KALI Linux releases version 1.09

The Kali Linux developers have released version 1.09 to the public. Kali Linux is a Linux distribution specifically intended for the network security and forensics professional, but makes a damn good all around Operating System for those who are concerned with computer security in general. Kali Linux describes itself  as a "penetration testing platform" and "the most advanced and versatile penetration testing distribution ever created."

Kali Linux contains a includes a vast collection of tools from information gathering to final reporting, that enable security and IT professionals to assess the security of their systems.

They provide several ISO files for download, in 32, 64 bit and ARM, as well as several VMWare images.

They also host the training and pen testing consultants Offensive Security. They offer:

Training  and certifications in Network Security and Penetration Testing Training:
Experience the industry’s most realistic penetration testing training and certifications. Taught by the core developers of Kali Linux, our information security traiining will immerse you into the deep-end of real world penetration testing.

Penetration Testing services:

We know penetration testing. Between Offensive Security Training, Kali Linux and the Exploit-Database, you can trust that we have the expertise, knowledge and experience to provide you with high end penetration testing services

http://www.offensive-security.com/

Kali Linux contains a vast array of tools and utilities from different niches of the security and forensics fields.

EXPLOITATION TOOLS

• Armitage
• Backdoor Factory
• BeEF
• cisco-auditing-tool
• cisco-global-exploiter
• cisco-ocs
• cisco-torch
• crackle
• jboss-autopwn
• Linux Exploit Suggester
• Maltego Teeth
• SET
• ShellNoob
• sqlmap
• THC-IPV6
• Yersinia

FORENSICS TOOLS

• Binwalk
• bulk-extractor
• Capstone
• chntpw
• Cuckoo
• dc3dd
• ddrescue
• DFF
• diStorm3
• Dumpzilla
• extundelete
• Foremost
• Galleta
• Guymager
• iPhone Backup Analyzer
• p0f
• pdf-parser
• pdfid
• pdgmail
• peepdf
• RegRipper
• Volatility
• Xplico

HARDWARE HACKING

• android-sdk
• apktool
• Arduino
• dex2jar
• Sakis3G
• smali

INFORMATION GATHERING

• acccheck
• ace-voip
• Amap
• Automater
• bing-ip2hosts
• braa
• CaseFile
• CDPSnarf
• cisco-torch
• Cookie Cadger
• copy-router-config
• DMitry
• dnmap
• dnsenum
• dnsmap
• DNSRecon
• dnstracer
• dnswalk
• DotDotPwn
• enum4linux
• enumIAX
• exploitdb
• Fierce
• Firewalk
• fragroute
• fragrouter
• Ghost Phisher
• GoLismero
• goofile
• hping3
• InTrace
• iSMTP
• lbd
• Maltego Teeth
• masscan
• Metagoofil
• Miranda
• Nmap
• ntop
• p0f
• Parsero
• Recon-ng
• SET
• smtp-user-enum
• snmpcheck
• sslcaudit
• SSLsplit
• sslstrip
• SSLyze
• THC-IPV6
• theHarvester
• TLSSLed
• twofi
• URLCrazy
• Wireshark
• WOL-E
• Xplico

MAINTAINING ACCESS

• CryptCat
• Cymothoa
• dbd
• dns2tcp
• http-tunnel
• HTTPTunnel
• Intersect
• Nishang
• polenum
• PowerSploit
• pwnat
• RidEnum
• sbd
• U3-Pwn
• Webshells
• Weevely
• Winexe

PASSWORD ATTACKS

• acccheck
• Burp Suite
• CeWL
• chntpw
• cisco-auditing-tool
• CmosPwd
• creddump
• crunch
• DBPwAudit
• findmyhash
• gpp-decrypt
• hash-identifier
• HexorBase
• THC-Hydra
• John the Ripper
• Johnny
• keimpx
• Maltego Teeth
• Maskprocessor
• multiforcer
• Ncrack
• oclgausscrack
• PACK
• patator
• phrasendrescher
• polenum
• RainbowCrack
• rcracki-mt
• RSMangler
• SQLdict
• Statsprocessor
• THC-pptp-bruter
• TrueCrack
• WebScarab
• wordlists
• zaproxy

REPORTING TOOLS

• CaseFile
• CutyCapt
• dos2unix
• Dradis
• KeepNote
• MagicTree
• Metagoofil
• Nipper-ng
• pipal

REVERSE ENGINEERING

• apktool
• dex2jar
• diStorm3
• edb-debugger
• jad
• javasnoop
• JD-GUI
• OllyDbg
• smali
• Valgrind
• YARA

SNIFFING & SPOOFING

• Burp Suite
• DNSChef
• fiked
• hamster-sidejack
• HexInject
• iaxflood
• inviteflood
• iSMTP
• isr-evilgrade
• mitmproxy
• ohrwurm
• protos-sip
• rebind
• responder
• rtpbreak
• rtpinsertsound
• rtpmixsound
• sctpscan
• SIPArmyKnife
• SIPp
• SIPVicious
• SniffJoke
• SSLsplit
• sslstrip
• THC-IPV6
• VoIPHopper
• WebScarab
• Wifi Honey
• Wireshark
• xspy
• Yersinia
• zaproxy

