What is PentestBox?

What is PentestBox?

PentestBox is an Opensource PreConfigured Portable Penetration Testing Environment for the Windows Operating System.

What is the use of PentestBox?

Web Applications Proxies Its various tools work seamlessly together to support the entire testing process, from initial mapping and analysis of an application’s attack surface, through to finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities.

Can I use Windows for Pentesting?

Well, you might be surprised, especially if you’re a die-hard GNU/Linux user like me, that you can actually use Windows 10 as a penetration testing operating system!

Where can I find tool list for pentest box?

To know the list of tools which can be installed through ToolsManager, visit modules.pentestbox.org . Welcome to the PentestBox Tool List Website! Here you will find a list of the tools which are inside PentestBox and how to use them. You can see the list of a particular category using the left sidebar.

Is there a GitHub repository for pentestbox?

In case there isn’t any github repository then i have created a github repository for those tools with their binaries on Github.com/PentestBox. So the “update” command updates the source code of all the tools, so tools are updated whether you download latest version or not.

What kind of browser does pentest box use?

PentestBox contains a version of Mozilla Firefox Browser with nearly all its security addons. To know the complete list of addons, please click here. It contains an update feature through which you can keep your tools updated. To know more about update feature, please click here.

What makes Pentest box different from other Linux distributions?

PentestBox is not like any other linux pentesting distribution which either runs in a virtual machine or on a dual boot envrionment. It essentially provides all the security tools as a software package and lets you run them natively on Windows.