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Today we released the new BlackArch Linux ISOs and OVA image. Many improvements and QA went through all packages and tools Blackarch Linux offers! For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• added 120 new tools
• add terminus font support to lxdm
• fixed the annoying 'cannot open tools via menu blah blah *crying*' bug
• updated blackarch-installer to v1.1.34
• included linux kernel 5.4.6
• updated urxvt config: add support for changing size on the fly
• vim: replace pathogen with Vundle.vim. added new vim plugin: clang_complete
• minor bugfixes and improvements
• QA'ed and fixed all packages (runtime exec).
• updated all blackarch tools and packages including config files
• updated all system packages
• updated all window manager menus (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank unixpeople.org for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.

They are offering the following access: http | https | rsync

Today we released the new BlackArch Linux ISOs and OVA image. These are really special releases as many improvements and QA went through all packages and tools Blackarch Linux offers! For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• added more than 150 new tools
• added terminus font for all WMs (thanks to psf for i3-wm bugfixes)
• included linux kernel 5.2.9
• new ~/.vim and ~/.vimrc (thanks to noptrix offering his config files)
• updated blackarch-installer to v1.1.19
• various improvements and bugfixes
• removed dwm window manager
• replaced the default terminal xterm with rxvt-unicode
• updated look&feel: new BlackArch theme for WMs, grub, syslinux, etc. (special thanks to Erik!)
• QA'ed and fixed all packages (runtime exec).
• updated all blackarch tools and packages including config files
• updated all system packages
• updated all window manager menus (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank Tsinghua University for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.

They are offering the following access: https

Today we released the new BlackArch Linux ISOs and OVA image. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• added more than 150 new tools
• added 'jedi-vim' plugin
• updated vim plugins
• included linux kernel 5.1.4
• ISO file clean-ups and tweaks
• updated blackarch-installer to v1.1.1
• updated Xresources/Xdefaults + added support for rxvt-unicode
• package QAs (runtime checks) were performed prior the ISO build
• updated all blackarch tools and packages including config files
• updated all system packages
• updated all window manager menus (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank quantum-mirror.hu for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.

They are offering the following access: http | https | rsync

Today we released the new BlackArch Linux ISOs and OVA image. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• added more than 150 new tools
• enabled wicd service by default
• removed dwm window manager
• removed wmii window manager
• added bactl package (script to config and setup BlackArch environment)
• included every tool of BlackArch except: cuda-/oclhashcat, vmcloak, theZoo
• included linux kernel 4.19.4
• included wordlistctl (https://github.com/BlackArch/wordlistctl))
• updated blackarch-installer to v1.0.3
• updated default ISO files (synced with archiso's template)
• package QAs (runtime checks) were performed prior the ISO build
• updated all blackarch tools and packages including config files
• updated all system packages
• updated all window manager menus (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released the new BlackArch Linux OVA image. This is a bugfix release! For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• fix for ruby tools (rubygems was missing)
• fix for VMware import and usage
• include Linux kernel 4.17.11
• updated all blackarch tools and packages including config files
• updated all system packages

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank truenetwork.ru for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.

They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

Today we released the new BlackArch Linux ISOs and OVA image. This is a high quality release! For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• added more than 60 new tools
• added config files for i3-wm (BlackArch compatible))
• network stack tunings (sysctl + tuning.sh)
• added system/pacman clean-up script (consistency++)
• switched to terminus font (console, LXDM, WMs, x-terminals, ...)
• replaced second browser midori with chromium
• really, a lot of clean-ups and many tweaks!
• renamed ISO filename
• fixed awesome-wm quit/exit issue
• fixed system group and user failures
• fixed kernel module load failures
• update blackarch installer to version 0.7 (bugfix + many improvements)
• included linux kernel 4.16.12
• updated all blackarch tools and packages including config files
• updated all system packages
• updated all window manager menus (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)
• re-add multilib

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank neostrada.nl for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.
They are offering the following access: https | http | ftp | rsync

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• update blackarch-installer to version 0.6.2 (most important change)
• included kernel 4.14.4
• updated lot's of blackarch tools and packages
• updated all blackarch tools and packages
• updated all system packages
• bugfix release! (see blackarch-installer)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• added more than 50 new tools
• various clean-ups and tweaks
• updated blackarch installer to version 0.6
• included kernel 4.13.12
• updated all blackarch tools and packages
• updated all system packages
• update all window manager menus (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Following 9 months of deprecation period, support for the i686 architecture effectively ends today. By the end of November, i686 packages will be removed from our mirrors and later from the packages archive.

