Linux in 30 minutes. A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing and Using Linux

Date: 02/06/2025

It doesn’t matter which operating system you prefer to have on your desktop, Linux is literally everywhere today: on servers, on hardware like Raspberry Pi, on smart devices, on computers in government institutions… Well, even in Windows, you can now run LinuxLinux to make it easier, for example, to test server software. A hacker just needs to navigate Linux.
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Pentester’s suitcase: Identifying OS on remote host

Date: 31/08/2020

As you are aware, any penetration test starts from information collection. You have to find out what operating system is running on the remote host, and only then you can start looking for vulnerabilities in it. This article presents seven useful tools used inter alia for OS detection and explains their operation principles.

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