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Kali Linux has over 600 [2] preinstalled penetration-testing programs, including Armitage (a graphical cyber attack management tool), Nmap (a port scanner ), Wireshark (a packet analyzer ), John the Ripper password cracker , Aircrack-ng (a software suite for penetration-testing wireless LANs ), Burp suite and OWASP ZAP web application security scanners . [3] [4] Kali Linux can run natively when installed on a computer's hard disk , can be booted from a live CD or live USB , or it can run within a virtual machine . It is a supported platform of the Metasploit Project 's Metasploit Framework, a tool for developing and executing security exploits . [3] It was developed by Mati Aharoni and Devon Kearns of Offensive Security through the rewrite of BackTrack , their previous information security testing L...