r/tails

I am on a very old version & need to update my Tails OS USB to the latest version manually. I do have my Tails USB along with an extra one.

How do I do this without losing my persistent storage, bookmarks, etc?

Edit: I am now stuck with the new Tails version downloaded into my Tor Browser folder in Tails, and will not verify by any means.

“Verification failed”

No matter how many times I try re-downloading

Hey r/penetrationtesting,
I’ve been building TOSS (Tails On Steroids Script) and I want real feedback from people who know what they’re doing.
The Problem:
Tails OS is great for opsec — forced Tor routing, amnesic sessions, MAC spoofing, no disk writes. But it ships with zero offensive tools. Your options were always:
• Use Kali/Parrot and leave a forensic footprint
• Reinstall everything manually every session
• Just not use Tails for offensive work
None of those work well.
What TOSS Does:
One script. Fresh Tails session. 50+ offensive tools installed into RAM across 6 categories:
• Recon – OSINT, DNS enum, web/network recon, social media intel
• Vuln Scanning – Nikto, Nuclei, OpenVAS, ZAP, WPScan
• Exploitation & C2 – Metasploit, Sliver, Merlin, BeEF, SQLMap
• Web Attacks – ffuf, feroxbuster, XSStrike, Dalfox, Hydra
• Network Attacks – Bettercap, Responder, mitmproxy, Ettercap
• Post Exploitation – Impacket, CrackMapExec, LinPEAS, Chisel, pypykatz
Pick what you need through an interactive menu, or hit A to install everything. When you reboot — tools, creds, captures — all gone. No trace.
Why I’m Posting:
I need people to actually run it and tell me:
• What breaks on real Tails sessions
• Tools I’m missing
• Bugs — install failures, broken paths, menu issues
• Whether my opsec assumptions about Tails are correct
• Contributions for unfinished categories (wireless, RE, forensics, password cracking, cloud, mobile)
One Heads Up:
Everything routes through Tor. Installs will be 2–5x slower. That’s intentional — anonymity is the whole point.
For authorized engagements, CTFs, and legal research only.
GitHub: https://github.com/TheShellSanta/TOSS
Ask me anything about design decisions or tool choices. Roast it if something’s wrong — that’s exactly what I need.
Boot. Hack. Reboot. Vanish.

It does what it shown in the images and just stays on the underscore

edit: images never posted it says Nouveau Unknown Chipset and cannot find interrupt input

My laptop does not have the updates secure boot on windows and I keep getting the error that tails won’t work on my laptop anymore, it seems the only fix is buying a knew laptop or disabling secure boot. How bad for security and general OPSEC?

I was thinking of using cake wallet to buy it on my phone then send it to my feather wallet but i’m not sure if that follows proper OPSEC.

With the recent Copy fail error, and tails gitlab currently being down, starting to feel as though there are issues with the safety of the os. Should we stop using it until we hear something concrete from them?

hi so i am having this weird problem where tails os no matter how many times i re install the image or re flash it, it 1 makes the usb invisible to windows, 2 makes my old computer freeze in bios and 3 trying it on my laptop returns "os not found" and boots back into windows

Hey guys,

had this notification for the flrst time today when I tried to boot into Tails

So I've tried to disable Secure boot through the bios settings of my computer, but its still showing off when booting into tails, how come?

Thanks !

Is it possible to generate a new pgp key for someone, with intent to keep and I use my older one I’ve been using for years? Can I have to seperate pgp keys for seperate people on the same platform. Kleopatra!

Is https://tails.net down for anyone else? I haven't been able to access it for the last hour or so from Europe, with and without a proxy.

Keyboard and mouse don't work on my surface book 3

Emergency Release to fix security vulnerabilities in the Tor Browser.

https://tails.net/news/version_7.7.1/