BlackArch Linux is a fast, light-weight Linux distribution specially made for security researchers and penetration testers. As the name implies, BlackArch Linux is based on Arch Linux. Like it's rival distro Kali Linux, It comes with plethora of security and penetration tools. As of writing this, BlackArch Linux repository has 1958 tools, and the list will grow in the days to come. You can either install tools individually or a group. Since it is based on Arch Linux, the usage is pretty much same as Arch Linux.
BlackArch Linux is available for 64bit systems only. You can simply download the ISO from the official download page, burn it on DVD or USB drive, and install it as the way you install Arch Linux. Also, BlachArch ships with a graphical installer, so the installation will be quite easier than vanilla Arch Linux installation. Alternatively, you can install it on top of existing Arch Linux. If you have any existing Arch Linux, just add the BlackArch Linux repositories, and install it using pacman command. Both methods are pretty easy and straight forward.
In this brief tutorial, we will be installing BalckArch on existing Arch Linux with MATE desktop.
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Install BlackArch Linux on Arch Linux
First, update your Arch Linux with command:
$ sudo pacman -Syyu
Reboot once after updating Arch Linux.
Then, download the BalckArch installer script.
$ curl -O https://blackarch.org/strap.sh
Sample output:
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 3889 100 3889 0 0 2154 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 2155
Next, check the installer script is valid. To do so, run:
sha1sum strap.sh
You will see an output something like below.
6f152b79419491db92c1fdde3fad2d445f09aae3 strap.sh
If you got the above result, the script is legitimate. Go ahead, and make the script as executable using command:
$ sudo chmod +x strap.sh
Finally, run this script to add the BlachArch repositories.
$ sudo ./strap.sh
You will be asked to to Enter a BlackArch Linux mirror. Press ENTER to accept the default URL and continue.
[...] -> enter a BlackArch Linux mirror url (default: http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/blackarch.org/blackarch/): ## Press ENTER
That's it. BlachArch repository has just been added.
You can now install tools from the blackarch repository.
Install BlackArch tools from repository
First, let us see the list all of the available tools. To do so, run:
$ sudo pacman -Sgg | grep blackarch | cut -d' ' -f2 | sort -u
Sample output:
You can either install all tools or a single tool or a group of tools.
To install all of the tools in the BlachArch repository, run the following command:
$ sudo pacman -S blackarch
In most cases, this is not necessary if you won't use all tools. Instead, you can install either a single tool or group of tools.
To Install a single tool, for example pdfcrack, run:
$ sudo pacman -S pdfcrack
Sample output:
resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (1) pdfcrack-0.15-1 Total Download Size: 0.02 MiB Total Installed Size: 0.07 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] :: Retrieving packages... pdfcrack-0.15-1-x86_64 23.9 KiB 69.6K/s 00:00 [######################] 100% (1/1) checking keys in keyring [######################] 100% (1/1) checking package integrity [######################] 100% (1/1) loading package files [######################] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100% (1/1) checking available disk space [######################] 100% :: Processing package changes... (1/1) installing pdfcrack [######################] 100%
Also, you can install a group of tools if you want.
To find out the list of available groups, run:
$ sudo pacman -Sg | grep blackarch
Sample output:
blackarch blackarch-webapp blackarch-fuzzer blackarch-scanner blackarch-proxy blackarch-windows blackarch-dos blackarch-cracker blackarch-voip blackarch-spoof blackarch-forensic blackarch-crypto blackarch-backdoor blackarch-binary blackarch-networking blackarch-misc blackarch-exploitation blackarch-defensive blackarch-wireless blackarch-disassembler blackarch-malware blackarch-mobile blackarch-reversing blackarch-sniffer blackarch-social blackarch-recon blackarch-hardware blackarch-automation blackarch-fingerprint blackarch-honeypot blackarch-debugger blackarch-firmware blackarch-database blackarch-bluetooth blackarch-code-audit blackarch-tunnel blackarch-networking blackarch-exploitation blackarch-decompiler blackarch-radio blackarch-unpacker blackarch-keylogger blackarch-threat-model blackarch-packer blackarch-drone blackarch-nfc blackarch-anti-forensic blackarch-ids blackarch-cryptography blackarch-gpu
As you can see, there are plenty of tools. Pick any one of the group (category), for example blackarch-cracker, and install it using command:
$ sudo pacman -S blackarch-cracker
This command will install all of the cracking tools from the BlackArch repository.
