Kali Linux 2021.3 changes

Starting with Kali 2021.1 release, Kali is no longer using the superuser account, root, as default. The default user account is now a standard, unprivileged, user. So, the new default credentials are:

Username: kali

Password: kali

If you run commands with the kali user, you may not see some of the outputs as some commands have to be run with root privileges.

Please, first run command “sudo su - ” each time you open a terminal window to switch the kali user to root. So, you don't have to type "sudo" for every command that requires root privileges.

The changes in this version include:

• OpenSSL - Wide compatibility by default - Keep reading for what that means

• New Kali-Tools site - Following the footsteps of Kali-Docs, Kali-Tools has had a complete refresh

• Better VM support in the Live image session - Copy & paste and drag & drop from your machine into a Kali VM by default

• New Tools in Kali

• It would not be a Kali release if there were not any new tools added! A quick run down of what’s been added (to the network repositories):

  • Dufflebag - Search exposed EBS volumes for secrets

  • Maryam - Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) Framework

  • Name-That-Hash - Do not know what type of hash it is? Name That Hash will name that hash type!

  • Proxmark3 - if you are into Proxmark3 and RFID hacking

  • Reverse Proxy Grapher - graphviz graph illustrating your reverse proxy flow

  • S3Scanner - Scan for open S3 buckets and dump the contents

  • Spraykatz - Credentials gathering tool automating remote procdump and parse of lsass process.

  • truffleHog - Searches through git repositories for high entropy strings and secrets, digging deep into commit history

  • Web of trust grapher (wotmate) - reimplement the defunct PGP pathfinder without needing anything other than your own keyring