bit 32bit & 64bit can be downloaded from the official web site download section:
https://www.backbox.org/download
What’s new
System requirements
Upgrade instructions
To upgrade from a previous version (BackBox 4.x) follow these instructions:
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install -f
# For amd64
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-lts-wily linux-image-generic-lts-wily linux-signed-generic-lts-wily linux-signed-image-generic-lts-wily
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-lts-wily --install-recommends
# For i386
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-lts-wily linux-image-generic-lts-wily
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-lts-wily --install-recommends
sudo apt-get purge ri1.9.1 ruby1.9.1 ruby1.9.3 bundler
sudo gem cleanup
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/gems/1.*
sudo apt-get install backbox-default-settings backbox-desktop backbox-menu backbox-tools --reinstall
sudo apt-get install beef-project metasploit-framework whatweb wpscan setoolkit --reinstall
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
sudo apt-get install openvas sqlite3
sudo openvas-launch sync
sudo openvas-launch start
sudo update-rc.d apache2 disable
sudo update-rc.d polipo disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-gsa disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-manager disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-scanner disable
BackBox Linux 4.5 released!
/in ReleasesThe BackBox Team is pleased to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux, the version 4.5!
In this release we have some special new features included to keep BackBox up to date with last developments in security world. Tools such as OpenVAS and Automotive Analysis will make a big difference. BackBox 4.5 comes also with Kernel 4.2.
The ISO images (32bit & 64bit) can be downloaded from the following location:
https://www.backbox.org/download
What’s new
System requirements
Upgrade instructions
To upgrade from a previous version (BackBox 4.x) follow these instructions:
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install -f
# For amd64
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-lts-wily linux-image-generic-lts-wily linux-signed-generic-lts-wily linux-signed-image-generic-lts-wily
# For i386
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-lts-wily linux-image-generic-lts-wily linux-signed-generic-lts-wily linux-signed-image-generic-lts-wily
sudo apt-get purge ri1.9.1 ruby1.9.1 ruby1.9.3 bundler
sudo gem cleanup
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/gems/1.*
sudo apt-get install backbox-default-settings backbox-desktop backbox-menu backbox-tools --reinstall
sudo apt-get install beef-project metasploit-framework whatweb wpscan setoolkit --reinstall
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
sudo apt-get install openvas sqlite3
sudo openvas-launch sync
sudo openvas-launch start
sudo update-rc.d apache2 disable
sudo update-rc.d polipo disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-gsa disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-manager disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-scanner disable
BackBox Linux 4.4 released!
/in ReleasesThe BackBox Team is pleased to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux, the version 4.4!
In this release we have some special new features included to keep BackBox up to date with last developments in security world. Tools such as OpenVAS and Automotive Analysis will make a big difference. BackBox 4.4 comes also with Kernel 3.19.
The ISO images (32bit & 64bit) can be downloaded from the following location:
https://www.backbox.org/download
What’s new
System requirements
Upgrade instructions
To upgrade from a previous version (BackBox 4.x) follow these instructions:
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-vivid linux-headers-generic-lts-vivid linux-signed-image-generic-lts-vivid
sudo apt-get purge ri1.9.1 ruby1.9.1 ruby1.9.3 bundler
sudo gem cleanup
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/gems/1.*
sudo apt-get install backbox-default-settings backbox-desktop backbox-menu backbox-tools --reinstall
sudo apt-get install beef-project metasploit-framework whatweb wpscan setoolkit --reinstall
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
sudo apt-get install openvas sqlite3
sudo openvas-launch sync
sudo openvas-launch start