

The Metasploit Project’s best-known creation, is a software platform for developing, testing, and executing exploits for security purpose. When this install finishes, Dropbox will run and a login screen will be launched in your browser, login and you should see the Dropbox icon in the top-right hand corner of your Kali desktop start to sync.In this blog post I will show you how to install Metasploit framework on kali linux or ubuntu. You will see a pop up dialog box from Dropbox asing you to download the priorietary daemon, click OK: Once this installation has finished, you need to install the Dropbox daemon and initialize it by running the following command NOT as root (nor using sudo): dropbox start -i Not adding Dropbox repository.” – you can ignore this. The installer will run and you’ll see a message saying “You are not running Debian or Ubuntu. Run the following command to execute the installer: sudo gdebi. In a terminal window, browse to the folder where you downloaded the installer (most likely the Downloads folder) and make the downloaded file executable: sudo chmod +x dropbox_2020.03.04_b You shouldn’t need it if you are using the latest version of Kali but just in case, verify you have Python 3 installed: sudo apt install python3-gpg Installing Dropbox on Kali Make sure you have all the packges installed that Dropbox will required by running the following: sudo apt-get update

Kali is based upon Debian so download the Debian install to your Kali box from the Dropbox website: In 2018, Dropbox dropped support for any filesystems on Linux other than EXT4 so if you are using anything other than this, you’re out of luck Download the Debian installer This means I can still transfer files easily but should my primary account be compromised, no files other than those in my Kali-only-Dropbox account are exposed (and these are just notes on my training).

I have a couple of free Dropbox accounts that share a folder from the root with my main account. Remember even when using a reputable service like HackTheBox for ethical hacking, you are still VPNing in to a network of hackers-in-training. I highly recommend not using you primary Dropbox account on Kali. Ok so there’s a few things to know first: Get a second Dropbox Account I’ve always found installing Dropbox on Kali linux a bit hit-and-miss but the more recent distributions of Kali linux seem to handle it a bit better so I thought I’d write a quite guide now its become a more predictable process. UPDATED Jan 2021: A few tweaks required for Kali 2020.4 distribution
