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Kali Linux 2025.4 release adds new tools and desktop updates

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Kali Linux 2025.4 adds three new tools, desktop environment updates, and broader Wayland support, strengthening the platform used for red-teaming and penetration testing. The release introduces bpf-linker, evil-winrm-py, and hexstrike-ai, expanding capabilities for BPF workflows, remote Windows command execution, and AI-driven tool automation. It also updates GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, Xfce, and Kali NetHunter, affecting users who rely on the distro for security assessments.

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  1. 12.12.2025 17:27 2 articles · 5mo ago

    Kali Linux 2025.4 release

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    Kali Linux 2025.4, the final update of 2025, adds bpf-linker, evil-winrm-py, and hexstrike-ai, updates GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, and Xfce, expands Wayland support, adds full VM guest utilities support for VirtualBox, VMware, and QEMU, and extends Kali NetHunter device support for Android 16 and Android 15.

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