Useing TOR to protect your privacy while browsing in Kali Linux

While many of you have heard of the TOR network, many of people have no clue how to install and connect through it. While I have made a tutorial for Windows users about how to run a browser that connects through TOR to protect your browsing traffic, Linux is much less user friendly. But with a little guidance you will be able to setup and run your connection through the TOR network.

Tor is free and open source software and an open network that helps you defend against network sniffing, and can even allow you to connect to whatever sites you want in certain countries that block certain sites. It has been used by everyone from corporate whistle blowers to people behind government implemented firewalls, I believe the Internet should be free from censorship and that an individual should be entitled to privacy while online.

This guide will guide you through installing TOR on Kali Linux.

TOR protects you by bouncing you communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world! It prevents somebody from watching your internet traffic and learning what sites you visit, and it also prevents sites from learning your physical location. It can be used for good or evil, but the bottom line is, it protects us all.

Tor is available in Kali repository, to install it directly from the repository open your Terminal and type this:

apt-get install tor

Enable tor service from command line:

service tor start

Browse with confidence by using proxychains and tor

proxychains iceweasel

To keep things simple in this post, I’ve only shown you how to run a web browser through TOR. In a future post I will show you more advanced techniques.

How to update and upgrade Kali Linux

I really should of put this post up much earlier, but alas here it is. One of the first things you should do upon installing Kali is to do update it. I will show you the commands to do this, it is very easy, just like most other things once you know how to do it it will become like second nature.

Beware, this may take a LONG time on a slow connection depending on how out of date your installation is, so if you are on a slow connection consider going to the coffee shop. Ok lets go.

Open up your terminal and type the following:

apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y

 The first command cleans out old and obsolete packages, as this might interfere with the update.

The second command updates your repositories, in case you don't know a repository is basically a website that has Linux applications and sources.

The third command will update the installed applications.

And the fourth command will update the installation itself.

As always thank you for reading. If you liked this post please follow the blog, plus one it, and follow me on google+.

How to add a non root user in Kali Linux

If you have tried to install applications such as VLC or other and tried to run them as your root account chances are they will say that you can not run this as root. This is a security feature, and it makes a lot of sense because a root user can change system configuration and a standard user can't.

So lets show you how to create a standard user in Kali Linux. You can easily do this. First open the trusty terminal (you are getting used to using the terminal right?). Then enter the following commands (of course replace meo with your user name):

useradd -m meo

Note the -m creates the home directory which is usually /home/username

Next type the following to set the password for the newly created user:

passwd meo

You will have to enter the password for the new user twice. Simple.

Next add user to the SUDO group so that they can sudo to install programs and make system change

usermod -a -G sudo meo

Now set the new users default shell to BASH

chsh -s /bin/bash user1

That is all you have to do, now logout of your root account and use your user account!

As always thank you for reading.

How to install a simple and easy utility for dealing with archives in Kali Linux.

Archives on a Linux OS can be a pain in the butt for new users, but lucky for you there are tools that can make your life a whole lot easier. File roller is the best solution for dealing with archives in a GUI environment on the Kali Linux OS. It provides a graphical user interface for dealing with all types of archives.

I am by no means advising you to avoid the command line, because frankly if you want to be a real hacker you HAVE to learn the command line. You will be laughed out of any company or group if you do not have a good understanding of at least the basic Linux commands. I will be showing you some command line wizardry soon, so follow this blog so you can see every new post.

OK lets go, first pop open the command line, and enter the following commands to install file roller and the applications needed to handle the archives. Open terminal and type the following, you will want to do an apt-get update before you do this just to be sure that you get the newest versions of these tools.

apt-get update

apt-get install unrar unace rar unrar p7zip zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar file-roller -y

And that is really all there is to it. This utility will make it possible to open most types of archives in a GUI environment which will come in handy for all of you native windows users. It is almost like the native windows program that opens ZIP files in a graphical user interface.

 I hope that this tip will help some of you to make the move over to not just Kali but open source operating systems.

Again thank you for reading. -Meo

How to remotely run Kali Linux from your Android device!

One of the coolest things in my opinion is to be able to control a Kali install remotely. One of my favorite way is to use ssh and connect through my android phone.

It is simple just go through the menu and under the Kali menu item you will find System services. Simply start the sshd service.

