Security professionals have been relying on the BackTrack security distribution for many years to help them perform their assessments. The industry has been waiting for the next major release of ...

UPDATE: A critical security flaw has been identified in a component of the latest version of Backtrack, a popular version of Linux that is used by security professionals for penetration testing. The ...

The flaw is a privileged escalation issue in BackTrack’s wireless interface connection daemon (WICD). “There exist several design flaws [in WICD] culminating in privilege escalation exploit”, ...

BackTrack Linux Live distro v.1.0 released Analysis May 30, 2006 1 min Data and Information Security Security ...

BackTrack Linux has established itself as the de facto suite of choice for security professionals and administrators who want to find any possible holes in their servers, systems, and networks. This ...

BackTrack was the winner of our recent Hive Five for best Live CD, so we decided to take it for a test drive and show off a few of the features for everybody else. BackTrack can be installed to a ...

In recent times, the security aspect of information technology has received considerable attention, and large organizations have dedicated security teams to keep tabs on vulnerabilities in their ...

I heard a rumor that Backtrack linux had been issued a cease and desist order from some government agency, and now the site is down? Can anyone connect to ...

From new functions in old distros, like Ubuntu, to newer, fixed-function distros like Webconverger and BackTrack, the face of Linux in 2012 is rapidly changing from off-the-rack to more customized ...

The developers behind penetration testing and security auditing suite Kali Linux are considering creating a "nuke" password that would allow information security professionals to render data ...