BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to hacking. Regardless if you’re making BackTrack your primary operating system, booting from a LiveDVD, or using your favorite thumbdrive, BackTrack has been customized down to every package, kernel configuration, script and patch solely for the purpose of the penetration tester.

BackTrack is intended for all audiences from the most savvy security professionals to early newcomers to the information security field. BackTrack promotes a quick and easy way to find and update the largest database of security tool collection to-date.

Our community of users range from skilled penetration testers in the information security field, government entities, information technology, security enthusiasts, and individuals new to the security community. Feedback from all industries and skill levels allows us to truly develop a solution that is tailored towards everyone and far exceeds anything ever developed both commercially and freely available.

Whether you’re hacking wireless, exploiting servers, learning, performing a web application assessment, or social-engineering a client, BackTrack is the one-stop-shop for all of your security needs.

The evolution of BackTrack spans many years of development, penetration tests, and unprecedented help from the security community. BackTrack originally started with earlier versions of live Linux distributions called Whoppix, IWHAX, and Auditor. When BackTrack was developed, it was designed and developed by seasoned security professionals to perform penetration testing from one live CD and not leave remnants of the on the laptop itself. It has since expanded to being the most widely adopted penetration testing framework in existence and is used by the security community all over the world.

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What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Kernel 2.6.35.8 – *Much* improved mac80211 stack.
· USB 3.0 support.
· New wireless cards supported.
· All wireless Injection patches applied, maximum support for wireless attacks.
· Even *faster* desktop environment.
· Revamped Fluxbox environment for the KDE challenged.
· Metasploit rebuilt from scratch, MySQL db_drivers working out of the box.
· Updated old packages, added new ones, and removed obsolete ones.
· New BackTrack Wiki with better documentation and support.