Kali Linux 2025.2 Release — 13 New Hacking Tools, BloodHound CE, NetHunter CARsenal & More

Kali Linux 2025.2: A Powerful Mid-Year Overhaul for Offensive Security

The release of Kali Linux 2025.2 marks more than just a routine update—it represents a significant evolution in both functionality and user experience. With 13 new tools, a refreshed menu system, and key updates like the BloodHound Community Edition, this release is built for modern offensive security challenges. One standout is CARsenal, a fully revamped car hacking toolkit that simplifies CAN bus exploitation and testing of automotive networks.

13 New Tools Join the Kali Arsenal

Reinforcements That Redefine Recon, Exploitation, and Enumeration

A hallmark of every Kali release is its tool expansion—and 2025.2 drops 13 powerful additions, including fresh BloodHound CE ingestors, firmware analyzers, wordlist generators, and GitHub recon tools. Here’s the full loadout:

• azurehound – Microsoft Azure ingestor for BloodHound CE
• binwalk3 – Advanced firmware analysis tool
• bloodhound-ce-python – CE-specific Python ingestor (do not confuse with legacy bloodhound-python)
• bopscrk – Wordlist generator that’s smarter and context-aware
• chisel-common-binaries – Prebuilt binaries for tunneling and proxying
• crlfuzz – Go-powered CRLF vulnerability scanner
• donut-shellcode – Generates shellcode for in-memory execution
• gitxray – Recon GitHub repos, contributors, and data leaks
• ldeep – Comprehensive LDAP enumeration tool
• ligolo-ng-common-binaries – Binaries for the advanced Ligolo-ng tunneling
• rubeus – Raw Kerberos ticket manipulation and abuse
• sharphound – BloodHound CE’s robust collector
• tinja – CLI tool to probe web apps for template injection bugs

Whether you’re infiltrating Active Directory or fingerprinting cloud assets, this suite gives red teamers and pentesters a serious advantage.

Discover your weakest link. Be proactive, not reactive. Cybercriminals need just one flaw to strike.

Kali Menu Refresh

Smarter Navigation with MITRE ATT&CK Structure

The Kali menu system has received its most transformative redesign in years, now organized by the MITRE ATT&CK framework. This pivot makes it far easier to locate tools by objective rather than name, whether you’re targeting persistence, privilege escalation, or lateral movement.

This change replaces the legacy BackTrack/WHAX-inspired hierarchy with a more intuitive, automated structure that also scales well. Users can now edit the YAML-based menu structure themselves, ensuring it evolves with community needs.

BloodHound Community Edition (CE)

Smarter AD Mapping with Full Ingestor Support

BloodHound CE brings a faster, more capable Active Directory recon experience, built for modern AD landscapes. This release ships with all required ingestors:

• azurehound
• sharphound
• bloodhound-ce-python

Expect improved graphing, performance boosts, and seamless integration with the new toolchain. This is the most complete BloodHound experience ever bundled with Kali.

Kali NetHunter Smartwatch Injection

TicWatch Pro 3 Gets Wireless Attack Capabilities

For the first time, a smartwatch supports Wi-Fi injection and handshake capture. Thanks to NexMon team’s work on the TicWatch Pro 3 (bcm43436b0 chipset), NetHunter now supports:

• Wireless packet injection
• WPA2 handshake capture
• Deauthentication attacks

This is a milestone in wearable hacking platforms—now fully pocket (or wrist) sized.

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