Kali Linux 2017.1 Security OS Brings Wireless Injection Attacks to 802.11 AC

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Offensive Security, the developers of the BackTrack-derived Kali Linux open-source, security-oriented operating system announced the availability of the Kali Linux 2017.1 rolling release.

Since Kali Linux become a rolling distro, the importance of such updated images was never the same, but Kali Linux 2017.1 appears to be a major release of the ethical hacking distro, adding a bunch of exciting new features and improvements to the Debian-based operating system.

“As with all new releases, you have the common denominator of updated packages, an updated kernel that provides more and better hardware support, as well as a slew of updated tools – but this release has a few more surprises up its sleeve,” reads the release announcement.

Here’s what’s new in Kali Linux 2017.1

Prominent new features of Kali Linux 2017.1 include the implementation of drivers for RTL8812AU wireless chipsets, b… (read more)

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