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• added more than 50 new tools
• bugfix: strap.sh (removed 'http:' for pgp keyserver)
• updated blackarch installer to version 0.5.2 (update: sha1 sum of strap.sh)
• include kernel 4.12.8
• updated a lot of blackarch tools
• updated all system packages
• update all window manager menus (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released a new version of the official BlackArch Linux OVA Image. Ready to use for VirtualBox, VMware and Qemu!

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs (bugfix!). For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• bugfix release: perl libraries rebuilt due to perl upgrade
• include kernel 4.11.4

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• add more than 100 new tools
• update blackarch installer to version 0.5.1 (bugfixes + features)
• fix several tools (dependencies, installs)
• include kernel 4.11.3
• updated all blackarch tools
• updated all system packages
• update all window manager menus (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• add more than 50 new tools
• update blackarch installer to 0.3.3 (bugfixes)
• fix several tools (dependencies, installs)
• include kernel 4.9.11
• updated all system packages
• updated all blackarch tools
• updated menu entries for windows managers (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Blackarch have now more than 1700 tools !

In order to install all newest tools, please run: 'pacman -Syyu --needed --force blackarch`

Today we migrated BlackArch Linux to a new server system, updated DNS changes and deactivated HTTP.

If you used HTTP please make sure to update this to HTTPS!

More than 20 new tools have been added to the repository. Some of them are listed here:

• backdoorppt - Transform your payload.exe into one fake word doc (.ppt).
• hercules-payload - A special payload generator that can bypass all antivirus software.
• insanity - enerate Payloads and Control Remote Machines.
• snuck - Automatic XSS filter bypass.
• linux-exploit-suggester.sh - Linux privilege escalation auditing tool.
• tinfoleak2 - Get detailed information about a Twitter user activity.
• iptodomain - This tool extract domains from IP address based in the information saved in virustotal.

In order to install all newest tools, please run: 'pacman -Syyu --needed --force blackarch`

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• add 20 new tools
• update blackarch installer to 0.3.2 (bugfixes)
• fix shadow permissions (thx to ldionmarcil)
• fix f*cking ruby tools (wpscan, metasploit, etc.)
• include linux kernel 4.9.6
• add vmware support (installer)
• updated locale.gen list
• updated all system packages
• updated all blackarch tools
• updated menu entries for windows managers (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We're happy to announce the release of aarch64 repository. All packages were build on a Raspberry Pi3 system.

You can find the repository here.

Following newest tools have been added:

• dff - A Forensics Framework coming with command line and graphical interfaces.
• empire - A PowerShell and Python post-exploitation agent.
• quicksand-lite - Command line tool for scanning streams within office documents plus xor db attack.
• exitmap - A fast and modular scanner for Tor exit relays.
• cminer - A tool for enumerating the code caves in PE files.
• veles - New open source tool for binary data analysis.
• revsh - A reverse shell with terminal support, data tunneling, and advanced pivoting capabilities.
• airgeddon - Multi-use bash script for Linux systems to audit wireless networks.
• poracle - A tool for demonstrating padding oracle attacks.
• hash-extender - A hash length extension attack tool.
• proctal - Provides a command line interface and a C library to manipulate the address space of a running program on Linux.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• include linux kernel 4.8.13
• include new installer version 0.3.1
• updated all blackarch tools

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released the official BlackArch Linux OVA Image. Ready to use for VirtualBox/VMware!