STRESS TESTING

• DHCPig
• FunkLoad
• iaxflood
• Inundator
• inviteflood
• ipv6-toolkit
• mdk3
• Reaver
• rtpflood
• SlowHTTPTest
• t50
• Termineter
• THC-IPV6
• THC-SSL-DOS

VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS

• BBQSQL
• BED
• cisco-auditing-tool
• cisco-global-exploiter
• cisco-ocs
• cisco-torch
• copy-router-config
• DBPwAudit
• Doona
• DotDotPwn
• Greenbone Security Assistant
• GSD
• HexorBase
• Inguma
• jSQL
• Lynis
• Nmap
• ohrwurm
• openvas-administrator
• openvas-cli
• openvas-manager
• openvas-scanner
• Oscanner
• Powerfuzzer
• sfuzz
• SidGuesser
• SIPArmyKnife
• sqlmap
• Sqlninja
• sqlsus
• THC-IPV6
• tnscmd10g
• unix-privesc-check
• Yersinia

WEB APPLICATIONS

• apache-users
• Arachni
• BBQSQL
• BlindElephant
• Burp Suite
• CutyCapt
• DAVTest
• deblaze
• DIRB
• DirBuster
• fimap
• FunkLoad
• Grabber
• jboss-autopwn
• joomscan
• jSQL
• Maltego Teeth
• PadBuster
• Paros
• Parsero
• plecost
• Powerfuzzer
• ProxyStrike
• Recon-ng
• Skipfish
• sqlmap
• Sqlninja
• sqlsus
• ua-tester
• Uniscan
• Vega
• w3af
• WebScarab
• Webshag
• WebSlayer
• WebSploit
• Wfuzz
• XSSer
• zaproxy

WIRELESS ATTACKS

• Aircrack-ng
• Asleap
• Bluelog
• BlueMaho
• Bluepot
• BlueRanger
• Bluesnarfer
• Bully
• coWPAtty
• crackle
• eapmd5pass
• Fern Wifi Cracker
• Ghost Phisher
• GISKismet
• Gqrx
• gr-scan
• kalibrate-rtl
• KillerBee
• Kismet
• mdk3
• mfcuk
• mfoc
• mfterm
• Multimon-NG
• Reaver
• redfang
• RTLSDR Scanner
• Spooftooph
• Wifi Honey
• Wifitap
• Wifite

The ISO download page is here: http://www.kali.org/downloads/

Link  to the VMWare images for 64 bit (AMD), 32 bit PAE(i686), 32 bit i486, as well as custom images for the Rasberry Pi and various ARM cpu's is here: 

http://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vmware-arm-image-download/

The Telecommunication Oligopoly, FCC, Antitrust and Net Neutrality in general

The Telecommunication Oligopoly, FCC, Antitrust and Net Neutrality.

Comprehensive info on the "Net Neutrality" issue.

For anyone who communicates through high-bandwidth media, the FCC’s proposal would be very bad.

Video script and better formatted version of the links below can be found on the blog: 

http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-t...

Politicians love when you personally contact them! It is a fact. 

List of FCC commissioners and their twitters, emails, blogs, instagrams, etc:

http://www.fcc.gov/leadership

Don't know how to contact your representative? 

Find out who they are and let them know you're watching them!

http://whoismyrepresentative.com/

Comment form for proceeding 14-28 "Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet"
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/displ...

Comment form for proceeding 14-57 "Applications of Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable Inc. for Consent to Assign or Transfer Control of Licenses and Applications"
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/displ...

The above proceeding has 

List of all proceedings available for comment:

http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/hotdocket/list

General "open internet" FCC inbox: openinternet@fcc.gov

whitehouse.gov petition for net neutrality in general:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti...

whitehouse.gov petition for reclassifying broadband as common carrier, specifically:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti...

Once you have a whitehouse.gov account, you can sign petitions about all sorts of things you care about! 

There's a rally in Washington DC on May 15 2014 if you're around:

http://act.freepress.net/survey/DC_Ma...

Learn more about all this stuff:

Court case ruling cable internet as an "information service" rather than "telecommunications service":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National...
Communications act of 1934, describing common carriers under title II:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communic...
Telecommunications act of 1996, including Title V, the CDA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecomm...
Communications Decency Act, part of the Telecommunications act of 1996, which protected ISPs from liability:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communic...

The FCC's Open Internet Order 2010:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_Open...
Verizon had the above overturned in 2014 as not applying to non-common carriers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_...)

A couple other attempts at net neutrality things:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communic...

Data on internet speed from study "The Cost of Connectivity":http://oti.newamerica.net/publication...

Terms to know
Antitrust law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_S...
Cartel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartel
Common carrier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_c...
DMCA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA
FCC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_...
Game theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory
ISP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISP
Monopoly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly
Net neutrality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neut...
Oligopoly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly
Telecommunication: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecomm...

Also see these other videos on the topic:
BlinkPopShift: http://youtu.be/bzUuOscaDbI
CGPGrey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtt2a...
Extra Credits: http://youtu.be/wQtiIazfoQM
Hank Green: http://youtu.be/mc2aso6W7jQ


Thankyou Emily Eifler and Christopher Hart for their advice!