sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb

sudo apt-get install -f

IME stuff

lspci | grep -i "MEI"

... no response is good

dmesg | grep -i "mei"

... no response is good, but there's usually something here in kali, so ...

(file test with ls /dev/mei* ... no response is good, no such file or directory)

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/ghost-build.conf

and type

# Kill the Management Engine Interface
blacklist mei
blacklist mei_me
# Kill the HDCP link (Privacy win: prevents hardware-level tracking via DRM)
blacklist mei_hdcp

then

sudo update-initramfs -u

reboot and

dmesg | grep -i "mei"

... should now return nothing.

RANDOMIZE RAM

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Find the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. It probably looks like this right now: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Add the shuffle parameter inside the quotes. Update it to look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash page_alloc.shuffle=1"

Save and exit: Press Ctrl + O, then Enter to save. Press Ctrl + X to exit.

then...

sudo update-grub

then ...

sudo reboot

then ...

cat /sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle

Look for page_alloc.shuffle=1 in the output. If it's there, the kernel has the "deck of cards" and is shuffling it.

QEMU

sudo apt update && sudo apt install virt-manager -y

sudo apt update && sudo apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils

sudo apt install virtiofsd

open virtual machine manager (virt manager) but it says 'error: no active connection to install on'

so...

Start the virtualization daemon

sudo systemctl start libvirtd

Make it start automatically every time you boot

sudo systemctl enable libvirtd

then

Add yourself to the group

sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER

Refresh your group membership without logging out

newgrp libvirt

Then connect to virt manager and add connection

do this because VMs probably wont start after reboot, because the default connection isn't connecting...

sudo virsh net-list --all

then

sudo virsh net-start default

now VMs should start

but you'll have to do it every time you boot, so do

sudo virsh net-autostart default