Once you have the ssh service running on the server, the next thing you will want is a good ssh client for your phone. I have enjoyed JuiceSSH for Android, but you are welcome to use the client of your choice.

Simply enter your username and password and the ip address of the kali server. You now have full command line control of a full featured penetration testing platform from your phone. You could even use this from anywhere in the world as long as you had a mobile data connection or wifi.

I am glad I could share this with you all. Thanks for reading.

(i will edit in links soon)

Kali Linux Tools Listing. With links to additional information.

Here is a listing of all the tools that are included in the standard package of Kali Linux. If I have missed anything please post a comment and I will add it. Click on a link to find out more info about each tool on the official Kali Linux tools site. I will be writing up tutorials on most of these tools, and trying my best to setup a lab so that I can test each and every one of these tools, which will take some time cause some of these tools are for hacking things such as smart cards and utility meters, which I can not do at this time without permission from someone. I will not do anything illegal, and you should not either. I do not write about these posts for people with malicious intent.

How to install Firefox on Kali Linux (and other distros)

Alot of people are used to using Firefox for there web browsing, especially if you are a native Windows User (if you use IE you are probably lost. lol) But anyways, here is a simple way to install my favorite browser in my favorite penetration testing distribution!

Open terminal. Type the following commands. Do this line by line so that we can see the response from every command. This is a learning experience after all. Right?

apt-get remove iceweasel

echo -e "\ndeb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null

apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29

apt-get update

apt-get install firefox-mozilla-build

And there you have it enjoy! Feel free to comment!

Official Kali Linux Torrents! Get yours now and join in!

I am provideing links to all of the official Kali Linux Torrents here. In my opinion p2p is the best and fastest way to get any file and it saves the people that developed these amazeing distros money on bandwidth, so please use these torrents to obtain your copy of Kali! I love the fact that I can share these with you, if you haven't checked out Kali Linux you are in for a real treat!
 

IMAGE NAME	VERSION	TORRENT	SIZE	SHA1SUM
Kali Linux 64 bit ISO	1.0.8	Torrent	2.9G	939cc7bbc42b598d6c8f359fd1bfe2a919de8ed0
Kali Linux 64 bit mini ISO	1.0.7	Torrent	25M	fe0fab66c49325c295a116cefd00ca94993efee0
Kali Linux 32 bit ISO	1.0.8	Torrent	3.0G	6edfe99df28747d828ef6de17ded66fed6659a86
Kali Linux 32 bit mini ISO	1.0.7	Torrent	22M	e0fc02e7e8d74b2267b7cae5055ab7b9422e6c1c
Kali Linux ARMEL Image	1.0.8	Torrent	2.1G	da087347ccd95d893f303989c1c50ea808be5dcd
Kali Linux ARMHF Image	1.0.8	Torrent	2.0G	76650553b492d237d58478581eac6aaaaa0e1737

Deciding how you would like to install Kali Linux

One of the first things that you will want to do if you are planning on learning how to hack on Linux is to install a Linux distribution. We will be using Kali Linux, which is the next generation of the famous Backtrack.

There are several simple options on how to do this, which one you choose depends on what type of hardware you have sitting around. The options are as follows:

1. Install as main OS. This option is really great if you have for example a extra laptop sitting around. With this option you will have the opportunity to use Linux as your day to day OS which is the best way to learn the inner workings of Linux.

2. Install as Duel Boot on your current machine. This option is the best of both worlds, you can just reboot and choose which OS to boot into, this is a great option. Highly recommended.

3. Install as a virtual machine. This is my personal favorite way of doing lab work, but you have to have a decently fast computer to use virtualization. With this setup you can make literal fake networks to test your tools and teqniques on, I will have a post about how to setup your own mock battlefield in the future.

4. Last but not least, you could set Kali up as a live cd or USB. This is the most common way people get started with Linux, due to the fact that it is so easy once you get the hang of it, the only downside is, it is impossible to save if you are running a Live CD, and it gets complicated if you want to use USB with persistence. But to just show off your hacking skills, you might want to carry a USB flash drive with you that has been formatted to Kali, just think of how handy your friends will think you are when they forget there windows password and you pop in your usb reboot and reset the password in a matter of minutes.

I will leave this post as is to allow you time to think and review your options, I will write posts on how to get up and running with each option in the near future.