Parrot 4.7 Forensics & Anonymous Surfing

Parrot 4.7: Parrot Security OS (or ParrotSec) is a Debian-based GNU / Linux distribution. Developed for Penetration Tests (Computer Security), Vulnerability and Mitigation Assessment, Computer Forensics and Anonymous Surfing. Created by the Italian Frozenbox team.

ParrotSec or Parrot Security OS offers many tools for content analysis on the web and computer systems. It is a workshop for Digital Forensics, with legally recognized tools that work with cryptography, offering many possibilities. In addition, it allows you to surf and work anonymously.

Parrot 4.3 is based on its test distribution Debian GNU / Linux 10 "Buster", and uses Debian Testing repositories. with a customized for more security linux 4.17.17 Kernel. Distribution is a rolling release.

Parrot 4.7 comes with the latest kernel fixes for the latest vulnerabilities. The new distribution, in addition to kernel security updates, improves the stability of the installer, updates many security tools, and brings some necessary improvements to graphics.

The interface is MATE, a fork of Gnome 2, and the default display manager is a LightDM.

The program is certified to run on systems that have at least 265Mb RAM and is suitable for both 32bit (i386) and 64bit (amd64).

It also has a special version that works on old 32bit machines (486). In addition, the program is available for armel and armhf architectures. It also has a version (32bit and 64bit) developed for servers to perform Cloud pentesting.

"We are proud to announce the release of Parrot 4.7, which represents an important step forward for our project. The pen-testing menu structure was re-factored and re-designed to make tools easier to access in a more logical hierarchical structure.

New tools will also be added to the project and we plan to add even more in the future. Not all of them are going to be pre-installed, but a good set of tools in our repository enables pen-testers to build the perfect pen-test system for their specific needs, regardless of the default selection package selected by our team.

In Parrot 4.7 the sandbox is disabled by default and users can decide whether to start an sandboxed application or not. You can easily start the sandboxed variant of an installed program from the / sandbox / folder or from a dedicated menu that you plan to improve in the future."

The new version is already available on the official website, but anyone interested can download the ISO from the following links:

Parrot 4.7 release notes