Top Operating System for Hacking You must know

• 30 Sept 2019
• Admin

Now a day’s while the digital world is spreading day by day and it is becoming an important part of our life. We share our personal information on the internet. But We should also care about our privacy and security. With the increase in the use of internet, cybercrime is also increasing. Folks or hackers who have knowledge about hacking use an advanced operating system for hacking.

There are a lot of question asked by people for example:
• How to hack a website?
• How to hack WhatsApp?
• How to hack Facebook?
And lots more.

People who have knowledge of these things are known as cybersecurity professionals. Now the question is, how they do it?

Let’s take a look at few Operating systems for Hacking:

1. Kali Linux
Kali Linux is an operating system developed by offensive-security. We can call it “backtrack 6” as well. It was launched in 2013 and there is no reason for its name is “Kali”. It was just an idea to give it the name “Kali Linux”. Kali Linux has more than 300 tools built in like Metasploit, Nmap, Armitage, SQL map, OpenVAS, etc.
System Requirement for Kali Linux:
20 GB of minimum hard drive space
1Gb ram for i386 and 2GB for amd64
CD-DVD drive/USB support

2. Parrot OS
This operating system has a very bright and gradient looking user interface. It has some more advanced feature like anonymous browsing.
System Requirement for Parrots OS:
CPU: x86 with at least 700Mhz
Ram: 512 MB recommended
HDD: 16 GB Space

3. Black Arch Linux
This operating system is specially made for Arch Linux. Although it is less user-friendly but provides more than 900 tool to test security.
System requirement for Black Arch:
CPU: Pentium 2 or more
RAM: 2 GB
HDD: 20 GB

4.Cyborg Hawk Linux
This operating system is used by ethical hackers and penetration testers. Cyborg Hawk Linux has more than 750 tools included.
System Requirement for Cyborg Hawk Linux:
CPU: Pentium 2 or more
RAM: 1 GB
HDD: 20 GB

5.BackBox Linux
An Ubuntu-based Linux distribution for penetration testing and security assessment. The desktop environment included with powerful tools for network security testing, web application security testing and lots more.
System Requirement for Backbox Linux:
CPU: 32 bit or 64-bit processor
RAM: 512 Mb
HDD: 6 GB Space