Sample output:
:: There are 182 members in group blackarch-cracker: :: Repository blackarch 1) acccheck 2) aesfix 3) aeskeyfind 4) against 5) androidpincrack 6) asleap 7) atstaketools 8) balbuzard 9) beleth 10) bgp-md5crack 11) bios_memimage 12) bkhive 13) blackhash 14) bob-the-butcher 15) brutessh 16) brutex 17) brutus 18) btcrack 19) bully 20) cewl 21) chapcrack 22) checkpwd 23) cheetah-suite 24) chntpw 25) chrome-decode 26) cintruder 27) cisco-auditing-tool 28) cisco-ocs 29) cisco-scanner 30) cisco-snmp-enumeration 31) cisco5crack 32) cisco7crack 33) cmospwd 34) cowpatty 35) crackhor 36) crackle 37) crackq 38) crackserver 39) creddump 40) crowbar 41) crunch 42) cudahashcat 43) cupp 44) dbpwaudit 45) delldrac 46) depant 47) device-pharmer 48) dislocker 49) domi-owned 50) doozer 51) dpeparser 52) dumpacl 53) eapmd5pass 54) enabler 55) evilize 56) evilmaid 57) facebrute 58) fang 59) fcrackzip 60) fern-wifi-cracker 61) ftp-scanner 62) ftp-spider 63) gtalk-decode 64) hashcat 65) hashcat-utils 66) hasher 67) hashpump 68) hashtag 69) hdcp-genkey 70) hdmi-sniff 71) hostbox-ssh 72) htpwdscan 73) hydra 74) iaxscan 75) ibrute 76) iheartxor 77) iisbruteforcer 78) ikecrack 79) ikeprobe 80) inguma 81) intercepter-ng 82) interrogate 83) ipmipwn 84) iptv 85) jbrute 86) john 87) johnny 88) jooforce 89) katana 90) keimpx 91) khc 92) ldap-brute 93) levye 94) linset 95) lodowep 96) mdcrack 97) medusa 98) mfoc 99) mkbrutus 100) morxbook 101) morxbrute 102) morxbtcrack 103) morxcoinpwn 104) morxcrack 105) ncrack 106) ntds-decode 107) oclhashcat 108) ocs 109) onesixtyone 110) ophcrack 111) orakelcrackert 112) outlook-webapp-brute 113) owabf 114) pack 115) passcracking 116) passe-partout 117) patator 118) pdfcrack 119) pdgmail 120) pemcrack 121) pemcracker 122) phoss 123) php-mt-seed 124) php-rfi-payload-decoder 125) phrasendrescher 126) pipal 127) pipeline 128) pkcrack 129) pwdump 130) pyrit 131) rainbowcrack 132) rarcrack 133) rcracki-mt 134) rdesktop-brute 135) reaver 136) regeorg 137) ridenum 138) rlogin-scanner 139) rootbrute 140) rpdscan 141) rsakeyfind 142) samdump2 143) samydeluxe 144) sb0x 145) sidguesser 146) sipbrute 147) sipcrack 148) skul 149) skype-dump 150) smbbf 151) sn1per 152) snmp-brute 153) sparta 154) speedpwn 155) sqlpat 156) ssh-privkey-crack 157) sshatter 158) sshscan 159) sshtrix 160) sslnuke 161) sucrack 162) tckfc 163) tftp-bruteforce 164) thc-keyfinder 165) thc-pptp-bruter 166) thc-smartbrute 167) ufo-wardriving 168) unsecure 169) vnc-bypauth 170) vncrack 171) wifite 172) wirouter-keyrec 173) wmat 174) wordbrutepress 175) wpa2-halfhandshake-crack 176) wpbf 177) wpbrute-rpc 178) wyd 179) xorbruteforcer 180) zackattack 181) zulu 182) zykeys Enter a selection (default=all):
Similarly, you can install other categories as well.
You can find the complete tool list of the BlackArch Linux repository from here. Read the description of each tool, and install any tools you want to test.
Build and install BlackArch packages from source
In this method, you can build and install the packages from source If you want to use the most recent packages.
To build packages from source, you should install blackman tool.
To install it, run:
$ sudo pacman -S blackman
Then, download, compile and install package using command:
$ sudo blackman -i <package-name>
Likewise, to download, compile and install a group (category), run:
$ sudo blackman -g <group-name>
To download, compile and install all BlackArch tools:
$ sudo blackman -a
To list all categories:
$ blackman -l
To list the available tools in a particular category:
$ blackman -p <category>
And, that's all for now. You have successfully built an Arch Linux system for doing security research and penetration tests. Go ahead, and pick a tool of your choice and start testing it.
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