Kali Linux 2018.4 Release Comes With New Tools and Tool Upgrades

We now already have the fourth and final release of Kali Linux 2018, the Kali Linux 2018.4. You can download it here. This release has brought us up to kernel version 4.18.0. It has numerous bug fixes and package updates. 

On a personal level, i remember release 2018.2, or was it 2018.3, the terminal was just dark with no control for opaqueness but the new 2018.4 comes with opaqueness control of the terminal.

I love a translucent terminal.

There were no major changes with kernel version 4.17.0 unlike 4.16.0 which came with major improvements such as the now well known Spectre and Meltdown fixes, better power management and better GPU support.

Kali Linux 2018.4 also includes updated packages for Burp Suite, Patator, Gobuster, Binwalk, Faraday, Fern-Wifi-Cracker, RSMangler, theHarvester, wpscan, and more. To check out the list of updates, fixes, and additions, refer to the Kali Bug Tracker Changelog. 

It also came with a very experimental 64-bit Raspberry Pi 3 image.

Updating Kali Linux

It's always good to have an up-to-date system. Update your system with the command:

        apt update && apt -y full-upgrade && apt-y dist-upgrade

Since this is Linux, not windows, your system is fully upgraded and by preference you can continue using it normally or if you wish to double check your version just to be sure, first confirm you Kali packages repositories are correct:  

        cat /etc/apt/sources.list

You may need to do a reboot just before checking your version.

You can check your OS version on the terminal with the command: 

       grep VERSION /etc/os-release

And the Kernel version with command:

       uname -a

The New Tool In Our Distro

2018.4 comes with the addition of one more tool in our Linux distro - Wireguard. Wireguard is a powerful and easy to configure VPN solution that eliminates many of the headaches one typically encounters setting up VPNs. It's really neat, nice and easy to configure. 

Installation in also quite nice and easy:

        apt install wireguard resolvconf

For most of us using Kali Linux, we're pretty much used to OpenVPN, but in comes Wireguard. It will be pretty fun working with the newest tool in town, working with both, comparing both of them to figure out which one comes in handy at what particular instance.

That's all for now as i continue tinkering with Wireguard. I'll tell you more about it and its configurations.