Instructor: Okay, this is a quick little update video
that we do every time a new version of Kali Linux comes out.
And yesterday we got the Kali 2023.1 release.
Now you can check out everything about this new release
on the official Kali Linux page
and if you navigate to the blog section,
you will see that on the 13th March, 2023,
there was a blog published about the new release.
If we click on it,
we can read all the new things about this new release.
One cool thing is that it was their 10th anniversary,
so we do get some special things inside
of this new Kali Linux version.
We can read all the new things that they have added
right here in this list.
And probably the coolest one would be the Kali Purple
which is another Kali Linux image that they have added
for defensive security.
So for the past 10 years,
Kali Linux was mostly specialized in offensive security,
but now they've created additional image
that will be focused on the defensive side of security,
mainly for blue and purple teams.
Now this is not really that important for us for the course,
but nonetheless, it's cool thing to know.
So if you want to try it out, feel free to try it out.
But, for the course,
we need the original Kali Linux version.
Now, if you want to read more things that they have changed,
you can just click on each of these links.
So for example, Python changes,
and it will tell you about the Python changes
that they have added in this new release.
For example, the packaging installation is different now
and this will be important later in the course
once we install different Python packages
since the syntax has changed, but more about that later.
If you want to read more about the new Kali Linux version,
feel free to navigate to this page.
And if you want to download the newest Kali Linux version
you go to Get Kali and then Installer Images.
And you want to download the 64-bit installer
or 32 bit if your machine is 32 bit.
And for the M1 and M2 chips,
you want to download Apple Silicone.
But for a regular PC that is 64 bit,
you want to go with this 64-bit installer.
Now if you also want to try out the Kali Purple,
which is the new thing that they have added,
you can navigate down and here is the Kali Purple version,
with tools for defensive security.
Nonetheless, I always recommend
that you download the newest version available.
So if there is a newer version available
other than 2023.1,
feel free to download the newest one.
But if for some reason you want to download
an older version of Kali Linux,
perhaps the one that we use in the course,
you can navigate to the old.Kali.org
and it'll open this page where you can click on base-images
and you will have all the previous Kali Linux versions
and their images.
So feel free to download whichever one that you prefer.
And last thing is,
here is how the new Kali Linux looks like.
So pretty much the only thing that has changed
is the wallpaper.
At least the only thing that we visually see changing
is the wallpaper from the previous version.
But other than that, for the course,
everything else will be the same.
All the tools are still here,
and nothing really of importance has changed
regarding the course.
Okay, let's not make this any longer
and let's get back straight to the course.