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Kali Linux 2023.2 Release (New Tools in Kali, Desktop Updates, New Hyper-V VM Image) Reading Time: 2 Minutes Kali Linux 2023.2 Release Kali Linux 2023.2 has arrived, building upon the momentum of its 10 year anniversary .The changelog highlights over the last few weeks since Marchâs release of 2023.1 is: – New VM image for Hyper-V â With âEnhanced Session Modeâ out of the box – Xfce audio stack update: enters PipeWire â Better audio for Kaliâs default desktop i3 desktop overhaul â i3-gaps merged with i3 – Desktop updates â Easy hashing in Xfce – GNOME 44 â Gnome Shell version bump Icons & menus updates â New apps and icons in menu – New tools â As always, various new packages added We will explore the key highlights from the latest release.Xfce & PipeWire With this release, they changed the audio stack for Kaliâs default desktop: PipeWire now replaces PulseAudio.Here are some of the new features for this update: – Enhanced Shell Quick Settings Panel – Quickly connect or disconnect to bluetooth devices – Updated Settings App – GNOMEâs file chooser dialog can now display thumbnails – Updated Kali theming Tiling Assistant Extension With this release, they are introducing a new extension for Kaliâs GNOME Shell desktop: Tiling Assistant.A quick run down of what has been added (to the network repositories): Cilium-cli â Install, manage & troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters Cosign â Container Signing Eksctl â Official CLI for Amazon EKS Evilginx â Standalone man-in-the-middle attack framework used for phishing login credentials along with session cookies, allowing for the bypass of 2-factor authentication GoPhish â Open-Source Phishing Toolkit Humble â A fast security-oriented HTTP headers analyzer Slim(toolkit) â Donât change anything in your container image and minify it Syft â Generating a Software Bill of Materials from container images and filesystems Terraform â Safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure Tetragon â eBPF-based Security Observability and Runtime Enforcement TheHive â A Scalable, Open Source and Free Security Incident Response Platform Trivy â Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more Wsgidav â Generic and extendable WebDAV server based on WSGI There has also been numerous packages updates and new libraries as well.
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