Wireshark

Wireshark, Tools and forensic

  Intro   Making a forensic analysis means to be able to collect and analyze data in order to find out evidence that could led you to a specific break.   Although is usually considered a post-mortem activity in the IT realm this aspect is less marked than in other forensic environment. If we are running an investigation on a homicide, as an example, we will be present when everything is already done, and we just have to collect cold evidence. On the other end when we are running a forensic IT investigation we cannot be sure that the event…

Introduction To Network Security – Part 2

Introduction To Network Security – Part 2: By Sahir Hidayatullah – Firewall.cx Security Advisor Tools An Attacker Uses Now that we’ve concluded a brief introduction to the types of threats faced by both home users and the enterprise, it is time to have a look at some of the tools that attackers use. Keep in mind that a lot of these tools have legitimate purposes and are very useful to administrators as well. For example I can use a network sniffer to diagnose a low level network problem or I can use it to collect your password. It just depends…

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