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Developer	BackBox Team
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Active
Source model	Open source
Latest release	8 / November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15)
Platforms	i386(x86), amd64(x86-64)
Kernel type	Linux
Default user interface	XFCE
License	Free software licenses (mainly GPL)
Official website	www.backbox.org

BackBox is a penetration test and security assessment oriented Ubuntu-based Linux distribution providing a network and informatic systems analysis toolkit. It includes a complete set of tools required for ethical hacking and security testing.

Contents

The main aim of BackBox is providing an alternative, highly customizable and well performing system. BackBox uses the light window manager Xfce. It delivers a fast, effective, customizable and complete experience. It also has a very helpful community behind it.

It includes some of the most used security and analysis Linux tools, aiming for a wide spread of goals, ranging from web application analysis to network analysis, from stress tests to sniffing, also including vulnerability assessment, computer forensic analysis and exploitation.

Part of the power of this distribution comes from its Launchpad repository core, constantly updated to the latest stable version of the most known and used ethical hacking tools. The integration and development of new tools in the distribution follows the open source community, particularly the Debian Free Software Guidelines criteria.

Releases

Categories

BackBox Linux categories listed as follow:

• Information Gathering
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Exploitation
• Privilege Escalation
• Maintaining Access
• Documentation & Reporting
• Reverse Engineering
• Social Engineering
• Forensic Analysis
• VoIP Analysis
• Wireless Analysis
• Miscellaneous

Tools

More than 70 tools are included in BackBox:

• Metasploit
• Armitage
• Nmap
• OpenVAS
• W3af
• The Social Engineering Toolkit
• Ettercap
• Scapy
• Wireshark
• Kismet
• Aircrack
• Ophcrack
• Sqlmap
• John The Ripper

References

1. ^ «Team/Developers».
2. ^ «BackBox 7 Released». BackBox Linux. BackBox Linux. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
3. ^ Lopez, Jose Maria (25 December 2018). «Linux, seguridad y análisis forense digital» . Hipertextual (in Spanish). Archived from the original (html) on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019. Bajo el nombre de BackBox encontramos una distribución Linux y la comunidad que la respalda. ¿Su objetivo? Divulgar y promover la cultura de la seguridad en entornos IT.
4. ^ «Endless OS, Crux, BackBox, Untangle e DragonFlyBSD têm novas versões» . Sempre updated (in Portuguese). 12 June 2019. Archived from the original (html) on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019. O BackBox Linux é uma distribuição baseada no Ubuntu desenvolvida para realizar testes de penetração e avaliações de segurança.
5. ^ Naranjo, David (12 June 2019). «Llega la nueva versión de BackBox Linux 6, basada en Ubuntu 18.04» . Ubunulog (in Spanish). Archived from the original (html) on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019. El objetivo principal de BackBox es proporcionar un sistema alternativo, altamente personalizable y con un buen rendimiento. BackBox utiliza el gestor de ventanas light Xfce .
6. ^ «Best Linux Distributions for Hacking and Penetration Testing». BackBox is a Ubuntu-based distro developed for the purposes of penetration testing and security assessment.
7. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 2».
8. ^ Security testing with BackBox 2
9. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 2.01».
10. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.0».
11. ^ BackBox Linux 3 review | LinuxBSDos.com
12. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.01».
13. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.05».
14. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.09».
15. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.13».
16. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.0».
17. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.1».
18. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.2».
19. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.3».
20. ^ BackBox 4.3 review: Not just for penetration tests and security assessments | LinuxBSDos.com
21. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.4».
22. ^ BackBox Linux 4.4 review | LinuxBSDos.com
23. ^ DistroWatch. «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.5 (DistroWatch.com News)». distrowatch.com. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
24. ^ DistroWatch (24 July 2017). «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 5 (FossBytes)». fossbytes.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
25. ^ «Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 6 released».

External links

• Official website

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1. ^ «BackBox Linux 8 released!». BackBox.org Blog. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-03-20.