Juliet is the senior web editor for StateTech and HealthTech magazines. In her six years as a journalist she has covered everything from aerospace to indie music reviews — but she is unfailingly ...

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 ...

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, ...

Network packet analyzer or Online Ad Scanner are the names for the same potentially unwanted program, or PUP, that is installed by free software you download from the Internet. When installed, this ...

Sniffers are tools — sometimes referred to as network analyzers — commonly used for monitoring network traffic. The term packet sniffing refers to the technique of copying individual packets as they ...

Network monitoring software can be useful for a parent but in the wrong hands can be used for criminal activity. There are many applications that are developed for packet caputuring and network ...

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 tools known as network sniffers are named after a product called the Sniffer Network Analyzer. Introduced in 1988 by Network General Corp. (now Network Associates Inc.), the Sniffer was one of the ...

Security firm SOCRadar says the large-scale FortiBleed campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices used custom sniffers to harvest authentication secrets from compromised firewalls and steal ...

Windows 11's built-in packet capture is perfect for headless operation ...