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BackBox - Linux distribution based website Hacked BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and to provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment thanks to its own software repositories always been updated to the last stable version of the most known and used ethical hacking tools. Two Days back backbox linux website got hacked by Emperor Hacking Team and 3 subdomains named ' Forum.backbox.org ' & ' wiki.backbox.org ' & ' rafaelle.backbox.org ' also got defaced. mirror link1:  http://zone-h.org/mirror/id/ 14521377   www.backbox.org mirror link2:  http://zone-h.org/mirror/id/ 14521376 forum.backbox.org mirror link3:  http://zone-h.org/mirror/id/ 14521386 raffaele.backbox.org

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Emperor Hacking Team : iM4n account exposed Just a few days back, the Backbox Linux distribution based website got hacked by the Emperor Hacking Team. A few hours later, Backbox maintainers managed to reconstruct the attack step by step and found infos that proved "iM4n" as the attacker. He owns an account on www.server4you.de, a webhosting company specialized in virtually dedicated servers. His account has been hacked. Brief technical report:  http://raffaele.backbox.org/content/im4n-account-exposed Backbox Team : " Backbox is just a Linux distribution. Such an attack was absolutely unexpected. The 'dreaded' eMP3R0r_TEAM turned out to be a group of iranian activists who carry out random attacks on potential vulnerable websites by targeting mostly European ones. During our investigation and analysis we were able to obtain complete details of the man who personally performed the attack (nick iM4n) and we collected a variety of tests that confirmed his identity....

BackBox Linux 2 released The BackBox team is proud to announce the release of BackBox. Linux 2.BackBox 2 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8. BackBox is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. It is designed to be fast and easy to use. It provides a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, which are always updated to the latest stable versions of the most often used and best-known ethical hacking tools. What's new System upgrade Performance boost New look and feel Improved start menu Bug fixing Hacking tools new or updated Three new section: Vulnerabilty Assessment, Forensic Analysis and VoIP Analysis Much, much more! System requirements 32-bit or 64-bit processor 256 MB of system memory (RAM) 2 GB of disk space for installation Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution DVD-ROM drive or USB port Download BackBox...

The BackBox team has announce the release 2.05 of BackBox Linux. The new release include features such as Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8.0. BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable version of the most used and best known ethical hacking tools. What's new System upgrade Bug corrections Performance boost Improved start menu Improved WiFi driver (compat-wireless aircrack patched) New Hacking tools: creepy, fern-wifi-cracker, joomscan, pyrit, reaver, xplico, etc. Updated tools: crunch, fimap, hydra, magictree, metasploit, set, sipvicious, skipfish, w3af, weevely, wireshark, wirouterkeyrec, wpscan, zaproxy, theharvester, xsser, etc. Download Backbox 2.05