On August 30, 2016, the development team behind the BlackArch Linux penetration testing distribution based on Arch Linux have announced the release of new Live ISO images with updated components and various improvements.
The BlackArch 2016-08-30 ISO images are here to replace the previous ISOs, namely BlackArch 2016-08-19, and upgrade the kernel packages to the latest Linux 4.7.2 release, as well as to add various improvements to the BlackArch Linux installer, repair a bug in the strap.sh script, and update all the core components and in-house built tools.
“Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. This is just a bugfix release. For more details see the changelog,” said the BlackArch Linux developers in the brief blog announcement. “We wish to thank all of BlackArch’s users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help.”
BlackArch 2016-08-30 Live and Netinstall ISOs out now
As usual, BlackArch Linux is distributed as Live DVD ISO images for both 64- and 32-bit hardware architectures, which you can deploy on any USB flash drive of 8GB or higher capacity, or a DVD disc, and boot it on any computer. The Live ISOs allow you to use BlackArch Linux without installing anything on the respective PC.
Netinstall ISO images of BlackArch Linux 2016-08-30 are available as well for those who want to install the penetration testing GNU/Linux distribution on their machines, but don’t want to download the Live ISOs that have over 4GB in size. The Netinstall ISOs are much smaller (under 100MB) and let you install the OS directly from the Internet.
Therefore, if you want to use the latest build of the BlackArch Linux distro for ethical hackers and security professionals, we recommend downloading the BlackArch 2016-08-30 build right now via our website or directly from the project’s homepage, where you can choose a mirror that’s closer to you or fetch the ISOs via BitTorrent.
