Questions tagged [kali-linux]
Kali Linux is a penetration testing distribution made by Offensive Security. It is based on Debian, and is the child of BackTrack.
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Impossible to modify Windows 10 drives from other OSs
I'm here to describe an interesting issue I've been facing today, in order to get some hints or solutions.
My goal : access and modify one of my computer's Windows (10) system hard drive in order to ...
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How to add persistence to entire Kali filesystem?
So I've set up a live USB with Kali for pentesting, and I'm now trying to get persistence working on it. So far, the USB has been partitioned and an ext2 filesystem installed.
When I open Kali, there ...
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Kali Linux's NVIDIA driver install guide does not work
I'm trying to get my natively installed Kali Linux distro to detect my second monitor. I have two Samsung S20B300 monitors but its only picking up one of them. The one it is picking up is plugged in ...
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What makes Kali Linux different from other Linux distros for it to be used exclusively for hacking and penetration testing?
I have been asked to first start using Kali Linux and get used to the bash before doing anything in hacking. I was wondering what is so special in Kali Linux that I cannot do on Ubuntu or any other ...
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How to revert to one line terminal in new Kali Linux 2020.04
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$
I want this to be in one line on terminal like it was before I updated kali.
I tried changing bashrc on kali user and on root user there was no update.
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brctl command not found in Kali-Linux 2
I wanted to use bridge controller in Kali-Linux 2, which would work out of the box in Backtrack and Kali-Linux 1.0. However, I am not able to find a solution for installing it on Kali-Linux 2.0
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Kali Linux Failed to launch preferred application for category “TerminalEmulator” and all files missing
I installed 64bit Kali 2020.4 in vmware workstation pro.
After that, all I did was grant superuser permission to my current (default) user, and ran some updates via sudo apt update && sudo apt ...
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John The Ripper, Invalid UTF-8
I am cracking a very basic hash, which should result to hello after being cracked. But it does not..
Here's the error.
root@kali:~/Desktop# john crack.txt --format=Raw-MD5 --wordlist: /usr/share/...
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Why does Kali Linux not have ssh2john?
I tried to decrypt an SSH key, but didn't find ssh2john in Kali Linux. I had downloaded the latest version of Kali and John the Ripper is already pre-installed in it. I used the locate *2john command ...
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Installing VMWare Player on Kali linux
This question has changed drastically since the first time I posted it, so I have deleted the old content.
I downloaded the latest version of VMWare player and when I try to install it I get the ...
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Change lockscreen wallpaper on Xfce Kali Linux
After a lot of failures while searching for a solution in the net I am setting this again, this time for Kali 2020.1 release.
I have tried:
Changing the images path referred in
/usr/share/images/...
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What is the difference between nmap -D and nmap -S?
I am learning nmap , as per my understanding nmap -S <IP> is used to spoof your scan i.e. use an IP address other than your original IP address to show that the traffic was originated from the ...
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Where are kali linux user files stored when installed using win-kex on Windows 10?
I am searching for the user's files in kali linux so I can transfer them to my windows machine. I have also spent an hour at least combing through my AppData folder in windows 10 but with no luck. If ...
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Why is reaver not guessing the correct PIN?
I'm learning about network security. This time I'm trying to pen-test my router by exploiting WPS on my router.
Here's my router's stats
BSSID Ch dBm WPS Lck Vendor ESSID
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No desktop icons in kali linux, but files can be seen on file explorer
In addition to that, I cant move a file or folder onto the desktop. It just does an animation that brings it back to the file explorer.
Also I have lost some options when right clicking on the ...
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