Parrot Security operating system is a Debian-based Linux distribution built by Frozenbox Network for cloud oriented penetration testing. It is a comprehensive, portable security lab that you can use for cloud pentesting, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, cryptography and privacy/anonymity.

It is a rolling release upgrade line and comes with some impressive penetration testing operating system features and tools.

Parrot OS Features System Specifications: based on Debian 9, runs on a custom hardened Linux 4.5 kernel, uses MATE desktop and Lightdm display manager. Digital Forensics: supports “Forensic” boot option to shun boot automounts plus many more. Anonymity: supports Anonsurf including anonymization of entire OS, TOR and I2P anonymous networks and beyond. Cryptography: comes with custom built Anti Forensic tools, interfaces for GPG and cryptsetup. Additionally, it also supports encryption tools such as LUKS, Truecrypt and VeraCrypt. Programming: braces FALCON (1.0) programming language, multiple compilers and debuggers and beyond. Full support for Qt5 and .net/mono framework. It also supports development frameworks for embedded systems and many other amazing features. You can read a full features and notable tools list from the Parrot Security OS features and tools page.

System Requirements Before you hurry to download and test it, the following are the system requirements:

CPU: At least 1GHz Dual Core CPU ARCHITECTURE: 32-bit, 64-bit and ARMHF GPU: No graphic acceleration RAM: 256MB – 512MB HDD Standard: 6GB – 8GB HDD Full: 8GB – 16GB BOOT: Legacy BIOS or UEFI (testing)