Parrot Security OS

Parrot Security OS

https://www.parrotsec.org/

Cloud oriented pentesting distribution

Based on Debian and developed by Frozenbox network

System Specs

• Debian jessie core
• Custom hardened linux 4.5 kernel
• Rolling release upgrade line
• MATE desktop environment
• Lightdm Display Manager
• Custom themes, icons and wallpapers

System Requirements

• CPU: at least 1Ghz dual core cpu
• ARCH: 32bit, 64bit and ARMhf
• RAM: 256Mb – 512Mb suggested
• GPU: No graphic acceleration required
• HDD Standard: 6Gb used – 8Gb suggested
• HDD Full: 8Gb used – 16Gb suggested
• BOOT: Legacy bios or UEFI (testing)

Cloud

• Parrot Server Edition
• Parrot Cloud Controller
• Parrot VPS Service
• Custom installation script for Debian VPS

Programming

• FALCON Programming Language (1.0)
• System editor tuned for programming
• Many compilers and debuggers available
• Reverse Engineering Tools
• Programming Template Files
• Pre-installed most-used libs
• Full Qt5 development framework
• Full .net/mono development framework
• Development frameworks for embedded devices

Digital Forensics

• “Forensic” boot option to avoid boot automounts
• Most famous Digital Forensic tools and frameworks out of the box
• Reliable acquisition and imaging tools
• Top class analysis softwares
• Evidence management and reporting tools
• Disabled automount
• Software blockdev write protection system

Cryptography

• Custom Anti Forensic tools
• Custom interfaces for GPG
• Custom interfaces for cryptsetup
• Support for LUKS, Truecrypt and VeraCrypt
• NUKE patch for cryptsetup LUKS disks
• Encrypted system installation

Anonymity

• AnonSurf
• Entire system anonymization
• TOR and I2P out of the box
• DNS requests anonymization
• “Change Identity” function for AnonSurf
• BleachBit system cleaner
• NoScript plugin
• UserAgentOverrider plugin
• Browser profile manager
• RAM-only browser profile
• Pandora’s Box – RAM cleaner
• Hardened system behaviour

Parrot Security OS is a security oriented operating system designed for Pentesting, Computer Forensic, Reverse engineering, Hacking, Cloud pentesting, privacy/anonimity and cryptography

The pre-installed tools in this distro are only a small part of all the tools available in our main repository, so if you need a non-listed tool, feel free to install it through our software center (Synaptic Package Manager) included in the system.

Parrot on Github

Parrot includes a set of metapackages to easily install further tools

• parrot-tools-full (installs all the tools provided by our repository)
• parrot-tools-arm (provides the tools useful in an embedded environment)
• parrot-tools-cloud (provides the tools included in the Cloud edition)
• parrot-meta-forensic (installs further forensic tools)
• parrot-meta-gpu (installs further tools for gpu hashing)
• parrot-meta-pwtools (installs further tools for password cracking)
• parrot-meta-rfid (installs further radio frequency analysis tools)
• parrot-meta-sdr (installs further software defined radio tools)
• parrot-meta-voip (installs further voip tools)
• parrot-meta-web (installs further web pentesting tools)
• parrot-meta-wireless (installs further tools for wifi cracking)

Parrot Security OS is a distro designed for people who love programming. It comes with interpreters and compilers for the most famous programming languages. Moreover,  right click on your desktop or on a file manager window and you can access a handy drop down menu which allows instant creation of files with custom extension divided by category. You can create html, css, javascript, php, ruby , perl, python, falcon files and many others on the fly.

Frozenbox network has forged good relations with the “pirate crew” – a gang of time wasting pirates drinking rum on the bridge of their ship. The name Parrot, is inspired by a parrot a captain’s shoulder – inevitable element in all the cartoons about pirates.

We hope that you will appreciate this distro  as much as we did – and still are. Our tests proved it to be stable and ‘perfectly’-working  – as well as elegant, lightweight and powerful