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General reminder:
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The installation scripts and provided tools may have bugs, be vulnerable to Man in the Middle (MitM) attacks or other vulnerabilities.
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Adding additional repositories or tools for installing software extends your trust to those tool providers.
Please keep in mind that using such a VM or VMs based on the template for security and privacy critical tasks is not recommended.
How to Create a BlackArch VM
BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers. The repository contains 1434 tools.
- List of tools
- Installation Instructions
Create ArchLinux Based BlackArch Template
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Create ArchlLinux Template
- Follow the Archlinux Template instructions
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Update Template
sudo pacman -Syyu
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Clone template
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Via Qubes VM Manager
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Via command line
qvm-clone archlinux blackarch
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Install BlackArch repository
$ curl -O https://blackarch.org/strap.sh # The SHA1 sum should match: 34b1a3698a4c971807fb1fe41463b9d25e1a4a09 $ sha1sum strap.sh # Set execute bit $ chmod +x strap.sh # Run strap.sh $ sudo ./strap.sh
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Install tools
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install all tools
sudo pacman -S blackarch
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or by category:
# list available categories pacman -Sg | grep blackarch # install category sudo pacman -S blackarch-<category> # example sudo pacman -S blackarch-forensic
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or specific tool
# Search for tool pacman -Ss <tool-name> # Install tool sudo pacman -S <tool-name> # Example pacman -Ss burpsuite sudo pacman -S burpsuite
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Create a AppVMs based on the
blackarch
template- (Optional) Attach necessary devices