Kali Linux - the penetration testing framework that I recently write about as a legend among cyber tools - just got updated last week. It’s an update packed with a whole lot of cool new things. Here’s the changelog summary from Kali:
The summary of the changelog since the 2025.1 release from March is:
Desktop Updates - Kali-Menu refresh, GNOME 48 & KDE 6.3 updates
BloodHound Community Edition - Major upgrade with full set of ingestors
Kali NetHunter Smartwatch Wi-Fi Injection - TicWatch Pro 3 now able to de-authenticate and capture WPA2 handshakes
Kali NetHunter CARsenal - Car hacking tool set!
New Tools - 13 new shinny tools added (and various updates)
Even though I’ve kept up with Kali for many years, it’s still a little mind blowing to see the ability for a smartwatch to do WiFi injection and car hacking via the NetHunter on (selected) Android phones listed. My two favorite parts of the update are the Bloodhound upgrade and the menu refresh.
BloodHound is a tool used by penetration testers to find the shortest, fastest path from owning a standard user level account to a domain admin account - effectively the keys to the kingdom in Windows environments. Here’s what Kali says about how big the update to BloodHound is:
If you’re doing Active Directory recon, this upgrade is a game changer. BloodHound just got a major upgrade – we’ve bumped it up to the latest version: BloodHound Community Edition (CE). With this update, we’re also shipping the full set of ingestors to support it:
I’m guessing the azurehound is leveling up BloodHound’s capabilities in Azure Active Directory environments.
The desktop menu refresh now has Kali’s tools menu following MITRE ATT&CK structure for attackers tactics, from Reconnaissance to Impact. I’m a big fan of ATT&CK, so I hope this will end up being a menu refresh that works well for Kali users.
Head on over to Kali’s post for all the details on all the good stuff in this update.