Start off be selecting New in the Tools tab. For this you will be using the Kali Linux. Great, so you have VirtualBox downloaded and the extension pack added! Now let’s get the a guest machine installed. You should get a message saying that the extension pack was successfully installed and it should show up in the extensions tab. Now navigate to the location of your navigation pack, select it, click install, and agree to the terms of service. Next, click on the rounded blue square on the right side with the green + in it. If you are not prompted to install the extensions see How to Install Extensions Pack otherwise skip this step to How to Add a New Guest Machine.įirst click on the Preferences button at the top of the Tools window.Īfter clicking on Preferences button a new window should pop up that has an extensions tab to click on. Now that you have downloaded all the required software, go ahead and install VirtualBox and when it asks you to install the extension pack do so as well. After you download the required files come back here and continue the tutorial. First off take a look at the prerequisites and the system requirements below.

Okay, now that you know why we use virtual machines, let’s move forward with how to set one up. It is helpful to have a VM to prevent clutter on our host machine and also a lot of the tools we are going to be using were developed for the Linux environment. Kali also come with tons of great tools preinstalled, guaranteed (most of the time) to work with ease.

Kali Linux is maintained by a company called Offensive Security who specialize in offsec training materials and certifications, you may have heard about the OSCP, ya that’s them. Most of us use a Linux distro called Kali Linux. At UGASCS we mainly use VMs to host all of the tools we need for CTFs and other cyber events. Virtual machines are super useful! They allow users to create isolated environments for testing, running software that the host machine can’t, privacy reasons, and many more.

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