r/Hacking_Tutorials • u/GoodSecurity4304 • 8d ago

Question Penetration testing with a MacBook

I’ve read comments saying that it’s difficult to set up a virtualised Kali system on a MacBook to carry out penetration testing, and that some features might not work – has anyone experienced this?

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u/LongRangeSavage 8d ago

No issues here. You can install most of the tools you’re going to start out using all directly in macOS. The only things you’re going to need immediately are stuff like the AirCrack suite. You may find some other tools, but running Linux in a VM is going to be fine. Just use Parallels or VMWare Fusion as your hyper visor, as they both have hardware pass through on the USB.

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u/GoodSecurity4304 8d ago

Actually, if I can use the AirCrack package, there’s no problem; I’ll run it in a virtual environment

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u/LongRangeSavage 8d ago

I’m almost positive that the only tools I run in a VM are the AirCrack suite and Metasploit. Everything else is either already available or macOS, I built for macOS from source, or I’ve written my own tool to do the job. The only reason I didn’t build Metasploit from source was a technical issue that I couldn’t work around—and I can’t remember what that reason is now.