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. For details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• include linux kernel 4.8.13
• fix lxdm shutdown/reboot issue
• userland clean-ups
• added more than 100 new tools
• updated all blackarch tools
• updated all system packages
• updated menus for window managers (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Following newest tools have been added:

• dracnmap - Tool to exploit the network and gathering information with nmap help.
• opendoor - OWASP Directory Access scanner.
• wafninja - A tool which contains two functions to attack Web Application Firewalls.
• hoper - Trace URL's jumps across the rel links to obtain the last URL.
• smalisca - Static Code Analysis for Smali files.
• smali-cfgs - Smali Control Flow Graph's.
• evtkit - Fix acquired .evt - Windows Event Log files (Forensics).
• lfle - Recover event log entries from an image by heurisitically looking for record structures.
• novahot - A webshell framework for penetration testers.

We would like to thank tuxns.net for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.
They are offering the following access: https | http | rsync

Following newest tools have been added:

• findmyiphone - Locates all devices associated with an iCloud account.
• whitewidow - SQL Vulnerability Scanner.
• magescan - Scan a Magento site for information.
• apkid - Android Application Identifier for Packers, Protectors, Obfuscators and Oddities.
• androwarn - Yet another static code analyzer for malicious Android applications.
• pyssltest - A python multithreaded script to make use of Qualys ssllabs api to test SSL flaws.
• grr - High-throughput fuzzer and emulator of DECREE binaries.
• ruler - A tool to abuse Exchange services.
• penbox - A Penetration Testing Framework - The Tool With All The Tools.
• blackbox-scanner - Dork scanner & bruteforcing & hash cracker tool with blackbox penetration testing framework.

Following newest tools have been added:

• google-explorer - Google mass exploit robot - Make a google search, and parse the results for a especific exploit you define.
• pcapfex - Packet CAPture Forensic Evidence eXtractor.
• forager - Multithreaded threat Intelligence gathering utilizing.
• bandicoot - A toolbox to analyze mobile phone metadata.
• pocsuite - An open-sourced remote vulnerability testing framework developed by the Knownsec Security Team.
• owasp-zsc - Shellcode/Obfuscate Code Generator.
• cloakify - Data Exfiltration In Plain Sight; Evade DLP/MLS Devices; Social Engineering of Analysts; Evade AV Detection.
• l0l - The Exploit Development Kit.
• stepic - A python image steganography tool.
• matroschka - Python steganography tool to hide images or text in images.
• triton - A Dynamic Binary Analysis (DBA) framework.
• tls-prober - A tool to fingerprint SSL/TLS servers.
• wordpress-exploit-framework - A Ruby framework for developing and using modules which aid in the penetration testing of WordPress powered websites and systems.
• omnihash - Hash files, strings, input streams and network resources in various common algorithms simultaneously.
• barf - A multiplatform open source Binary Analysis and Reverse engineering Framework.
• amoco - Yet another tool for analysing binaries.
• typo-enumerator - Enumerate Typo3 version and extensions.
• gitem - A Github organization reconnaissance tool.
• dripcap - Caffeinated Packet Analyzer.
• daredevil - A tool to perform (higher-order) correlation power analysis attacks (CPA).
• jeangrey - A tool to perform differential fault analysis attacks (DFA).
• sysm2elf - A plugin for Hex-Ray's IDA Pro and radare2 to export the symbols recognized to the ELF symbol table.
• arybo - Manipulation, canonicalization and identification of mixed boolean-arithmetic symbolic expressions.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. This is just a Bugfix release and shrinks the ISO size for DVD-R. For more details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog :

• Bugfix: blackarch-installer
• shrink ISO size (DVD-R support)
• updated all blackarch tools
• updated all system packages

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. This is just a Bugfix release. For more details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog :

• Bugfix: strap.sh
• include linux kernel 4.7.2
• updated BlackArch Linux installer
• updated all blackarch tools
• updated all system packages

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank Princeton University for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | rsync

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. The new ISOs include over 1500 tools. For more details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog :

• include linux kernel 4.7.1
• updated BlackArch Linux installer
• added more than 100 new tools
• updated all blackarch tools
• updated all system packages
• updated menu entries for window managers (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

Following newest tools have been added:

• anti-xss - A XSS vulnerability scanner.
• shelling - An offensive approach to the anatomy of improperly written OS command injection sanitisers.
• pathzuzu - Checks for PATH substitution vulnerabilities and logs the commands executed by the vulnerable executables.
• gef - Multi-Architecture GDB Enhanced Features for Exploiters & Reverse-Engineers.
• scamper - A tool that actively probes the Internet in order to analyze topology and performance.
• wolpertinger - A distributed portscanner.
• backhack - Tool to perform Android app analysis by backing up and extracting apps, allowing you to analyze and modify file system contents for apps.
• apt2 - Automated penetration toolkit.
• bonesi - The DDoS Botnet Simulator.

