The way I understand it, Ethernet was designed so that hosts only "listen" to traffic that is intentionally aimed at them. Malicious users can set their host's connection to promiscuous mode, and ...

Wardriving started out as a search for unprotected WiFi access points before hot spots were prevalent. And so this ZigBee protocol wardriving hardware which [Travis Goodspeed] put together really ...

If you ever need network sniffing help or expertise, Laura is one of the best in the world. Great in person. Great speaker. I highly recommend any of her books, podcasts, and tutorials. Her web site, ...

Google has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by an appeals court that its collection of data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks is not exempt under federal wiretap laws. The company ...

In the tradition of other great network analysis tools like Bro and Sourcefire, Corelight gives security pros deep insight into data traffic on the systems they defend. I’ve long been a huge fan of ...

The new strategy allows an attacker to instead lift ID information directly from the router, within minutes. Legacy WiFi just became a little less safe, according to Jens Steube, the developer of the ...

A few years ago I tried my hand at hacking and whatnot. I got ahold of some packet sniffing programs and tried to sniff out packets meant for others. It never happened. I was not able to sniff ...

Enterprises are deploying more security, monitoring and acceleration tools on their networks today. More data at higher velocities is coming at these tools and in a variety forms, including voice, ...

For network admins and network security professionals, one of the most important tools to learn to use is Wireshark (formerly Ethereal), a free and open source network analyzer/packet sniffer software ...

As cybersecurity threats become more sophisticated, organizations need a way to quickly detect and stop an attack or track and analyze its after-effects for clues. One important tool available to ...