Kali Linux 2025.4 released

Kali Linux has been released in version 2025.4.

The summary of the changelog since the 2025.3 release from September is:

Desktop Environments - Changes to all! GNOME, KDE & Xfce
Wayland - VM Guest Utils Support
Halloween Mode - dresses the desktop for the occasion
3 New Tools - As always, new packages added and upgraded!

The new added tools are:

bpf-linker - Simple BPF static linker
evil-winrm-py - Python-based tool for executing commands on remote Windows machines using the WinRM
hexstrike-ai - MCP server that lets AI agents autonomously run tools

You can upgrade your existing rolling release using

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade -y

Happy hacking! :-)

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