BackBox是基于Ubuntu的发行,它被开发用于网络渗透测试及安全评估。它被设计为快捷且易于使用。它提供了一份最低纲领的但完整的桌面环境,而这得益于它自己的软件仓库,该仓库总是同步到最新版本的、最常用且以合乎道德而闻名的黑客工具。
新版本主要做的更新如下:
System improvements
Upstream components
Bug corrections
Performance boost
Improved Update menu
Improved Wi-Fi drivers (compat-wireless v3.8 with Aircrack-NG patch)
Full support to Kernel 3.5 and 3.8 (install it with apt-get/synaptic)
Predisposition to ARM architecture (new armhf.iso coming soon)
New and updated hacking tools (automater, inundator, ettercap, wireshark, se-toolkit, metasploit, sqlmap, beef, recon-ng, zaproxy, weevely, thc-ipv6, truecrack, hashcat, etc.)