Cyborg Linux (AKA: Cyborg Hawk) is a Ubuntu (currently the most popular Unix-like OS) based penetration testing Linux distro, specially designed for hackers or cyber security experts to perform all kinds of network security penetration testing, assessment, computer forensics and more.

Compared with currently the most famous penetration testing OS Kali Linux, Cyborg Linux has the 3 advantages at least:

  • More advanced - Supports all kinds of test related work, including mobile security and malware analysis
  • Much more powerful - Comes with ultimate collection of 750+ pre-installed excellent security related tools (Kali - 300+)
  • More beautiful & user-friendly - Based on the most mature and widely-used Ubuntu (rather than Kali Linux's Debian)
AppNee wants everyone to know, for any Linux distro, whether it would eventually become popular is determined by many factors, such as: UI design, compatibility, even small thing like font rendering. But the crucial factor lies in its software source's mirror stations. If it's not enough open source mirror sites around the world, then that inevitably leads to very poor UE on the software download and update. For the moment, Kali Linux monopolizes the upper hand among all similar Linux distros. I think, this is also the key point for Cyborg Linux to win. If it could deal with this well, eventually, it can become the biggest threat of BackTrack Linux's successor - Kali Linux.

Key Features

  • The most advanced, powerful and yet beautiful penetration testing distribution ever created
  • 750+ penetration testing tools included
  • Totally free all the time
  • Various Wireless devices support
  • Well structured menu, everything is in just the right place
  • Patched kernal from injection
  • Comes with its own repository
  • Full virtual machine support
  • Can be used as live OS with full capability
  • Reliable and stable

Main Toolkit Categories

  • Special Toolkit
  • Information Gathering
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Exploitation Toolkit
  • Privilege Escalation
  • Maintaining Access
  • Documentation & Reporting
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Stress Testing
  • Forensics
  • Wireless Toolkit
  • RFID/NFC Tools
  • Hardware Hacking
  • VoIP Analysis
  • Mobile Security
  • Malware Analysis

Fan Made Demo Video

Prompts

The default login info for Cyborg Linux is:
  • Username: cyborg
  • Password: toor

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Download URLs

License Version Download Size
Free OS Latest (mir) 3.07 GB
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