Athena OS "Nyx"

NixOS-based distribution made for pentesting, emphasizing comprehensive support for users at various stages of their journey. It facilitates user learning and connects them to a wealth of hacking resources, enhancing their knowledge and growth in the cybersecurity field. The distribution's modular and declarative nature makes it suitable for a wide range of users, from professionals to amateurs and other profiles.

Athena OS, code name "Nyx" (ancient Greek: Νύξ "Night"), is the new revamp of Athena OS based on Nix/NixOS!

Finally Athena OS ended his long journey, migrating to NixOS, being a fully declarative system, user-friendly and described as "OS as Code" !

🟠 This is a pre-release version.
Athena OS needs still some resources to be implemented. Ongoing activities are:

• GUI Installer implementation
• Ongoing submission of cybersecurity tools
• Converting custom tools and code-base to the Rust programming language
• Implementation of defined icon set and cursors for specific themes
• Integration with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Athena OS is continuously evolving. We are committed to enhancing it with more resources, innovative features, and regular upgrades.

If you value our efforts, please consider contributing to the distribution or making a donation to Athena OS.
Your support will enable us to invest further in the distribution, making it even better, together!

Changelog

Athena Nyx changelog:

• Implementatiion of NixOS along Arch Athena OS
• Migration from an imperative to a declarative system
• Implementation of the Nix language
• Implementation of Generations to rollback your system configuration
• Creation of flexible Nix modules and configurations
• Implementation of Nix flakes
• Migration of Cyber Toolkit to a set of cyber roles
• Migration of Akame, Cyborg, Graphite, Hack The Box, Samurai, Sweet themes
• Migration of GNOME, Cinnamon and MATE environments
• Addition of pentesting tools to the nixpkgs repository
• Implementation of Aegis TUI Installer
• All the advantages a Nix system provides over usual Linux distros, some of which can be found here

Athena also got other major changes to its back-end, improving performance and stability drastically!

🟠 If you detect any bugs during your experience, please open an issue on Athena OS GitHub repository.

Athena OS "Polias"

New pentesting Arch-based Linux distribution that focuses on user learning and connects the user closer to all valuable hacking resources in terms of knowledge and growth in the Cybersecurity field.

Athena OS, code name "Polias" (ancient Greek: Πολιάς "of the city"), comes with several important fixes and new implementations!

If you like it, please support Athena OS! It is appreciated.

athena-2023.06.23-x86_64.iso

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Changelog

Athena Polias changelog:

• Blue Team circular menu!
• New hacking roles: Blue Teamer and DoS Attacker
• 10 terminals to be chosen during the installation of Athena
• CyberChef as APPLICATION! If you need to decode or encode what you wish, you don't need to use the browser for connecting to CyberChef. Athena gives you CyberChef as application! Give a look on the menu dock!
• Automatic install of the right drivers for your PC. Now Athena can recognize your GPU and install the right drivers with no user interaction
• Xorg now is set as default because of being more stable than Wayland (i.e., Screen Share)
• Automatic recognition of environment (if Virtual or Baremetal) and install the right drivers for it
• Automatic recognition of the selected File System and install of related management tools
• Implemented Environment choice during the installation (currently only "No Desktop" and "GNOME" options)
• Implemented several GNOME extensions for improving the productivity of the environment
• Installed modules on PowerShell
• Implemented BASH autosuggestion and ZSH autosuggestion
• Implemented Offline Install
• Implemented Nano syntax highlighting for highlighting your files opened by nano according to its programming language
• After the installation, Athena recognizes what are the fastest Arch Linux, BlackArch and Chaotic mirrors and set them automatically in your new system.
• Added cpc alias for copying file contents directly on the clipboard without opening files
• Implemented Athena Grub Theme
• Discord replaced by ArmCord for removing Discord telemetry and improve the Privacy of the OS
• Added Mullvad Browser choice in order to have a further browser designed for Privacy (it integrates by OpenVPN too)
• VSCode replaced by Codium for removing Microsoft telemetry (Codium is also faster than VSCode)
• Android mobile smartphones can be recognized by Athena when connected by USB
• htb-play now tracks the machines you found user or root flags
• Added more bookmarks and Wayback Machine extension on the browser
• HTB Update now should refresh the HTB Active Machines on PWNage menu each 15 days
• Implementation of OnionShare for sharing in anonymous way all the info you need with your peer!
• Added Tor Browser
• Added Edex-UI: a cinematic terminal environment!
• Implemented GNOME Gestures Improvements for improving the experience of users using touchpads
• ZSWAP replaced by ZRAM

Athena implemented also massive technical changes on her backend to improve her performance!

