A new version of Kali Linux is now available.

We are here to kick off our first release of the decade, with Kali Linux 2020.1! Available for immediate  download.

The following is a brief feature summary for this release:

• Non-Root by default
• Kali single installer image
• Kali NetHunter Rootless
• Improvements to theme & kali-undercover
• New tools

Non-Root

Throughout the history of Kali (and its predecessors BackTrack, WHAX, and Whoppix), the default credentials have been root/toor. This is no more. We are no longer using the superuser account, root, as default in Kali 2020.1. The default user account is now a  standard, unprivileged, user.

For more of the reasons behind this switch, please see our  previous blog post. As you can imagine, this is a very large change, with years of history behind it. As a result, if you notice any issues with this, please do let us know on the  bug tracker.

root/toor is dead. Long live kali/kali.

Kali Linux 2020.1 Release Announcement