a comparison of Kali Linux and BackBox Linux and some advice and considerations

1. (PEN) TESTING
TOOLKITS:
BACKBOX & KALI LINUX
JELMER DE REUS
2014/01/07
LINUX/UNIX Night @msterdam

2. Overview
 What
are testing toolkits used for
 What you can do with off-the-shelf distro’s
 Comparing BackBox and Kali Linux
 Considerations

3. What are testing toolkits used
for?

Enumeration
Open ports
 Firewall/IDS testing
 Topology mapping
 Software version indexing

Vulnerability scan
 Penetration testing
 Social Engineering
 Forensics
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4. What are testing toolkits used
for?
Enumeration
 Vulnerability scan

Finding software editions & leaks
 Finding bad configurations
 Faster insight than a whitebox scan

Penetration testing
 Social Engineering
 Forensics


5. What are testing toolkits used
for?
Enumeration
 Vulnerability scan
 Penetration testing

Creatively, and with the help of tools, exploring the security
boundaries for opportunities to exploit
 WIFI cracking

Social Engineering
 Forensics


6. What are testing toolkits used
for?
 Enumeration
 Vulnerability
scan
 Penetration testing (incl. WIFI cracking)
 Social Engineering
 E.g.
emailing with hidden links in iFrames to get
malicious software on your target
 Inject malicious software in ‘regular’ software and
spread it

7. What are testing toolkits used
for?
 Social
Engineer
Toolkit
 Web
attack

8. What are testing toolkits used
for?
Enumeration
 Vulnerability scan
 Penetration testing
 Social Engineering
 WIFI cracking

Cracking wireless keys
 Redirecting/tapping WIFI users
 Social engineering (e.g. redirect to a fake website, collect
pw)
 Exploiting browsers


9. What are testing toolkits used
for?
There can be also different use cases like
 Network
 Firewall
troubleshooting
handling for fragmented packets
 Stress testing networks and servers
 DoS defense testing

10. BackBox Linux in short
Properties
 Ubuntu user
experience
 Many functions
through the start menu
 Not extensively
documented
 However
it’s just Ubuntu
 Non-root
user
 Smaller selection of
tools
 Sorted
by technology
 Updates
of tools are
integrated and easy

11. Kali Linux in short
Properties
 Custom Gnome2
 ARM support (for your
Pi)
 Extensive
documentation
 Videos and books
 Root
user
 Extensive collection of
tools
 Sorted
 Arduino
by activity
IDE

12. Differences in menu structure

13. Differences in menu structure

14. BackBox Linux documentation
 Forum
 Technical
questions
 Tooling requests
 Howto’s
 Blog
articles
(links at the end)

15. BackBox Linux Tutorials on
sinflood.net

16. Kali Linux documentation
 Extensive
documentation
 Securitytube
 Youtube
(links at the end)

17. Kali Linux Books & Tutorials
 Packt
Publishing (5x)
 Securitytube

18. DEMO – GUI overview
 BackBox
Linux
 Kali Linux

19. Tooling
What is it really about when choosing either?
 Installed and available tools (very personal)
 Keeping track of various types of
updates, e.g.
 Metasploit
Framework
 OpenVAS signatures
 Documentation
and personal knowledge
 Platform support (e.g. ARM)

20. Tooling - advice
Penetration Testing Execution Standard
 PTES Technical Guidelines
 Structured
index of available tools andn
technologies
Tools with an active community are more
reliable on the long term.

21. Tooling – some favorites
Useful
 Fragtest
 Hping3
 MSF Auxiliary scanners
Very dangerous
 Social engineer toolkit
 Sslsniff/sslstrip (this says more about SSL/TLS)

22. Tip: use databases in Metasploit

23. Tip: use databases in Metasploit

24. DEMO – tooling overview

25. Thanks for your time! More info:

Kali Linux
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BackBox Linux
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Main: http://www.backbox.org
Forum/Howto: http://forum.backbox.org/
Penetration Testing Execution Standard
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Main: http://www.kali.org
Official Docs: http://www.kali.org/official-documentation/
http://www.penteststandard.org/index.php/PTES_Technical_Guidelines
Metasploit Unleashed
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http://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/Main_Page