desktopkde 300x225 BackTrack 4 Beta

What could make BackTrack better? How about making it Debian based with a repository chock full of security tool goodness? Maybe even use Ubuntu’s repos for regular system updates? Well that’s just what the team at Remote Exploit have done with the fourth incarnation of their infamous live pentesting distribution:

Now based on Debian core packages and utilizing the Ubuntu software repositories, BackTrack 4 can be upgraded in case of update. When syncing with our BackTrack repositories, you will regularly get security tool updates soon after they are released.

New Features

  • Kernel 2.6.28.1 with better hardware support.
  • Native support for Pico e12 and e16 cards.
  • Support for PXE Boot
  • SAINTexploit
  • MALTEGO
  • Custom rtl8187 patches
  • Broader wireless injection support
  • Unicornscan
  • RFID support
  • Pyrit CUDA
  • Other new and updated tools

Screenshots

BT4 is available as a DVD ISO [854MB] or VMware Image [1GB]
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