Ethical Hacking: Sniffers Upd - Watch Linkedin

A sniffer (or protocol analyzer) is software or hardware that captures data packets traveling across a network. While IT admins use them legitimately to troubleshoot traffic, hackers use them maliciously to eavesdrop.

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As part of my ongoing series on ethical hacking techniques (and what you can learn just by watching cybersecurity discussions on LinkedIn), today we are pulling back the curtain on . A sniffer (or protocol analyzer) is software or