Parrot OS 6.1: The Ultimate Update for Security Experts

by do son · June 5, 2024

Parrot Security, the renowned Debian-based Linux distribution tailored for security experts and privacy-conscious users, has released its latest iteration, Parrot OS 6.1. This update brings a slew of improvements and upgrades designed to bolster system performance, stability, and security, further solidifying Parrot’s position as a go-to platform for IT security and digital forensics.

What’s new in Parrot OS 6.1

Privacy Enhancements: Anonsurf 4.2 has been refined, improving stability and addressing issues in the launcher script, ensuring a smoother and more anonymous browsing experience.
Streamlined Updates: The parrot-updater is back, providing convenient pop-up reminders to keep your system current with the latest security patches and features.
Security Arsenal Upgrades: Essential tools like nmap, burpsuite, sqlmap, sslscan, zaproxy, metasploit, and more have been updated to their latest versions, introducing new capabilities and patching vulnerabilities.
Expanded Functionality: Netexec replaces crackmapexec, offering a drop-in replacement with the same features. Additionally, a wide array of tools like volatility3, rizin, powershell-empire, instaloader, gdb-gef, evil-winrm have been upgraded to enhance various aspects of security and forensics operations.
Raspberry Pi 5 Support: The Raspberry Pi image now includes drivers and updated kernels to fully support the latest Raspberry Pi 5, expanding Parrot’s reach to this popular platform.

Parrot OS 6.1 introduces a plethora of system-level updates, including the latest versions of chromium, firefox, webkit, golang, grub, libc6, glibc6, pipewire, libreoffice, openjdk, php8, and ruby, ensuring a secure and up-to-date foundation for your digital operations.

While you can upgrade your existing system via APT using sudo parrot-upgrade or sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade, Parrot Security strongly recommends backing up your data and performing a fresh installation to ensure the cleanest and most reliable experience, especially if you’re coming from an older version.

Parrot OS 6.1 is now available for download from the official website. Elevate your security and privacy toolkit today!