Kali Linux is perhaps not the most famous Linux distribution, but it is the most particular and most useful one for two fundamental reasons: because it integrates privacy tools to surf the internet anonymously and safely and, above all, because it has included programs and tools to do security tests and to hack networks and computers remotely. Kali Linux, until a few years ago known as Backtrack, is an open-source distribution based on Debian, developed and released by "Offensive Security", designed to help ethical hackers (who don't want to create damage or do computer crimes) and to security professionals, including many powerful tools to do network penetration tests, for forensic informatics, data recovery, intrusion activities, hacking and espionage, reverse engineering .
UPDATE: Kali Linux is available as an app on Windows 10
Kali Linux has been renewed in recent days with the 2018.1 version and Offensive Security allows you to download the updated ISO image file for free, usable live on any PC (therefore without installation only by starting the DVD when the computer starts) or with system installation operational, with the latest software versions included.
The problem with this operating system is its reputation for being perfect for stealing passwords and becoming hackers in a simple way, which obviously is not the case.
To use the various security, recovery and intrusion tools in networks, it is necessary to study, document and research the internet for tutorials or for very technical specific guides.
Many, even people who have never used Linux, may think that by installing Kali Linux you immediately have a computer ready to run automatically and with two clicks, hacking techniques and stealing passwords, perhaps from the Facebook account or the email of a friend.
In reality this is absolutely wrong because the various tools are basically oriented to study and tests, certainly not to facilitate those who want to do illegal activities.
That said, even if Kali Linux, formally known as BackTrack, is a GNU / Linux operating system oriented to security tests and data recovery and even if beginners may find themselves displaced in using all those integrated and not so obvious tools without graphical interface and only at the command line, it can be a good idea, for the more curious, to download and burn it on a DVD or copy it to a USB stick for use when needed or to learn new computer science things.
Kali is also a distribution that can also be used without installation on the computer, simply by starting it from a USB stick, which can also function as a normal Linux operating system, installing programs to listen to music, see photos and surf the internet.
For those who study computer science, for those who work as a network and security technician in companies or even in small offices and also for all the most curious who want to have at hand a certain type of "hacker" tools such as Jack The Ripper, Wireshark o Aircrack, Kali Linux is certainly an operating system to keep close at hand.
You can download the ISO of Kali Linux, also in Italian, from the official website
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