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Predator-OS: Built for Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

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hossein seilani
Aug 11, 2021

Linux predator-OS, the OS that naturally preys on others is a security-centric free open-source Linux project for penetration testing and ethical hacking. You can also use it as a private, hardened, secure, and anonymized Linux distro

Established in 2021, by Hossein Seilany who is also the developer of https://emperor-os.com/, Predator-OS is a free open-source community project, based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Mini, kernel 5.10 LTS, and using a fully customized xfce4 lightweight desktop with a special menu of tools.

Predator Linux has around 1300 pre-installed tools which are split into 40 several categories. The tools are imported from both Debian and Ubuntu repositories and GitHub page. Most kernel and user configs are customized by default to prevent any hacking, non-privileged access and reduce the attack surface. many built-in firewalls and defensive tools allow end-users to control the Predator-OS. Predator also supports much privacy, numerous anonymized security tools, and can be be run as Live-CD or from a USB Drive and installation mode.

You can see all the 100 features of the Predator-OS Linux at the following link: https://predator-os.com/fich/index.html

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hossein seilani

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