BlackArch Linux 2016.12.20 ISO with 1600 tools

Black Linux developers a operating system based on Arch and aimed at ethical hackers and penetration testers announced the release of new ISO respins.

BlackArch Linux ISOs (20/12/2016) are available for download for both 64 and 32-bit architectures. They come with a new kernel from the Linux 4.8 stable series, (version 8.4.13), and over 100 new tools for his needs ethical hacking, but also many other improvements.

“New BlackArch Linux ISOs released today (20/12/2016)! Over 1600 tools, newest kernel, over 6GB per ISO and more! We would like to thank all of them users of BlackArch, our mirrors and supporters. Thanks for your help," reads the announcement, where you'll also find the full statement changelog.

Among the improvements included in BlackArch Linux 20.12.2016, we can mention that all BlackArch tools come in new versions, and that a restart and shutdown problem operation with LXDM display manager resolved.

In addition, many of the window managers, such as Openbox, Fluxbox, and Awesome, have been updated. Last month, the team announced the availability of too many new tools in the repositories of BlackArch Linux.

These include the racnmap tool for exploit networks, the opendoor OWASP directory access scanner, wafninja for attacking web application firewalls, smalisca a static code analysis tool for Sali files, hoper for URL jumps tracing and novahot, a webshell framework for penetration testers.

With these and many more, today distribution includes more than 1.600 tools (available in the repositories of BlackArch Linux).

You can download the new BlackArch Linux ISO news from the links below. Those who are already using the distribution should simply update their system.