Following newest tools have been added:

• dhcpoptinj - DHCP option injector.
• scansploit - Exploit using barcodes, QRcodes, earn13, datamatrix.
• spfmap - A program to map out SPF and DKIM records for a large number of domains.
• firecat - A penetration testing tool that allows you to punch reverse TCP tunnels out of a compromised network.
• spoofcheck - Simple script that checks a domain for email protections.
• SimpleEmailSpoofer - A simple Python CLI to spoof emails.
• waybackpack - Download the entire Wayback Machine archive for a given URL.
• windows-exploit-suggester - This tool compares a targets patch levels against the Microsoft vulnerability database in order to detect potential missing patches on the target.
• exescan - A tool to detect anomalies in PE (Portable Executable) files).
• abcd - ActionScript ByteCode Disassembler.

We have released the brazilian translation of the BlackArch Linux Guide.

Thanks a lot to teixeirazeus for the translation.

Following newest tools have been added:

• shard - A command line tool to detect shared passwords.
• tomcatwardeployer - Apache Tomcat auto WAR deployment & pwning penetration testing tool.
• stegosip - TCP tunnel over RTP/SIP.
• bluphish - Bluetooth device and service discovery tool that can be used for security assessment and penetration testing.
• bof-detector - A simple detector of BOF vulnerabilities by source-code-level check.
• cybercrowl - A Python Web path scanner tool.
• mara-framework - A Mobile Application Reverse engineering and Analysis Framework.
• vulnerabilities-spider - A tool to scan for web vulnerabilities.
• sigspotter - A tool that search in your HD to find wich publishers has been signed binaries in your PC..
• brute12 - A tool designed for auditing the cryptography container security in PKCS12 format.

Following newest tools have been added:

• antiransom - A tool capable of detect and stop attacks of Ransomware using honeypots.
• riwifshell - Web backdoor - infector - explorer.
• btproxy-mitm - Man in the Middle analysis tool for Bluetooth.
• udpastcp - This program hides UDP traffic as TCP traffic in order to bypass certain firewalls.
• swarm - A distributed penetration testing tool.
• pythem - Python penetration testing framework.
• smplshllctrlr - PHP Command Injection exploitation tool.
• tplmap - utomatic Server-Side Template Injection Detection and Exploitation Tool.
• networkmap - Post-exploitation network mapper.

We have released a simple BlackArch Linux Installation tutorial for beginners.

Please excuse for any typos and wrong wordings left. We will fix those soon. Also, it is planned to make more tutorials of this kind, using the the way: Easy and complete with the goal to create an online Documentation repository of the Blackarch Linux project.

Following newest tools have been added:

• bruteforce-wallet - Try to find the password of an encrypted Peercoin (or Bitcoin,Litecoin, etc...) wallet file.
• peach-fuzz - Simple vulnerability scanning framewor.
• httpwnly - "Repeater" style XSS post-exploitation tool for mass browser control".
• xsspy - Web Application XSS Scanner.
• tabi - BGP Hijack Detection.
• ftpscout - Scans ftps for anonymous access.

Following improvement and features have been added :

• Align of the tools array element
• Add color on the tools list and category list
• Fixed some wrong text
• Blackarch got now more than 1435 tools

Following improvement and features have been added :

• Raise the font size of the tools list
• Improved visual of the tools list
• Tools can now be listed by category
• Each category are sync in real time

Following improvement have been added :

• On the tools section, the categorie for each tools are displayed
• Improved listing tools array for small resolution size

Following newest tools have been added:

• cantoolz - Framework for black-box CAN network analysis.
• motsa-dns-spoofing - ManOnTheSideAttack-DNS Spoofing.
• webfixy - On-the-fly decryption proxy for MikroTik RouterOS WebFig sessions.
• pulsar - Protocol Learning and Stateful Fuzzing.
• social-vuln-scanner - Gathers public information on companies to highlight social engineering risk.
• sqlivulscan - This will give you the SQLi Vulnerable Website Just by Adding the Dork.
• routersploit - The Router Exploitation Framework.
• sipi - Simple IP Information Tools for Reputation Data Analysis.
• smbcrunch - 3 tools that work together to simplify reconaissance of Windows File Shares.

