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Sniffing In this blog you are going to learn what is sniffing ? types of sniffing, tools and protocols that are vulnerable to sniffing attacks . Sniffing is the process of monitoring and capturing all the packets through a given network. This work is assigned to network/system administrator to monitor network traffic. Attackers use this method to capture data packets containing sensitive information such as passwords, account information etc. Sniffers can be hardware or software. It is also called as wiretapping because you may have seen this situation where a third person bugs a telephone line to hear a conversation, it's the same method only an attacker sniffs network in this case. Types of Sniffing  Now you are going to see what are the types of sniffing. Active Sniffing Passive Sniffing Active Sniffing :  If an attacker tries active sniffing it will lock, monitor and also alter the data packets in some way. Active sniffin...

Phases of Ethical Hacking  In order to be successful in hacking, a hacker needs to follow some steps or you can say phases which involves 5 crucial stages which helps hackers to make a structured ethical hacking attack. Reconnaissance : This is the first phase of hacking   where an attacker gathers as much information as possible. It is also called as footprinting or information gathering. Information that we collect is divided in three groups - network, host, people. There are two types of reconnaissance  - Active & Passive. Active - Direct communication is involved to gather information about the target. Information can be regarding an individual or an organization so anytime if somebody is taking too much interest on you or your background - Be alert! Tools used to scan a network can be Nmap , Hping , etc Passive - Here indirect communication takes place. Information can be gathered using social media websites or public websites. Scanning...