BlackArch Linux Ethical Hacking OS Now Has More Than 2000 Hacking Tools | Linux Today

BlackArch Linux Ethical Hacking OS Now Has More Than 2000 Hacking Tools

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Marius Nestor
Sep 20, 2018

Used by thousands of hundreds of hackers and security researchers all over the world, BlackArch Linux is one of the most acclaimed Linux-based operating systems for hacking and other security-related tasks. It has its own software repositories that contain thousands of tools.

Earlier this month, the team of developers behind BlackArch Linux took to Twitter to proudly announce that there are now over 2000 ethical hacking and penetration testing tools in the main software repositories, a major milestone that was achieved due to more than 20 new tools being added recently.

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Marius Nestor

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