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy

Athena OS "Parthenos"

New pentesting Arch-based Linux distribution that focuses on user learning and connects the user closer to all valuable hacking resources in terms of knowledge and growth in the Cybersecurity field.

Athena OS, code name "Parthenos" (ancient Greek: παρθένος, "Virgin"), comes with several important fixes and new implementations!

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athena-2023.02.20-x86_64.iso

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Hashes to verify your download:

MD5

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SHA-1

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SHA-256

7bfe083a23ad7a61c31be7feadc96fe4e4658494d57b5566a36d4f597de221f7

SHA-512

afac56265a2e2127eda28ff6d6a0830094f7875bbd513c1d13b0b8129ab6af75f9eb39aacd09cce44a9a3e9f961d76a1fc9dec85d11ff4b9a9ad898988a08a39

Changelog

Athena Parthenos changelog:

• Implement tb alias for connecting to termbin.com domain
• Moved dconf files from home directory to usr directory

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athena-2023.01.23-x86_64.iso

Note: ISO v2023.01.23 is no longer available for download. Please use v2023.02.20.

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Hashes to verify your download:

MD5

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SHA-1

5ef8e20a630f8ef2f81b19bd564ede8397deb731

SHA-256

3af569ed4eb82a1b545ef1d95fa21d53825dff3c82d3f4c638226315b4e224e8

SHA-512

d082788c2d7853167c388fa4d590f592d99f86cc998654cb2486fadacfaa1d0ab6c3e18160bbb186baf72573d5ff041bfede8b51997798d06f78470935adf1a0

Changelog

Athena Parthenos changelog:

• Hacking roles: added new roles for your hacking activity:
  • Black Hat Omniscient
  • OSINT Specialist
• Integrated Hack The Box VIP contents for playing retired machines
• HTB Tools now manage API key, shell prompt and target host according to the user preferences
• Implemented Tool Recipe viewer for having at hands all the productivity commands you need to improve your work
• Implemented OpenAI ChatGPT Desktop client, mainly intended for users that need to understand how a security tool works
• Implemented browser choice between Firefox and Brave
• Implemented browser quick access graphical interface to hacking web resources (i.e., Hack The Box, TryHackMe, PWNX, Offensive Security) an online tools (i.e., RevShell generator, GTFOBins, CyberChef, CrackStation) by NightTab
• Added more security bookmarks
• Implemented Penetration Testing Kit on browser
• Implemented PyWhat for identifying all you need
• Implemented Note-Taking app choice (CherryTree, Notion App Enhanced, Obsidian) and Utility app choice at installation time
• Implemented logic for automating the usage of NVIDIA driver in Xorg and Wayland for baremetal installation
• Implemented border and borderless window theme choice
• NetworkMananger integrates with OpenVPN
• Implemented Orca for improving the accessibility
• Implemented Neovim Nvchad
• Implemented mirrorlist for BlackArch repository
• Implemented Timeline Project application for displaying and navigating events on a timeline
• Implemented vnstat as network control monitoring
• Implemented SOF Firmware and ALSA utils
• Keyring fix at installation time to fix any future keyring issue
• Implemented GNOME shell component themes
• Added bless as HEX editor
• GNU Netcat replaced by OpenBSD Netcat
• Removed pacman -Syy where no needed
• NIST Feed disabled by default
• Removed DarkReader from the browser because it causes view issues on some websites
• Changed mouse pointer color from white to blue for Blue Eyes Samurai theme to prevent pointer hiding when overlapping a white color window (i.e., Calamares)
• Added ntfs-3g e ntfsprogs
• Fixed Athena Welcome logo directly on its source code
• Deleted GNOME entry from the Display Manager because duplicated
• Run Tmux as non-login shell for preventing run-once script triggering
• Changed Calamares Internet URL check to "http://www.bing.com"
• Athena Theme Tweak now changes browser icon on PenTOXIC menu according to the installed browser
• Deleted /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme because on GNOME 43 is not needed
• Fixed Open in Terminal issue that didn't open Kitty
• Added Flameshot as choice in Calamares
• Created packages for each role for improving the management of security tools
• htb-update removed from run-once script and called by the user on Athena Welcome
• Implemented help function in Athena Welcome, NIST Feed and other Athena OS tools when no arguments are provided
• Changed PWNage menu keyboard shortcut
• Ubuntu Dock autohide issue fixed
• Fly-Pie achievement stats reset
• Implemented athena-upgrade for rolling updates
• Implemented athena-fix for managing ongoing issues

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy

Athena OS "Nike"

athena-2022.11.15-x86_64.iso

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New Minimal Arch Linux based Distribution for Pentesting.