Following newest tools have been added:

• det - (extensible) Data Exfiltration Toolkit.
• firmwalker - Script for searching the extracted firmware file system for goodies.
• onionscan - Scan Onion Services for Security Issues.
• profuzz - Simple PROFINET fuzzer based on Scapy.
• cjexploiter - Drag and Drop ClickJacking exploit development assistance tool.
• blind-sql-bitshifting - A blind SQL injection module that uses bitshfting to calculate characters.

We would like to thank Dimitri of Wawa-Mania (dimitri@linux.com) for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.
He offer the following access: http

We would like to thank Dimitri of Wawa-Mania (dimitri@linux.com) for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.
They are offering the following access: http

We would like to thank Ibiblio / University of North Carolina for becoming a BlackArch Linux mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs along with the new installer. The new ISOs include over 1400 tools. For more details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog:

• added new (improved) BlackArch Linux installer
• include linux kernel 4.5.1
• added new blackarch linux installer
• fixed an EFI boot issue
• fixed the well-known i686 boot issue
• added more than 80 new tools
• updated all blackarch tools
• updated all system packages
• updated menu entries for window managers (awesome, fluxbox, openbox)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We have released the new (improved) BlackArch Linux installer today. It is built and released in our repository and can be installed via pacman:

pacman -S blackarch-installer

The source code and documentation is available on github: blackarch-installer

We would like to thank National University of Singapore for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | https

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. The new ISOs include over 1330 tools. For more details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog :

• added more than 30 new tools
• updated userland files (etc/)
• added bluetooth packages
• replaced 2nd browser opera with midori
• include linux kernel 4.3.3
• replaced mplayer with mpv
• package-fix: beef: use ruby 2
• added few missing security tools from community
• added package: htop

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank RWTH Aachen University for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. The new ISOs include over 1300 tools. For more details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog :

• added more than 100 new tools
• updated system packages
• include linux kernel 4.2.5
• updated all tools
• updated menu entries for window managers
• added (correct) multilib support
• added more fonts
• added missing group 'vboxsf'

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We went over the BlackArch Linux repository and updated all tools. Soon, we will release the new ISOs and the BlackArch Linux Guide, stay tuned!

A big "Thank you" to all BlackArch Linux users, supporters and contributors.

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. The new ISOs include over 1230 tools for i686 and x86_64 and over 1010 tools. For more details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog :

• added more than 30 new tools
• updated system packages including linux kernel 4.1.3
• updated all tools
• added new color config for vim
• replace splash.png
• deleted blackarch-install.txt
• updated /root/README
• fixed typos in ISO config files

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank archlinuxvn.org for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http

We went over the BlackArch Linux repository and updated all tools. Soon, we will release the new ISOs and the BlackArch Linux Wiki, stay tuned!

A big "Thank you" to all BlackArch Linux users, supporters and contributors.

We would like to thank easyname.at and nessus.at for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

We would like to thank easyname.at and nessus.at for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

We would like to thank ustc.edu.cn for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: https

We would like to thank dotsrc.org for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp

We would like to thank digitalpacific.com.au for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | rsync

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. The new ISOs include over 1200 tools for i686 and x86_64 and over 1000 tools for armv6h and armv7h. This release includes bugfixes and SHA1 sum checks for our strap.sh script in the installer. For more details see the ChangeLog below.

