This article helps you are going to learn what’s new in Kali 2021.1 and you are going to learn how to upgrade.
What’s new in Kali 2021.1?
You can also find out these in kali's official documentation.
1. Xfce & KDE update
Xfce and KDE are both known as desktop environments similar to gnome. Our default desktop environment has been updated and tweaked and also Plasma KDE also received a new version.
2. Terminal Tweaks
If the search by the "terminal".
You see few other terminals are there. Each terminal has its own usage.
3. Finding Commands That Didn’t Want To Be Found
On previous version 2020.4 or lower, if you run the following command you see a command not found an error.
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ neofetch
neofetch: command not found
If you are finding how to fix this error, then here is a solution with the latest kali 2021.1
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ neofetch
command 'neofetch' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install neofetch
4. New Tools in Kali
Kali just updates the repository where you can install the following tools:
- Airgeddon - Audit wireless networks
- AltDNS - Generates permutations, alterations, and mutations of subdomains and then resolves them
- Arjun - HTTP parameter discovery suite
- Chisel - A fast TCP/UDP tunnel over HTTP
- DNSGen - Generates combination of domain names from the provided input
- DumpsterDiver - Search secrets in various filetypes
- GetAllUrls - Fetch known URLs from AlienVault’s Open Threat Exchange, the Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl
- GitLeaks - Searches Git repo’s history for secrets and keys
- HTTProbe - Take a list of domains and probe for working HTTP and HTTPS servers
- MassDNS - A high-performance DNS stub resolver for bulk lookups and reconnaissance
- PSKracker - WPA/WPS toolkit for generating default keys/pins
- WordlistRaider - Preparing existing wordlists
To install any tool just type the following commands: sudo apt-get install <package-name>
┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo apt-get install arjun
They have changed few other things like:
- Kali official Page
- Wallpapers
- Kali NetHunter Updates
- Kali ARM Updates
Upgrade to Kali Linux 2021.1
It's time to upgrade Kali to the latest version. Do the following steps to update successfully:1. To update Kali, first, ensure that /etc/apt/sources.list is properly populated or not.
┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~]
└─$
2. After that, we can run these commands which will upgrade us to the latest Kali version:
┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo apt-get update
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┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo apt-get full-upgrade -y
