Parrot Security OS (or ParrotSec) is a Debian-based GNU / Linux distribution. Developed for penetration testing (computer security), vulnerability and mitigation assessment, Desktop Forensics and Anonymous Surfing. Created by the Italian Frozenbox Team.
ParrotSec or Parrot Security OS offers many tools for analysis web content and computer systems. It is a forensics lab for digital use, with legally recognized tools that work with cryptography, offering many possibilities. In addition, it allows you to surf and work anonymously.
The Parrot is based on Debian's robust Jessie distribution, with a custom 4.xx kernel for Linux security. Distribution is a rolling release.
The new version is called CyberSloop and comes with an updated Linux Kernel in the release 4.9.13.
The interface is MATE, a Gnome 2 fork, and the default display manager is LightDM.
The program is certified to run on systems that have at least 265Mb of RAM and is suitable for both 32bit (i386) and 64bit (amd64). It also has a special version that works on old 32bit (486) machines. 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.
The development team has not exactly identified the frequency of official releases, but according to the changelog of the releases that have already been released, the distribution frequency is monthly.
The new Parrot Security OS 3.5 is here. You can download it from the following links:
Parrot-full-3.5_amd64.iso 07-Mar-2017 06:35 3G
Parrot-full-3.5_i386.iso 07-Mar-2017 05:19 3G
Parrot-lite-3.5_amd64.iso 07-Mar-2017 06:35 1G
Parrot-lite-3.5_i386.iso 07-Mar-2017 05:19 1G
Parrot-netinst-3.5_amd64.iso 03-Mar-2017 13:05 37M
Parrot-netinst-3.5_arm64.iso 23-Feb-2017 23:56 36M
Parrot-netinst-3.5_i386.iso 03-Mar-2017 13:05 35M
Parrot-studio-3.5_amd64.iso 07-Mar-2017 06:36 2G
signed-hashes.txt 07-Mar-2017 10:02 9840