Here's the ChangeLog :

• added README
• fix pacman.conf settings: replace HoldPkg settings with IgnorePkg
• updated blackarch-install-scripts (add missing packages, check SHA 1 sum of strap.sh, and more...)
• updated system packages including linux kernel 3.19.3, and more...
• updated tools (version bumps)

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

We would like to thank alexiobash.com for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http

We would like to thank TSpitz Consulting, Inc for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | rsync

We would like to thank ICM Warsaw University for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync | gopher

We would like to thank University of Crete / Computer Center for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp

We would like to thank tamcore.eu and uteditor.de for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | https | rsync

Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. The new ISOs include over 1200 tools for i686 and x86_64 and over 1000 tools for armv6h and armv7h.

Here's a short ChangeLog :

• lot's of bugfixes
• change splash for boot loader (syslinux / grub)
• updated pacman.conf settings
• updated /etc/motd
• updated /etc/issue
• updated blackarch-install-scripts (version bump: 0.8)
• minor tweaks related to ISO builds
• updated menu entries for fluxbox, awesome and openbox
• updated all tools
• added more than 150 new tools

We wish to thank all of BlackArch's users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.

BlackArch Linux now contains more than 1200 tools. We will add the new tools to the next version of the ISO. If you wish to become a beta tester join our IRC channel on Freenode.

In addition to over 150 new tools and a number of features, the new BlackArch Linux ISOs will include bugfixes for the current installer. They will be released in a couple of days.

Also, in parallel, we are working on a new installer written in Python which will have a text- and a curses-based installer modes. Once the new installer is finished, we will release new ISOs yet again.

Stay tuned...

We would like to thank linux.org.tr for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

We walked through the BlackArch Linux repository and upgraded almost every single package.
In order to get the updated packages, run:

pacman -Syyu --needed --force blackarch

Thanks for all supporters and contributors!

We would like to thank mirror.uta.edu.ec for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

We would like to thank hexnoia.org for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http

We would like to thank garr.it for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | rsync

We would like to thank tillo.ch for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: https | http | ftpes | ftp | rsync

We would like to thank CDN Depot for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: https | http | rsync

We would like to thank Packetfire for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: https | http | rsync

We would like to thank Dept of CSE, Yuan Ze University for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

We would like to thank deadbeef.ninjafor becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: https

Today, we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs including more than 1000 tools and lot's of improvements. Also, armv6h and armv7h repositories are filled with more than 1050 tools.

A short ChangeLog :

• tool fix: beef
• fixed pam issues
• added services and login.defs file
• removed kde/openbox and i3-debug menu items from lxdm
• fixed blackarch keyring issue
• disabled dhcpcd service
• upgraded menu entries for awesome, openbox and fluxbox
• upgraded tools
• added a bunch of new tools (contains now more than 1050 tools)
• upgraded archiso profile
• and more ...

We wanted to say "thank you" to all users and supporters of BlackArch Linux who contributed, donated and motivated us for testings, fixes and improvements.

We would like to thank knuth.mirrortr.com for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

Torrent files for new ISOs have been added.
You can get them here or on our mirror sites.

Today, we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs including more than 1000 tools and lot's of improvements. Also, armv6h and armv7h repositories are filled with about 950 tools.

A short ChangeLog:

• added new gtk theme
• added more locales for lxdm and system
• replaced wallpaper and logos
• added bash completions
• added exploits to /usr/share/exploits using sploitctl
• added a bunch of new tools / updated tools (more than 1000)
• added new packages with help flags to each wm's menus
• added missing users and groups in /etc/passwd and /etc/group

We wanted to say "thank you" to all users and supporters of BlackArch Linux who contributed, donated and motivated us for testings, fixes and improvements.

We would like to thank cs.nctu.edu.tw for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | rsync

We would like to thank clibre.uqam.ca for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http

We would like to thank cedia.org.ec and espoch.edu.ec for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | http

We would like to thank Curesec Team for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | http

We would like to thank Team Cymru for becoming a mirror.
They are offering the following access: http | ftp | rsync

Today, we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs including more than 750 tools and lot's of improvements. Also, armv6h and armv7h repositories are filled with about 650 tools.