Athena OS, code name "Nike" (ancient Greek: "Victory"), comes with several important fixes and new implementations, and carries the new GNOME 43!

Athena Nike will provide:

• Hacking roles: you can choose among several roles for your hacking activity

• Hacking environment variable viewer: you can easily list the set of environment variables you need for your activity

• Autotiling feature: you can now tile windows by Autotiling icon on the top-right of the screen

• osert tool: Markdown Templates for Offensive Security exam reports. Just get it by pacman!

• BASH and ZSH as shells to be chosen

• GRUB Athena background

• A lot of security resources as bookmarks in Firefox ESR

• Hack-Tools extension in Firefox ESR

• CTRL+ALT+T for invoking the terminal, SUPER+D for minimizing all the windows, SUPER+E for opening the Home folder

• Snapper for creating snapshots of your system for recovering purpose

• Octopi as graphical package manager

• Suppression of snap-pac messages on terminal

• Implemented a threshold of 10 snapshots for GRUB

• Disabling close window confirmation in Kitty

  

Furthermore, heavy changes come at system level for improving the performance of the system:

• Migration to GNOME 43
• Firefox run on RAM for speeding up the performance
• Parallel code compilation
• Building from files in RAM
• OOM handling
• Process priority managers
  • Ananicy
  • IRQBalance
• Improved kernel characteristics:
  • Dirty Ratio
  • Dirty Background Ratio
  • OOM Dump Tasks
  • OOM Kill Allocating Task
  • Overcommit Memory
  • Swappiness
  • VFS Cache Pressure
  • CFS zen tweaks for non-zen kernels
• Automated microcode implementation
• Implemented linux-zen kernel in Live Environment
• ISO labeling compliant to ISO-9660 and FAT32 requirements

Issues

• VSCode does not show close, maximize and minimize buttons due to some bug related to Electron19. Bug already reported: microsoft/vscode#161586

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy!

Athena OS "Nike" beta

athena-2022.11.04-x86_64.iso

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New Minimal Arch Linux based Distribution for Pentesting.

Athena OS, code name "Nike" (ancient Greek: "Victory"), comes with several important fixes and new implementations, and carries the new GNOME 43!

Athena Nike will provide:

• Hacking roles: you can choose among several roles for your hacking activity

• Hacking environment variable viewer: you can easily list the set of environment variables you need for your activity

• Autotiling feature: you can now tile windows by Autotiling icon on the top-right of the screen

• osert tool: Markdown Templates for Offensive Security exam reports. Just get it by pacman!

• BASH and ZSH as shells to be chosen

• GRUB Athena background

• A lot of security resources as bookmarks in Firefox ESR

• Hack-Tools extension in Firefox ESR

• CTRL+ALT+T for invoking the terminal, SUPER+D for minimizing all the windows, SUPER+E for opening the Home folder

• Snapper for creating snapshots of your system for recovering purpose

• Octopi as graphical package manager

  

Furthermore, heavy changes come at system level for improving the performance of the system:

• Migration to GNOME 43
• Firefox run on RAM for speeding up the performance
• Parallel code compilation
• Building from files in RAM
• OOM handling
• Process priority managers
  • Ananicy
  • IRQBalance
• Improved kernel characteristics:
  • Dirty Ratio
  • Dirty Background Ratio
  • OOM Dump Tasks
  • OOM Kill Allocating Task
  • Overcommit Memory
  • Swappiness
  • VFS Cache Pressure
  • CFS zen tweaks for non-zen kernels

Issues

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy!

Athena OS "Ergane" v3

athena-2022.10.01-x86_64.iso

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New Minimal Arch Linux based Distribution for Pentesting.

Athena OS v22.10.01, code name "Ergane" (ancient Greek: The Industrious), comes with several important fixes and new implementations.

