Exploring Hacker Operating Systems: BlackArch

In this episode Kody and special guest James explore the Arch based penetration testing distribution BlackArch which aims to be easier to install than normal Arch and comes with thousands of ethical hacking tools preinstalled.
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Chapters:
0:00 Countdown
0:52 Intro
1:47 BlackArch Basics
4:40 How to Install
6:50 Advantages vs Kali
9:05 OVA vs ISO
10:35 ISO Install
19:30 Spinning up Our First BlackArch VM
22:30 BlackArch Installer GUI
26:20 Partitioning
30:05 Encrypting Root
33:43 OVA Install
36:05 Packet Manger
37:50 Default Tools
52:51 Closing Thoughts
58:15 Endscreen

[@jaywilliams6499]

I recommend installing on top of arch. I’ve done all 3 and will say it’s the most stress free option

[@tozukiyaniko5131]

Its 3 years, blackarch is the best of its own kind for me 👍

[@t41h45]

after 2 years of experience with Kali Linux bacbox and parrot OS... Now he time has come to explore Blackarch Linux

[@soulleague7866]

yo it's good?

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

And then there’s me: the noob Linux user who said “screw you!” To those saying that I’m going to struggle. Please, I have a phone. I’ll figure it out! *PAIN BE DAMNED!*

[@TheTongolele360]

This almost reminds me of Redhat back in '98. I was 14 with no internet installing it on an old Compaq machine. Had to buy the cd at a staples.. couldn't afford windows. That was much harder to figure back then. Damn thing took me 19hrs install.

[@greatwhiteswag]

I know that struggle!! My step-dad brought a Red Hat disc home for my birthday around that same time when I was 12. Spent entire days trying to install it on my hand-me-down desktop.

[@MAX-nv6yj]

W host W guest W channel u guys explain so many things to me and it is very useful informations thank u guys so much

[@ultraluxeest1991]

I feel like this a 'My toolkit is bigger than yours' OS just for the hell of it haha

[@SecurityFWD]

Yeah kinda haha

[@D00000T]

That or you just want to keep up the stereotypical arch elitism

[@kevinmorrice]

The main argument I've heard for all the tools is "well the more you have the less you need, covers all bases" which makes some sense but feels like overkill

[@ultraluxeest1991]

@@kevinmorrice yea I have to agree. It makes sense, but it is a bit much.

[@kevinmorrice]

@@ultraluxeest1991 true, but at least there's a sensible reason, unlike the sorry excuses arch users give for being massive dicks

[@remy333]

I know I’m late to this video, but thank you for making it KK. 👍

[@tatertotbot]

“KK”?!?! Are you a white supremacist?

[@iteachcyber5713]

Another tip that I picked up from trying out arch is dont use mouse when selecting tools you csn use arrow to click on the category like "wireless" and use the arrows to get back to menu if you wanna select a different category

[@migicmatt]

Definitely worth the learning curve (although its more like a total roll over)

[@iteachcyber5713]

For anyone who doesn't know why gpt is a thing I use it mainly when you boot into UEFI instead of Legacy meaning if you have an error try making a EFI partition using GPT

[@tarrorist]

Btw I use blackarch it's a great os 10/10 would recommend

[@ministryofintelligence5498]

i use parrot btw

[@tarrorist]

@@ministryofintelligence5498 parrot is a great os i have used it for like a month and i like it its fast and its based on debian so its also easy to use i have switched to normal arch btw

[@Xaito]

@@ministryofintelligence5498 I too have used parrot before, but it just doesn't impress the ladies as much as when you tell them you run arch btw.

[@zackwilloughby9185]

ZEROED PARTITION Start with an in-memory zeroed partition table. This option does not zero the partition table on the disk; rather, it simply starts the program without reading the existing partition table. This option allows you to create a new partition table from scratch or from an sfdisk-compatible script. Courtesy of the Debian man pages. (Low key could find ways to screw with that)

[@TheChronic1976]

hi guys im tryng to use hawk tool in blackarch it is asking to turn wlan0 into monitor mode how can i change t to my adapter setting which is nt wlan0.