A short ChangeLog:

• added new system packages: mplayer, abs, ack, bc, bridge-utils, darkhttpd, flashplugin, inotify-tools, irssi, makepasswd, mercurial, mplayer, rtorrent, scrot, strace, tor-browser-en
• added .Xresources with entries for xterm
• added wicd to system start (systemctl)
• added wicd and wicd-gtk networkmanager
• removed 'xset r rate 150 100' entry for X
• updated menu entries
• added more than 150 new tools
• replaced zathura pdf reader with mupdf

We wanted to say "thank you" to all users and supporters of BlackArch Linux who contributed, donated and motivated us for testings, fixes and improvements.

BlackArch now has ARM support. Currently, there are 570 tools in the armv6h repo and 580 tools in the armv7h repo. We are working to close the gap between the ARM repos and the x86_64 and i686 repos. Expect to see over 600 tools in each ARM repo within a week or two.

Soon, we will release ARM images for various devices including the Raspberry Pi and Pandaboard.

We also released new ISOs today. The new ISOs make the following changes :

• package: added zathura
• package: added lsof
• package: added pkgfile
• disabled pc speaker beep
• added initial /etc/motd with notes
• vim: removed alias of vi="vim"
• vim: disabled remap of ':'
• vim: set ttimeoutlen=100

BlackArch now comes with netcon.sh, a script to establish network connections with the option to spoof MAC addresses, hostnames, clientids, etc.

Also, we simplified the installation instructions with a new script: strap.sh.

All existing users must follow the new installation instructions, including step 0. We switched to a more robust keyring. The new keyring is a modification of the keyring used by the Arch Linux developers.

BlackArch Linux is an Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution for pentesters and security researchers. The BlackArch package repository is compatible with existing Arch installs.

Here are some of BlackArch's features :

• Support for i686 and x86_64 architectures
• Over 600 tools (constantly increasing)
• Modular package groups
• A live ISO with multiple window managers, including dwm, Fluxbox, Openbox, Awesome, wmii, i3, and Spectrwm.
• An installer with the ability to build from source.

Soon we will release :

• ARM support
• Documentation for all tools

We are also releasing a tool to fetch and search exploit archives called sploitctl. The nullsecurity team is an official supporter of BlackArch Linux. We have a relaxed development structure. We welcome pull requests of all sizes through Github and email. Also see our website, Twitter account, and IRC channel.

Please report bugs and feature/tool requests through Github, email, twitter, or IRC. Feel free to post requests for your own tools.

We redesigned our website. We hope you like the new style. We also released a bunch of new tools. There are over 600 tools in the repo now. The full list of tools is here.

We changed the directory structure of the repository. Please modify your pacman.conf files like so:

• [blackarch]
• Server = http://blackarch.org/blackarch/$repo/os/$arch

The repository directory structure now resembles that of the official Arch repositories. The new structure will make it easier for mirrors to sync with our repository.

Thanks to everyone's interest in this project we finally pissed off our ISP! It makes us happy to know that so many people appreciate our hard work and are using BlackArch Linux. We have managed to push a record 1.2TB a month of traffic and downloads. The shiny new server is up and alive, thank you for being patient with us. We are currently replicating mirrors across the USA to help with any potential future disruptions. For the latest updates please come back and visit us or follow us on twitter. Thanks everyone!

We're on Securabit Podcast. Thanks to Chris Gerling, Chris Mills, and Mike Bailey for having me as a guest. You can listen to the podcast or download it. They have relaunched their virtual lab environment Gh0st Networks, it's a great free tool for the community to help grow a more secure internet. Their philosphy is screw all the "hats", Gh0st Networks is about learning, exploring, exploiting and connecting in a world where finance and politics are now a few of the motives behind the creation of malware today. Research and reverse engineer these plagues towards the common goal of a secure internet.

We're continuing work to upgrade our infrastructure, as a part of this improvement our domain service provider experienced some issues which resulted in slow proprogation of our DNS records across the globe. This was the root cause of our extended downtime. This issue has now been corrected, we apologize for the inconvenience.

We have recently relocated all tools in the repository to comply with FHS. We would like to hear from anyone that was familiar with the /pentest path structure and how they feel about the current format. Did anyone depend on /pentest to remember what tools you have in your arsenal? Do you prefer having all tools available to you in your $PATH? Please feel free to comment below and speak your mind!