Changelog 01/10:

• Super+L shortcut for Screen Lock

• htb-play now implements -m <machine_name> argument for playing directly a Hack The Box machine

• Updated all GNOME extensions

• Implemented comMENTOR tool in Athena Repository

• Implemented LightDM as Display Manager

• Implemented user choice for the Display Manager in Calamares. Now, as Login Manager, can choose among:

  GDM
  

  LightDM
  
  Move the mouse pointer to the bottom-left part of the screen for accessing to the customization settings and set it as you wish.
  Click on Arch logo and enjoy!

• Ah, I left a small challenge for you inside the system! The tip is clear enough...

Issues

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy!

Athena OS "Ergane" v2

athena-2022.09.24-x86_64.iso

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New Minimal Arch Linux based Distribution for Pentesting.

Athena OS v22.09.24, code name "Ergane" (ancient Greek: The Industrious), comes with several important fixes and new implementations.

Changelog 24/09:

• Implemented environment variables for payload repositories:

  Environment Variable	Value
  $ROCKYOU	/usr/share/payloads/SecLists/Passwords/Leaked-Databases/rockyou.txt
  $DIRSMALL	/usr/share/payloads/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/directory-list-2.3-small.txt
  $DIRMEDIUM	/usr/share/payloads/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/directory-list-2.3-medium.txt
  $DIRBIG	/usr/share/payloads/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/directory-list-2.3-big.txt
  $WEBAPI	/usr/share/payloads/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/api/api-endpoints.txt
  $WEBCOMMON	/usr/share/payloads/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/common.txt
  $WEBPARAM	/usr/share/payloads/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/burp-parameter-names.txt

• Libraries and icons updated on Calamares Installer
• Added icon for Athena Welcome
• Added "Set BlackArch and Athena keys" button in Athena Welcome for Live Environment
• Removed repository key settings on the first run of FISH
• Added grub-customizer, tidy and xmlstarlet packages

Issues

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy!

Athena OS "Ergane"

athena-2022.09.11-x86_64.iso

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New Minimal Arch Linux based Distribution for Pentesting.

Athena OS v22.09.11, code name "Ergane" (ancient Greek: The Industrious), comes with several important fixes and new implementations.

Changelog 11/09:

• Implemented CN, JP and KR fonts
• Implemented environment variables for payload repositories: $SECLISTS, $PAYLOADSALLTHETHINGS, $FUZZDB, $AUTOWORDLISTS, $SECURITYWORDLIST, $MIMIKATZ, $POWERSPLOIT
• Implemented OpenCL runtime for increasing efficiency of cracking activities
• Implemented Red Team Machine button for making Athena a Red Team machine
• Implemented Athena Welcome at user login
• Implemented the dynamic update of fastest mirrors for Arch Linux, BlackArch and Chaotic repositories
• Implemented scheduled task to free page cache, dentries and inodes

Issues

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy!

Athena OS "Promachos"

athena-2022.08.01-x86_64.iso

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New Minimal Arch Linux based Distribution for Pentesting.

Athena OS v22.08.01, code name "Promachos" (ancient Greek: First in Battle), comes with several important fixes and new implementations.

Changelog 27/08:

• Fixed Calamares Installer bug related to the timezone
• Implemented Athena Theme Tweak
• Now PenTOXIC changes its look according to the applied theme:
  

Changelog 01/08:

• Fixed cowspace issue on dual boot installation
• Implemented htb-play command for playing also retired machines
• Implemented xcp, a smart and fast copy command
• Implemented zoxide, a smart change directory command
• Implemented dunst as a flexible tool for desktop popup notification
• Implemented cron as task scheduler
• Implemented three new wonderful themes with a graphically dedicated mouse pointer
• Implemented tmux themes set according to the installed desktop theme
• Full integration with NIST NVD by an exclusive for Athena: NIST Feed!

Issues

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy!

Athena OS 2022.07.16

athena-2022.07.16-x86_64.iso

New Minimal Arch Linux based Distribution for Pentesting

Changelog:

• Fixed critical issue on WiFi adapters
• Fixed secret-tool HTB key storing after first boot. The user does not need anymore to logout and login after the first boot
• Fixed HTB Update in order to remove unlinked objects after the first boot
• Fixed left panel size of Calamares installer
• Removed Notion App Enhanced because currently not in line with the nature of OS. Users can install it by paru -S notion-app-enhanced
• Small changes on Athena Welcome GUI

Issues

If you detect any issues during your experience, please open an issue on athena-iso GitHub repository.

Thank you for downloading Athena. Study, Learn, Attack and Enjoy!