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:
Weevely, the web shell for penetration testing included in BackBox since the earlier releases, has been forked and heavily rewritten as Weevely 3.0 to improve its extendibility and provide new modules for administration, post exploitation, and privilege escalation exploiting any web access.
The weevely modules ecosystem provides a working shell interface even with no shell command execution, replacing the standard shell commands (e.g. the file editors, cd and ls, SQL cli and dump, compression utilities, port scanners, etc.) with the weevely modules.
Weevely can be extended to automatize the auditing or privilege escalation tasks, exploit specific vulnerabilities, enumerate accounts, scrape sensitive data, pivot on the target to scan the internal networks, run HTTP or SQL requests and do a whole lot of other cool stuff.
Weevely is installed by default on BackBox, download it now or get your version of weevely here.
BackBox Linux 4.5.1 released
/in Releases /by adminAfter 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 Releases /by adminThe 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 Releases /by adminThe 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
BackBox Linux 4.3 released!
/in Releases /by adminThe BackBox Team is pleased to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux, the version 4.3!
This release includes features such as Linux Kernel 3.16 and Ruby 2.1.
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-utopic linux-headers-generic-lts-utopic linux-signed-image-generic-lts-utopic
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-tools --reinstall
sudo apt-get install beef-project metasploit-framework whatweb wpscan setoolkit --reinstall
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
BackBox Linux 4.2 released!
/in Releases /by adminThe BackBox Team is pleased to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux, the version 4.2!
This release includes features such as Linux Kernel 3.16 and Ruby 2.1.
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 4.1) follow these instructions:
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-utopic linux-headers-generic-lts-utopic linux-signed-image-generic-lts-utopic
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 --reinstall
sudo apt-get install backbox-tools --reinstall
sudo apt-get install beef-project metasploit-framework whatweb wpscan --reinstall
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
Weevely 3 overview
/in News /by adminWeevely, the web shell for penetration testing included in BackBox since the earlier releases, has been forked and heavily rewritten as Weevely 3.0 to improve its extendibility and provide new modules for administration, post exploitation, and privilege escalation exploiting any web access.
The weevely modules ecosystem provides a working shell interface even with no shell command execution, replacing the standard shell commands (e.g. the file editors, cd and ls, SQL cli and dump, compression utilities, port scanners, etc.) with the weevely modules.
The weevely wiki tutorials shows some example on how to edit remote files, harvest and reuse some SQL credentials or bruteforce them. Who wants can follow also the tutorial about developing new modules.
Weevely can be extended to automatize the auditing or privilege escalation tasks, exploit specific vulnerabilities, enumerate accounts, scrape sensitive data, pivot on the target to scan the internal networks, run HTTP or SQL requests and do a whole lot of other cool stuff.
Weevely is installed by default on BackBox, download it now or get your version of weevely here.