The latest articles on DEV Community by Owl OS (@owlsecx). https://dev.to/owlsecx https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4240279%2Fd616b63f-a0ba-4c3e-bb05-398300d45361.png https://dev.to/owlsecx en Owl OS Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:47:27 +0000 https://dev.to/owlsecx/owl-os-10-athena-a-free-debian-based-pentest-distro-3hc6 https://dev.to/owlsecx/owl-os-10-athena-a-free-debian-based-pentest-distro-3hc6 <p>Hey 👋 I'm Khaled, red teamer, and I've been building <strong>Owl OS</strong>, a free Debian 12 based distro for pentesting and privacy work.</p> <p>It ships 275+ of my own tools plus the usual stuff (Metasploit, nmap, sqlmap, Ghidra), Cinnamon desktop, kernel 6.12, and a Hidden Mode for privacy.</p> <p>Launching Nov 21. Some of the tools are open source here: <a href="https://github.com/owlsecx" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/owlsecx</a></p> <p>ISO: <a href="https://owlsec.org/downloads/owl.iso" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://owlsec.org/downloads/owl.iso</a><br> SHA256: <code>828c6405873b0728dac70099d154dd33e4fae0c76bf892511e6081888b8e1d06</code></p> <p>Would love feedback, what would you want in a security distro?</p> linux security cybersecurity debian