Kali Linux 2021.3 changes

Starting with Kali 2021.1 release, Kali is no longer using the superuser account, root, as default. The default user account is now a standard, unprivileged, user. So, the new default credentials are:

Username: kali

Password: kali

If you run commands with the kali user, you may not see some of the outputs as some commands have to be run with root privileges.

Please, first run command sudo su - each time you open a terminal window to switch the kali user to root. So, you don't have to type "sudo" for every command that requires root privileges.

The changes in this version include:

• OpenSSL - Wide compatibility by default - Keep reading for what that means

• New Kali-Tools site - Following the footsteps of Kali-Docs, Kali-Tools has had a complete refresh

• Better VM support in the Live image session - Copy & paste and drag & drop from your machine into a Kali VM by default

• New tools

Berate_ap (for orchestrating MANA rogue Wi-Fi Access Points)

CALDERA (scalable automated adversary emulation platform)

EAPHammer (for targeted evil twin attacks against WPA2-Enterprise Wi-Fi networks)

HostHunter (a recon tool for discovering hostnames using OSINT techniques)

RouterKeygenPC (for generating default WPA/WEP Wi-Fi keys)

Subjack (a tool for pulling off a subdomain takeover)

WPA_Sycophant (evil client portion of EAP relay attack)

• Kali NetHunter smartwatch - first of its kind, for TicHunter Pro

• KDE 5.21 - Plasma desktop received a version bump