{"id":688,"date":"2020-01-30T02:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macrosec.tech\/?p=688"},"modified":"2021-01-21T11:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T08:47:53","slug":"kali-nethunter-unrooted-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macrosec.tech\/index.php\/2020\/01\/30\/kali-nethunter-unrooted-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Kali NetHunter on unrooted Android device"},"content":{"rendered":"

INSTALLING KALI NETHUNTER ON UNROOTED ANDROID DEVICE<\/span>
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This blog post was written by Amarjit Labhuram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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I had been putting off getting NetHunter on my phone for some weeks and when I was reading through the new release of Kali 2020.1<\/strong><\/a> I came across an interesting update on Kali NetHunter<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Installing Kali NetHunter on stock Android without voiding the warranty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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I did the install on a OnePlus 7T and I believe it should work with any stock unrooted Android device. So lets get cracking.<\/p>\n

Install the NetHunter store application by downloading the apk file from here: https:\/\/store.nethunter.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Once installed and launched on your device you should have a screen that looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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You need to install Termux<\/em>, NetHunter-KeX client<\/em>, and Hacker\u2019s keyboard<\/em> from within the NetHunter store app. Start by searching for ‘NetHunter Kex<\/em><\/strong>‘ and hit install.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Then search for ‘keyboard<\/strong><\/em>‘ and select Hacker\u2019s keyboard<\/em><\/strong> from the list and hit install.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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I had Termux on mine so didn’t need to install it but you can search for ‘termux<\/strong><\/em>‘ and select Termux<\/em><\/strong> from the list and hit install. Once you have the necessary applications installed, launch\u00a0Termux<\/strong> and issue the following commands:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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$ termux-setup-storage<\/strong><\/p>\n

$ pkg install wget<\/strong><\/p>\n

$ wget -O install-nethunter-termux https:\/\/offs.ec\/2MceZWr<\/strong><\/p>\n

$ chmod +x install-nethunter-termux<\/strong><\/p>\n

$ .\/install-nethunter-termux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The ‘<\/strong><\/em>.\/install-nethunter-termux<\/strong><\/em>‘\u00a0command will begin the installation of NetHunter<\/strong> on the device. This will take some time based on bandwidth you have as it will require to download the Kali<\/strong> image that matches your device. Mine was about 1.2GB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Once the download and installation is complete you will be welcomed with the KALI<\/strong> screen on termux with some basic configuration commands to setup and start NetHunter. To be able to use the desktop on your phone you will need to use kex<\/strong><\/em> which creates a basic VNC connection that allows you to access the desktop via NetHunter kex client<\/strong>. We need to authenticate to this session so set up a password for the none root user by issuing the following command:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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$ nethunter kex passwd<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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You will be requested to repeat the password and you can then choose to use a view only password or not.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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To be able to connect to this VNC session issue the following command:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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$ nethunter kex &<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Take note of the port for the new X display session that starts. Mine ran on port 5901<\/strong>. Open the NetHunter Kex<\/strong> client and enter the configurations to connect to the session. I set my connection setting to ‘localhost<\/strong><\/em>‘ port ‘5901<\/strong><\/em>‘ and keyed in the password we set up earlier and Voila! I have a Kali desktop running on my phone.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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I recorded my phone screen to show how to get the desktop display session going.<\/p>\n<\/div>