So far I'm loving the snappiness of the OS and the all day battery life. It is a decent computer that just uses very efficient software on RISC architecture rather an x86. The M1 Macbook is so much faster than any tablet on the market at the moment. Check out this post on how fast the M1 cracks (last post in thread) : os pstla ( t as(l. Using good OSINT or Social Engineering can narrow down a targeted password list. There is a utility in the App Store called 'Boop' that is almost like cyber chef.įor password cracking it's better to use a graphics card setup, but even that can be cumbersome. > screen shot of another user's testing: Īt the time of this post I've seen success running Kali with the Parallels technical preview for the M1 Macbooks, so check that out. Wireshark runs under rosetta and does capture traffic if you need to observe network traffic. I use Code Runner to quickly test my scripts. Python runs fine for making scripts, so code away. There are a lot of programs that are being ported over to run natively or run using rosetta.įor web testing, Burp can run on the M1 using rosetta, and while there is a bit of a slowdown, the portswigger team is still putting work into the project. I know this is three months old, but I just picked up an M1 Macbook and since there was little discussion on the matter wanted to share my thoughts.įirst it depends on what you are trying to do.
