Parrot Security OS (or ParrotSec) is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian. Developed for penetration testing (security computers), 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 3.8 is based for the first time on its test distribution Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster”, and uses the Debian Testing repositories. with an adapted for more security linux 4.xx Kernel. The distribution is rolling release.
The new version is called CyberSloop and comes with an updated Linux Kernel in the release 4.11.
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 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. Additionally, the program is available for armel and armhf architectures. It also has a version (32bit and 64bit) developed for servers to realize Cloud pentesting.