[@stealthops8240]

Remember this is a 15gb ISO file

[@EMFY313]

Now it’s 18gb lol

[@stealthops8240]

@@EMFY313 I need to update it then

[@johndee6980]

23 gb now 🐸

[@matthiasurankar6354]

i Just found black arch. I just built an arch system from base to desktop. Very minimal install. I am building black arch on top of arch and let me tell ya something; give yourself some time for a full install. 50 gigs of potential data. Mine is going to run over night in hopes its done in the am. I am building it inside of vmware player. I love arch for a desktop and thought it would be a nice project.

[@jaywilliams6499]

How many hackers does it take to fix the display screen hahahaha bread vid guys

[@mgnishibuya1]

do you think hackers gonna fix your display screen?

[@red-bb3xd]

I use arch no issue.. but I love Manjaro 4 yrs now lol. Will try Black Arch....

[@ashenafifiraw1583]

guys how to config the hidden wifi network in blackarch using wifi-rader

[@tayetiwoni]

has anyone did the black arch linux arm install for mac ?

[@abduldione1524]

how do yu copy and paste on it?

[@Tor010]

I love tinkering and have been looking for a new project. I want to learn Linux, i acn use basic Linux, should i just start here if i can cope and move back too Kali etc if i get stuck? I have a LOT of time on my hands. I have BlackArch Full in VM & as a live iso. thanks.

[@Tor010]

2300 tools seems a lot...lol

[@LyncSoftConsulting]

I would prefer to use Linux as host operating system to use Black Arch on KVM rather on Virtual box

[@JackChristenson]

You can also just add the repo to any arch based system

[@devilsatan5832]

Is he the guy from nullbyte ??

[@STEVE_AhPiss]

kernel panic

[@westhemisphere1762]

is the codes in kali linux the same as black arch

[@wooshbait36]

What?

[@Tomas_F.]

That was pain to watch. ,,What can be the wifi-radar?" xD

[@pewpwnpie]

Arch linux installation is confusing? What kinda pot did u smoke while trying to install? RTFM. It basically spoonfeeds you everything.

[@jamz670]

Yes it "basically" does which is how more experienced people follow it, for someone who's only previously used Windows or MacOS they would likely have an interesting time, not to mention that most people don't know much if anything about partitioning.

[@SecurityFWD]

Arch linux? What kind of drugs are you smoking to touch that. RTFM, it's not even for hacking. It's basically for babies lol

[@pewpwnpie]

@@SecurityFWD lol. bruh you're tripping on some dope ass stuff man! hahaha

[@sigma-yn3qd]

To be honest blackarch sucks ass i used that crap a lot years ago always had some shitty problems that you have to waste time to fix that shit.. You want a an os with toolset to do the god damn job not to feel "elite" configuring stupid errors in the operating systems that shouldn't be there in the first place. You want a feel like a pro? Install freebsd and then your tool set one by one dumb ass. At least you gonna have a real operating system

[@pewpwnpie]

@@sigma-yn3qd This I mostly agree

[@ghostgaming-78-l5l]

I keep getting job control turned off

[@vichhika7603]

since blackarch release a slim version, I leave Manjaro 🥺

[@gr8hax]

Is what they said true? If you add blackarch on Manjaro, the os would fail over time? So keep it separate for best results? Btw, how is the slim version? Is it a good stable distro version? What are your thoughts?

[@exploit_avr4707]

Use blackarch llinux slim the regular blackarch has to many tools that you wont even use i find the regular blackarch useless but blackarch linux slim is wayyyy better

[@vincentlaw2506]

Как много воды и вновь бред про использования blackarch как дистрибутива Разумно и правильно ставить арч, а после прикрутить репы blackarch

[@tokyovibes6576]

Bro keeps interrupting him

[@Martin-kg3id]

james looks like just got cheated by his ex

[@sebdab738]

Show how to crack a bank and change the money into crypto so nobody will get ya 🤣🤣🤣

[@mgnishibuya1]

that kid is using windows. you can skip to next video

[@SpeedUPCommeDhab]

😂 bro I was looking for this comment

[@DJxD]

you have to direct to the actual dir where that py file is in order to use it the way you tried otherwise it has a syntax error.

[@JaneDoe-ps3wg]

"He gave up installing Arch Linux" - The sarcastic smile got me 😂😂😂🤌