The Parrot Security OS (or ParrotSec) is a GNU / Linux distribution based on Debian. 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 a lot tools for analyzing web content and computer systems. It is a laboratory for Forensics digital use, with legally recognized tools that work with cryptography, offering a lot of possibilities. In addition, it allows you to surf and work anonymously.
Parrot 3.7 is based on the Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” test distribution for the first time, and uses the Debian Testing repositories. with an adapted for more security linux 4.xx Kernel. The distribution is a rolling release.
The new version is called CyberSloop and comes with an updated Linux Kernel in the release 4.11.
The environment work is MATE, a fork of Gnome 2, and the default display manager is 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.
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. Please note that this release was released after 7 weeks from 3.6 release.
